Gingerbread Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

Have been MIA for a while because 1. I busy with shopping 2. I was away 3. I was lazy as simple as that. Its a super belated entry, meant for the christmas season as one should be able to tell from the lovely pictures I took when I was in germany.

I thought the recipe is really good and should share with everyone. Everyone deserves good gingerbread cupcakes whether its christmas or not! I baked them as a christmas gift for my colleagues actually and I have never baked so many cupcakes before! I think after that practice, I am ready to sell some cupcakes! Really! These taste pretty awesome!

So I got the recipe from allrecipes.com (Ginger cupcakes)
I followed the recipe pretty closely, except I used honey instead of molasses.
The result was fantastic. Taste best fresh out of the oven, okay maybe not immediately but about 10 mins later when its still warm. The different spices simply complement each other, which gives this really wonderful taste to the cupcakes.

After frosting the cupcakes. Its time to decorate them!
check out these cute m&m minis! Perfect decoration for the cupcakes!


In line with the christmas theme :)

Crustless Spinach Quiche.

Been busy with all the christmas shopping. There are simply too many people in the malls these days, would rather stay at home and bake or simply do nothing. I've decided to bake quiche today because its been something I have been wanting to bake ever since I am able to remember.

The first time I tried quiche was in secondary school, when a friend brought her mum's home-made quiche for us to try. Its was so good, I fell in love with quiche. For some reason quiche also reminds me of something very british. Well perhaps because it became popular in England sometime after WWII.

 I did some research and found out that although quiche is now a classic dish of French cuisine, quiche actually originated in Germany, in the medieval kingdom of Lothringen, under German rule, and which the French later renamed Lorraine. The word 'quiche' is from the German 'Kuchen', meaning cake.

(Food Reference)

(Pictures were taken when I was in Edinburgh )

Adapted from (Allrecipes)

2-1/2 Tsp Vegetable oil

1 onion

110g Fresh spinach leaves

4 Eggs, beaten

2 1/2 C Munester Cheese ( I used parmesan and leftover pizza cheese)

1 Slice ham ( had a slice of leftover ham, so I threw it in as well)

1/4 Tsp salt

1/8 Tsp black pepper

1/4 Tsp Garlic

1/4 Tsp Oregano

1) Preheat oven to 175 degrees C. Lightly grease a 9 inch pie pan.

2) Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occassionally, until onions are soft. Stir in ham and spinach and garlic. Continue cooking until excess moisture has evaporated.

3) In a large bowl, combine eggs, cheese, salt, pepper and oregano. Add spinach mixture and stir to blend. Scoop into prepared pie pan.

4) Bake in preheated oven until eggs have set, about 30min. Let cool for 10min before serving.

Could be eaten warm or cold.

The perfect egg.

I had lunch that looked more like breakfast to most people. Did not feel like baking because I doubt I could actually eat anything I bake right now.

So I prepared for myself a simple salad for lunch today. Bought these lovely tomatoes yesterday, and I could simple just have tomatoes that are lightly salted any time of the day.

Tomatoes, Lettuce, Black olives and Cucumber. Tossed together with balsamic vinegar dressing.

As Dean Martin sings 'How do you like your eggs in the morning?'

I absolutely love mine half boiled! Runny egg yolk is something I simply can't resist! What would I do without the egg cooker!

Life is good :)