During my college days, I had a friend, A, who always had some sort of baked good with him, at all times. (And for you guys out there who need some motivation to get into baking, he was usually accompanied by at least one girl. Hehe.) Brownies, key lime pie, lemon bars… you name it, [...]
A friend of mine recently had a baby, and we were invited to celebrate her “Full Moon” or one-month birthday, per Chinese tradition. I decided to bring some cupcakes and thought that angel food cake would be perfect to celebrate their little angel. Originally I had planned to make a frosting as well, but I [...]
![[Baking] Lemon Curd Coffee Cake](http://www.jinxieats.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/P1020511-1-150x150.jpg)
Recently I’ve been getting tons of lemons in my CSA box, and I thought I’d try my hand at making lemon curd. I followed the recipe from Baking Bites, and it worked really well. Then I figured, why not incorporate the lemon curd into a cake? I found a recipe for lemon curd coffee in [...]
When S and I are looking a quick Asian meal, our usual stop is Tea Garden on Convoy St. They have decent Taiwanese dishes – I’m particularly fond of the crispy chicken, Taiwanese sausage, and fried rice, in addition to the milk teas and brick toast. However, Tea Garden is temporarily closing for a few [...]
![[Baking] Cookie butter white chocolate chip cookies](http://www.jinxieats.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/P1020129-1-150x150.jpg)
Happy Valentine’s Day, dear readers! Okay, I admit, I didn’t prepare anything special for Valentine’s Day. S and I usually don’t go out since restaurants are pretty crowded, and I’ve been too busy to come up with something creative and delicious for the holiday of love. I did, however, make cookies! Cookies are good for [...]
After our dinner at Convoy Tofu House, we decided to get something sweet. S and our friend J are always in the mood for milk tea, but I wanted a dessert, so we decided to check out Up2yoü Cafe – I’ve heard about this place from other friends and bloggers and was quite curious about [...]
Ever since I had snowflake ice at Class 302 in Irvine, I’ve been craving good snowflake ice. Then, when I saw Kirbie‘s posts about Yogurt Swirl, the weather was getting too cold for frozen treats (at least according to S… I’m always up for ice cream). Finally, after lunch at Original Sab-E-Lee in Rancho Penasquitos [...]
I recently had the pleaure of interviewing Agent Snickerdoodle, the founder of The Secret Cookie Service, a late-night cookie delivery service in San Diego. For those of you who haven’t heard of this phenomenon, it’s exactly what it sounds like: got a midnight sweets craving? Call up the SCS and get your cookie fix delivered [...]
I love bringing friends visiting from out-of-town to Extraordinary Desserts. Last time, I brought S’s sister (The Eating Monster) there and she loved it. This time, our good friends R&V were visiting from the Bay Area, and we decided to meet up and enjoy some desserts. S loves danishes, and that night they had a [...]
![[Irvine] Snowflake ice at Class 302](http://www.jinxieats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/P1010719-1-150x150.jpg)
I recently visited Boiling Point in Irvine with some friends for Taiwanese hot pot. And since we were already there… of course we had to go to Class 302 for snowflake ice! I didn’t get the snowflake ice last time I visited Class 302, and I was determined to make up for it this time. [...]