Tag: baking

• Baking a White Christmas: Festive Cookie Ideas

  

  Dear readers, I do hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. I was taking a break from my posts to enjoy the season with my loved ones. I even manifested what I really wanted, which was a White Christmas! After 15 years here in NYC, it finally snowed just in time for Christmas. The…

  Nikki Mak

  January 11, 2025

  Recipes

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• Puerto Rican Rice & Beans

  

  This was a really cool recipe I had the pleasure of making, eating and sharing. I have always enjoyed Spanish cuisine and never really attempted to ever make it until now. It came out so good!! You HAVE to try this recipe! It’s going to leave you with a full stomach and plenty of left…

  Nikki Mak

  February 3, 2023

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• The Perfect Eggless Cupcakes

  

  This past weekend, I had a task to bake some cupcakes for a special function, but the only criteria was that they had to be eggless. I had no fear, I knew I could do it. I decided to make two types, chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. The chocolate one is shown above. I topped it…

  Nikki Mak

  January 17, 2023

  Heavenly Sweets

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• Black Forest Cake

  

  Oh hello there chocolate cherry lover! This one is for you! Here’s my Black Forest Cake that I had the pleasure of baking this past week from scratch. It actually came as a request! I was definitely excited to whip up this cake in my kitchen, no doubt about it. I’ve always loved baking and…

  Nikki Mak

  May 9, 2022

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