Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake from Orla

Ingredients:

1  3/4 cup sugar

1  1/2 cup oil ( or 1 cup oil +1/2 cup melted butter -Orla think’s that this is the secret to make it moist

4 eggs

2 cups All Purpose flour

2 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4  teaspoon salt

3 cups grated carrots            

2 teaspoon vanilla

1 small can crushed pineapple (optional)

Procedure:

1) Pre heat oven to 325 F.

2) Cream sugar and oil. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

3) In another bowl, mix flour,baking soda,cinnamon,nutmeg, & salt. Add this to creamed mixture.

4) Blend in carrots, pineapple and vanilla.Pour into greased &lined 13x9x2 rectangular pan.

5) Bake.

About the recipe and Orla:

According to Orla, this recipe was given to her by her friend Ling- ling Sarraga. Orla is not only a good cook but also has a great style in fashion!!! I love to see people never looking bad. It feels good to see them, which makes you feel good about the world too! My sincerest appreciation to Orla for sharing her recipe and I look forward for more!!!

Macaroons de Filipinas (Filipino Macaroons)

One of my favorite desserts from the Philippines is Macaroons!! It’s really good and very easy to do as well!!! Ideally it is served like this, in those tiny paper cups, but since I didn’t know where to buy them here,I just placed the mixture in a rectangular glass baking dish. Besides, I think this is a better option for me, because I can have a bigger bite!! The tiny servings encourages you to eat more!!! Not a very good thing. So here’s how to do it. If you decide to try  this recipe , please drop me a line!! I would love to hear if you love it as much as I do!!

Ingredients:

150 gramos de coco rallado ( three  50 grams pack of dessicated coconut)

tres serenitos sabor vainilla ( 3 serenitos vanilla flavor) ideally you should use condensed milk but I didn’t find one in the supermarket so I thought why not Serenito!!!

tres huevos ( 3 eggs) yes I know , its really fatty : (

2oo gramos de azucar ( 200 grams sugar) You can use less if you wish

Procedure:

1) Preheat the oven at 275 F. Mine was an electric mini oven that I set  at 250.

2) Beat the eggs.

3) Add the coco rallado and serenito. Mix it.

4) Slowly add the sugar.Try the mixture while constantly mixing. It’s good to try so you would know  if it’s already sweet enough for you. I like sugar so I added more.  Mix the mixture  very well until it is not grainy.

5) Pour the mixture in paper cups or in a baking dish. Bake at 275 F for 15 minutes. Mine is between 25 to 30 minutes.

ENJOYYYYY!!!!!!