Happy, Blessed, and Grateful at 37

Today is a special day for me and my family. It's my 37th Birthday and our 6th Wedding Anniversary! We had a very simple and happy celebration at home, normal everyday food, store-bought cake, some picture moments and chasing our toddler.

And this surprise Birthday Cake given by my youngest sister. Dainty, super cute, and really touching customized design picked by my sister!!! It's me during my wedding day, how thoughtful of my sister to also include a touch of our wedding anniversary on the cake. 

Bento Cake by Kaibakes - Chanyeol Day

Mini Cakes or Bento Cakes which first gained popularity in South Korea is now also a hot item here in the Philippines. Why not, who can resist these cute, simple, and eye-catching minimalist design cakes? They are perfect for small occasions, good for 1-2 persons, and a really Instagram-worthy cake.

This cute mini cake was given to me by my sister who ships Park Chanyeol of EXO. Honestly, I'm not a K-Pop fan, but I know EXO 'cause my sister is head over heals with them.

Red Ribbon's Rocky Road Cake

Rocky Road Cake from Red Ribbon is a thumbs up for me! It's our first time to try this and it didn't disappoint us.

World Chocolate Day - Davao Tablea Cake from Wadough's

Can't miss this day to post on my blog, because it's World Chocolate Day today! Happy Chocolate Day to all sweet tooths out there!

MerNel's Heart Chocolate Cake

A sweet, simple and "new to us" cake to celebrate this year's Father's Day, MerNel's Medium Heart Chocolate Cake. MerNel's is known as the famous chocolate cake from Los Banos, Laguna.

Tiramisu Meltdown Cake from Red Ribbon

Probably the best or one of the best round cakes from Red Ribbon Bakeshop! As you all know, my all-time favorite cake from Red Ribbon is Chocolate Mousse. For my top 2 cake, I'm torn between Black Forest Cake and Tiramisu Meltdown Cake!

Goldilocks Royal Fudge Cake with Toblerone

Heavenly moist chocolate cake with buttercream and chocolate mousse filling, topped with chocolate syrup, choco shavings and Toblerone chunks! I will give this cake 4.5/5 stars. It tastes good, the chocolate is overwhelming. The design is paralleled to the taste. It not only look good, it's also amazing. If you're a chocolate lover then this is the cake for you. Good Job Goldilocks!

Red Ribbon Cookies and Cream Dedication Cake (READ BEFORE YOU BUY)

Vanilla and chocolate chiffon cake layers filled and covered with delightful cream and real Oreo cookie bits.

The price of the cake is 500 pesos only. 

In my honest opinion, the cake is very mediocre. It is too far from being great, the Chocolate Dedication Cake is much better (not the rainbow color inside). The cake is dry, you wouldn't even recognize that its flavor is cookies and cream if not for the Oreo cookies because it tastes like an ordinary cake that you can buy from a small bakery, there is no cookies and cream taste. I love Red Ribbon but this cake is a flop, the prize is too high for its quality. The design was good but there is nothing more to compliment other than that. I'm too disappointed because I've waited for so long just to buy this cake. 

Overall my grade for this is 1/5 stars. I love Red Ribbon but I'm just being honest so you won't waste your money for this cake. 

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Eurobake Original Inipit of Bulacan

What is Inipit? It's a Filipino cake-like pastry, inipit is a Tagalog/Filipino word which means pressed in between or sandwiched. The sweet filling is sandwiched between two fluffy chiffon-like cakes. And it is known that Inipit is a specialty in the province of Malolos and Guiguinto in Bulacan.

Buko Pie of Orient-The Original Buko Pie Bakeshop

Orient Buko Pie is one of the most famous and best Buko Pie brands that you can buy in Laguna Province, specifically in Los Baños, Laguna. Because of its deliciousness and reputation among local and international tourist, their Buko Pie were sold out just a couple or more hours once they start selling it for the day. 

Tropical Pie of Orient-The Original Buko Pie Bakeshop

An old-time favorite Buko Pie with a fabulous twist... Tropical Pie is a combination of the blockbuster Orient-The Original Buko Pie and just the right amount and sweetness of Pineapples!

Pendy's Napoleones and Halfmoon, Pasalubong from Bacolod City

Who doesn't love sweets..? Most Filipinos loves sweet foods, whether its desserts, cool beverage or even in entree dishes (like Pork Humba or Beef Pares). We crave for sugar!

When we travel we experience the culture, eat sumptuous and local food, and of course take home a little bit of that place. We never go home without a Pasalubong!

I have here some Pasalubong from Negros Occidental Province which is known as the Sugarbowl of the Philippines because it produces more than half of our country's sugar and its capital is Bacolod City.

Dayap Chiffon Cake of The Chocolate Kiss Cafe

What is Dayap? Dayap is a small citrus fruit that is native in Southeast Asia and is also known as Key Lime. Here in the Philippines, Dayap is used as an additional flavoring or main ingredient to desserts like Leche Flan (caramel pudding or flan), Biko (sweet rice cake), Cakes, and more.

Cafe Pronto Red Velvet Cake

What is a Red Velvet Cake? It is a red layer cake with cream cheese or buttercream icing, it is actually a chocolate cake dyed with red food coloring or some uses beetroot. What we have here is a Red Velvet Cake from Cafe Pronto which is located at the Ground Floor of Marco Polo Hotel Ortigas Manila.

Nathaniel's Custard Cake

Nathaniel's Custard Cake is very light, not too sweet and so yummy!!! Super light but not airy in texture chiffon cake topped with custard. A box of Nathaniel's Custard Cake cost ₱165.00 and contains 9 square mini cakes. Honestly I can murder three mini cakes in one sitting :)! Custard cake is perfect for dessert and snack time.

Blogging World... I'm Back!

I've been very busy last couple of months because I had a lot of projects to deal with. I am a Home-based Freelancer Admin Support. Just keep visiting my blog 'coz I have loads of interesting topics to come :)

Last day of July, was my father's birthday. We just had a simple celebration at our home. We bought Red Ribbon Chocolate Mousse Cake which was our all- time favorite. Regular price of Red Ribbon Choco Mousse is 560.00php, but that day it was 20% discounted so I just paid for 448.00php. For our dinner, we bought Chop Suey, Pork Asado, and Pancit Canton-Bihon from the Chinese restaurant near our area, Dory's Restaurant.

The celebration was perfect... Kasi sobrang busog na busog kaming lahat... :) 

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Bake and Churn Ice Cream Cakes Discount Deal in Ensogo

Bake & Churn Ice Cream Cakes has a great discount deal at Ensogo. Bake & Churn offers the best of both worlds, two of our favorite desserts, ice cream and cake in one. Our family loves Bake and Churn Dome Ice Cream Cakes but it's a bit pricey for a weekend dessert. Their ice cream cakes costs 580.00php, their cakes are great for celebrations and parties if you're tired of the same old party cakes.

Here are Bake & Churn Dome Cakes:

Snack Time at Red Ribbon

One day after a tiring window shopping at the mall, my boyfriend and I searched for the best merienda or snack that we can eat. Pizza, Burgers and Spaghetti and other Pasta are our usual meal and I want something light and sweet for our snack time. Red Ribbon was our choice! Both of us ordered for Pancit Palabok and a slice of Dulce de Leche Cake for me. Red Ribbon's Pancit Palabok is outrageously delicious, it never disappoints me every time I eat it! Their Pancit Palabok uses bihon or bijon noodles which I like compared with the thick palabok noodles, the texture of the sauce is just right, it has many toppings like chicharon, chicken pieces, shrimps, hard-boiled eggs sprinkled with onion leaves, and served with calamansi. Yum yum yum!!! It's very delicious, flavorful, all ingredients compliments with one another and it's worth your money!

Conti's Mango Cheesecake

My Conti's Birthday Cake!!! Cream cheese mixed with mango on graham crust and topped with rice mangoes. I prefer this cheesecake compared to other fruit-flavored cheesecake. Soft, silky and delightful cream cheese mixed with mangoes, look at the photo above, the cream cheese is lightly yellow and when you eat it you'll recognize some mango strands. Mango Cheesecake costs 465.00php or $11.07. 

My Favorite Red Ribbon Cake

Red Ribbon has many cakes and rolls that we can choose from but their Chocolate Mousse Cake is my ultimate favorite!!! The base is a chocolate cake, lined with very luscious and delectable chocolate mousse and extraordinarily smooth cream with chocolate chips on top. Chocolate Mousse Cake is heaven!!!