What an odd name, “ang butter”? Question to myself when I kept seeing photos of this dessert flavor combo. Ang = short for “anko” which refers to sweet red bean paste, often made by boiling the red beans and mashing or grinding them with honey or sugar added. Butter = well, we know what that ...
Blueberry Crumble
And summer is slowly (sadly) coming to an end. It actually is the end now and also the last of summer fruit. Two weekends ago, we went to the farmer’s market for some last summer fruit and vegetables. Blueberries were nearly dying but still yet alive and we found a stand selling super plump looking ...
Earl Grey Olive Oil Pound Cake
Earl grey flavored desserts and baked goods are very abundant and popular in Asia but, in the US, they’re rarer. I never really thought about it too much when I saw the recipes on a lot of Korean blogs because I couldn’t imagine the flavor. So, nah. I became enlightened two winters ago on a trip to ...
Moist Korean Sweet Potato Bread
Did I already mention that Korean sweet potatoes (goguma in Korean) are one of my favorite foods to eat in the winter? When I visited home for Thanksgiving my mom stocked up on gogumas for me to steam in the microwave and roast in the oven. Just to emphasize how much I love these purple ...
Korean Sweet Pumpkin Pound Cake (Kabocha Pound Cake)
It's fall! and everyone is cooking up orange pumpkins in their kitchen but I am in my corner cooking kabocha squashes and Korean sweet potatoes. I love these two ingredients all year round but they are the star in the cold months. I've been experimenting here and there with these two and today's ...
Moist Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
A few weeks back, I baked an unmemorable pumpkin muffin or in my opinion a not so good pumpkin muffin but my husband noted, these aren't bad, they have the spice scent of carrot cake and I like carrot cake. Was he hinting that he wanted carrot cake? No, probably not, he's not good with secret ...
Baked Crispy Korean Style Honey Butter Wings
Honey butter chips were all the craze in 2015 in Korea. People were going crazy over it, I mean these chips were flying off the walls! This craze even has it's own wiki page; that's when you know it's super important. Remember I noted that I'm a little behind on these fads? I've never actually ...
LA Chapssaltteok (LA Sticky Rice Cake)
Last week was Chuseok in Korea - or "Korean Thanksgiving" if you will. In Korea, this is one of the largest holidays and probably also one of the most horrific traffic days of the year. During this time families get together and eat lots of really great fancy foods, pay respect to elders ...
Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies
It only makes sense that a baked good is my first post. A few years ago, I came upon baking because I was bored and it turned out, I wasn't too bad at it. I loved trying out new recipes and eating desserts warm, right out of the oven! I also loved spending time in the kitchen too see my parents eyes ...