Last week was the Chinese Spring Lantern Festival or in Indonesia we call it Cap Go Meh (Cap = ten, Go = Five, Meh = nights). This festival celebrates the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. It also marks the end of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations.

I grew up eating this rolled sponge cake thingy that we call Bolu Gulung (which by the way, it literally means rolled sponge cake. Brutal translation, I know). Honestly, the best part of this cake is because it's so simple and versatile. You can fill it with whatever you want. The key of a good Bolu Gulung is on the cake itself. It has to be soft and fluffy.

Looking for a light fluffy chocolate cake with a soft, rich, and moist texture in the inside? Look no further, here I share you my favorite recipe! I separate the batter into two molds so I can put a thick slab of Nutella in the middle, because as well all know, Nutella makes everything better :)

Spring has arrived and soon enough I will be able to have picnic outside, yay!! I am planning to attend and or throw potluck gatherings often this spring and summer, therefor, I have been trying new recipes and today's recipe is one of them :)

Hi there lovely dumplings, I am back!

It's October again and boom, everything-pumpkin is back again! You can't even imagine, well I mean I can't even imagine how many variety pumpkin-y food and beverages out there that pop up every October. I had my first pumpkin latte few years back and to be honest I was kind of awed for the fact that people actually mix pumpkin, which is some sort of vegetable, with coffee and make a drinkable beverage out of it. As someone who comes from the 4th largest coffee producer country in the world and taught well to take my coffee pure, this pumpkin latte shocked my world of it axis a lil bit. Sadly tho, I am not a big fan of it. There's nothing wrong about it, it just I am a purist when it comes to coffee, I like my coffee like myself; pure Indonesian, dark, hot, and sweet. 

Apart from the (in)famous pumpkin latte, pumpkin pie is also one of the top product of the month of October, or should I say Pumpkinber. I have uploaded my pumpkin pie recipe here, in case you are interested. Today I have another idea what to do with pumpkin, I made pumpkin roll spice with cream cheese for adult. Check out my recipe and you will get it why I call it cream cheese for adult :P

Hey there lovely dumplings, whats up? 

I have been late again for posting, haven't I? To be honest, the blog is not the only thing I have been neglected this summer. For inexplicable reasons, I am just feeling uninspired to do my routines and that includes blogging, doing chores, and wearing pants. I am sure this is only a momentary mood (it'd better be). 

Today was one of those days in June when you still need to wear a long sleeved or a cardigan. There were not much activities can be done (comfortably) outdoor because the heavy cloud kept hanging above my head and ready to rain anytime. However, I went lake kayaking for a couple hours and got back home when the sky went dark and cloudy. I really can't wait for summer to starts.

I went to my favorite grocery shop last week, they were having special price for bio fruits, including banana. So I bought a few too many. Why? Do I like banana so much? not really. Because it was bio? no, definitely not, I don't even know what is bio banana. Was it because its on special? heck no, you know how bio products tend to be overpriced, so even if they were on special, they would never be that cheap. So why was it then? Simple answer; it was because I was HUNGRY. I know I know, people said you shouldn't do grocery shopping when you are hungry. And they were right. I shouldn't. 

I was only going to buy the ingredients for my dinner that day, but I ended up buying the ingredients for dinner, breakfast, and lunch....enough for the next three months... #sigh. 

As we all know, banana goes bad fast. I had few overripe banana to do something with. Something easy and simple. So don't be surprised if the few upcoming recipes are about bananas. I am going banana for these bananas.

When I think about putting banana in a recipe, the first thing come to mind will be banana bread. Especially the one from my favorite coffee shop around the corner. They have this amazing sweet-smelling and moist banana bread with walnut. It just yummy. Overpriced, but yummy. It goes awesomely with my coffee. It tastes more or less like this recipe I am writing. It is not the shop's secret recipe tho, instead I use this recipe here, and give it a tiny little twist.

My beloved cousin who now resides in Moscow was craving for an Indonesian dessert. Unfortunately the distance between us prevents me to bake one for her, but worry not, cousin, here I share you a super-easy steamed cake recipe! The ingredients are pretty basic, I am sure all of it can be found in a normal-basic kitchen. You don't even have to have a special steamer. My mom didn't have any special steamer but she managed to cook steamed food very often. She filled the bottom of her oh-my-God-thats-big wok with water and put a metal rack on it. Bring the water to boil et voila, you are ready to steam whatever you need to steam. 

Cheesecake is totally my favorite cake out there. I love the sweet smell of the soft cheese combine with the fresh fruits on top, it just awesome! I have tried to taste all the cheesecake variety out there that I can find, from blueberry cheesecake, mango cheesecake, caramel cheesecake and all other cheesecakes, yet my fav is the one with fruits on it. The freshness and sourish taste of the fruit just balance the sweetness of the cake. Its been awhile that I wanted to make this cake but I always thought it would be too much hassle and it won't be as good as the one we buy at the patisserie, but then again, what the heck, if it fails, it fails, its not like I have never been failed in cooking before. So folks, let's give this recipe a try! 

When I was a kid, pastries with cream puff and chocolate was expensive, I didn't eat much of those fancy food, but I did munch a lot on this one particular bread: ROTI GAMBANG. The taste was simple, its sweet, moist, molassesy, spicy and bready. Its been years I dont find that bread anywhere, yet I never forget how it tastes. One day I stumbled upon a German cookies Recipe called Pfeffernusse, and yes, it tastes exactly like my childhood memory Roti Gambang! umm.. well, I must admit this cookies taste a bit richer and more complex then Roti Gambang, I take it as a fancy Roti Gambang.
Euphoria!!!