Coconut Mochi Cake

I was invited to a potluck dinner the other day, and was asked to bring either a side dish or dessert.
Of course I chose dessert, and as suggested by Deborah, baked Coconut Mochi Cake!
I used a recipe I hadn't tried in my mother's Hawaiian Mochi recipe book (that she bought at Walmart in Hawaii! haha).
Yes...A book full of mochi recipes! Isnt' that something.
The texture turned out well! (I recall baking an awful mochi cake while in college...it was so stiff :( )

I had left behind the corner and the edge pieces of the cake since they were a little hard compared to the other pieces.
I came back from work today looking forward to snacking on one of them before dinner...and was shocked to see that I had only 1 piece left. This is what happens when you live at home.
My last piece...

I gave a piece to my boss today, and he liked it! Better yet, he has a sweet tooth and high standards for sweets. Yesss!


Chi Chi Dango (Baked) (I call it Coconut Mochi Cake...)

1 pound mochiko (16oz box)

2-1/4 cups sugar -> Used 2 cups instead

1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1-1/2 cups water

1 can coconut milk (12 oz)

food color (optional)

1. Combine dry ingredients in large mixing bowl.

2. Add liquid ingredients to #1 and mix thoroughly with whisk. 

3. Pour into greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Cover with foil.

4. Bake at 350F for 1 hour.

5. Remove foil and cool thoroughly for at least 3-4 hours. Cut with plastic knife.




I love this version of "Let the Good Times Roll"!

yummy 3 course lunch & pound cake!

|| 03.28.2010 ||


「やばいよ！3月終わっちゃうよ！ランチしなくちゃ！」といつものグルメ好きの女友達たちと
3月が終わる寸前に、またDine Around Seattleのイベントを利用して、美味しい３コースランチを食べてきました。
今回行ったのは、前から行ってみたかった、Pike Place Marketのすぐ目の前にあるSteelhead Diner！

Appetizer

Hot Smoked Wild Salmon Rillette with Pickled Red Onions & Herb Emulsion

Main Dish

Preserved Lemon Crusted Stream Raised Idaho Catfishwith Tellicherry Peppercorn Butter Sauce & Creamy Hominy Polenta

美味しそうだったので、友達のMain Dishも・・・

Quill Shaped Pasta & Pan Roasted Asparagus with Nettle Pesto, Wilted Spinach & Shaved Pecarino Toscano

Dessert

Olympic Mountain Lemon Sorbet

またまた友達のも美味しそうだったので・・・

Banana Foster Crème Brulee

3コースで値段もすごくお手頃だったので、「きっとボリュームは少なめだよね」って言いながら行ったら、

なんとすんごいボリュームでした！

Main Dishは4人中全員が食べ切れなかったぐらい！

ここのレストランは、Americanのジャンルに入るのかな？

Americanはあまり得意じゃないけど、ここのは結構あっさりしてて、美味しかったです！

お店の雰囲気もなかなかおしゃれです。

|| 本日 ||
今日は家庭教師するはずだったんだけど、Eちゃんが体調崩しちゃったので、急遽キャンセル凹


生クリームが残っていて、何を作ろうとネットでレシピ検索していたら・・・
生クリームパウンドケーキを発見！
レモン汁がなかったので、代わりにオレンジジュースとOrange Zestを入れてみました。
パウンドケーキを焼いたのなんて・・・いつぶりだろう？！

生クリームが入っているせいか、中が結構しっとりしていて、

そして、バターもたっぷり入っているので、リッチな味。

今日勉強している間は、チャイラテと食べました。

明日は、紅茶と食べようかな～。

Baking sleepover!

Earlier this month, my ex-roomies and I spent some quality time catching up on our lives...and, of course, baking during our sleepover!
One of my roomies used to bake randomly at midnight, during midterms, and whenever she got hungry.
It was great to bring back the tradition and bake together!
We made Orange Chocolate Chip muffins (recipe from Technicolor Kitchen blog), which were super easy to make, yet extremely yummy!
I've always loved anything orange chocolate (especially Trader Joe's orange-shaped orange chocolates!), and this is a new addition to my favorites.
Thanks for one of our roomies' boyfriend who went out and bought oranges for orange zest (I totally spaced out and forgot to buy some :( )

We doubled? tripled? the amount of chocolate chips. HAHA. But it was still yummy. The orange zest was still very strong. Ahh how I love citrus aroma!

I had a potluck farewell party the night after the sleepover, so I also made Dark Chocolate truffles with Cinnamon and Walnut (recipe also from Technicolor Kitchen blog; the original recipe uses hazelnuts, but I substituted them with walnuts since I was out of hazelnuts) while watching "New York, I Love You" (I personally liked it more than "Paris, Je t'aime"). It had been several years since I last made truffles.
I forgot how soft the chocolate can get on your palms when trying to roll them into little balls! I also doubled the amount of cinnamon used in the original recipe because I love cinnamon!

I should had kept on making truffles...I totally fell asleep watching our second movie of the night, "Moulin Rouge", even though it's one of my favorite movies. And, of course, my ex-roomies had to take a picture of me passed out on the couch...lovely.

Ex-roomie had delicious wine and cheese for us too! Thank you!