Category: Personal blog

  • Weekly Photo Challenge : Inside

    Whats inside your mouth, like an old amalgam filling can show discolouration. This is just a simple restoration that can change the shade of the teeth.

    discoloured teeth due to an old amalgam filling
    discoloured teeth due to an old amalgam filling
    old amalgam filling
    old amalgam filling
    replaced with simple composite filling
    replaced with simple composite filling
    the buccal view after replacing the old amalgam filling
    the buccal view after replacing the old amalgam filling

    Before and After treatment

    A simple day, a simple restoration can make a big difference! I bet you are now looking at the mirror 🙂

    Cheers,

    Jamilamimi

  • Home-baked Cheesecake Challenge: Flavour #18 Sweet Potato Cheesecake

    One of the popular root crops in Philippines is Kamote (sweet potato), I love eating it boiled with brown sugar and butter on the sides. It can also be fried or grilled and commonly called as “Kamote cue” sounds like barbecue 🙂 So i thought why not as cheesecake. Here’s my flavour no. 18 Sweet Potato Cheesecake.

    Flavour # 18 Sweet Potato Cheesecake
    Flavour # 18 Sweet Potato Cheesecake

    Ingredients:

    Crust:

    6 pcs crushed graham chocolate crackers

    1/4 cup melted butter

    Cheesecake filling:

    4-5 pieces of soft orange-flesh sweet potato

    1 can condensed milk

    300 g Philadelphia cream cheese

    250 ml thick cream

    3 eggs

    a pinch of salt

    3/4 cup of granulated sugar

    1/2 tsp vanilla powder

    1 tbsp flour

    Topping:

    cocoa powder

    strawberries

    whipping cream

    Pre-heat oven Gas mark # 3

    Mix together graham crackers crumbs and butter. Press mixture into 8 inches springform baking pan. set aside

    Mash sweet potato with fork and combine condensed milk.Beat cream cheese and sugar together, combine the mixture of sweet potato. add a pinch of salt and flour. Adding one egg at a time. Add vanilla powder and thick cream, until all blended. Pour filling into prepared crust.Bake for 1 hour.

    Careful not to open wide the oven door as i did! sudden change of temperature will lead to an open crack. Let the cheesecake cool down inside the oven for an hour. Let it stand for another hour before chilling, preferrably refrigerate for another four hours.

    so yummy!
    so yummy!

    Serving suggestions:

    i added fresh strawberry on top
    i added fresh strawberry on top
    i ate one slice in 5 minutes, so deliciously insane :-)
    i ate one slice in 5 minutes, so deliciously insane 🙂
    i also did a mini version
    I also did a mini version
    added some whipping cream
    added some whipping cream
    i also love the colour combination
    I also love the colour combination
    warning: don't make a mini version , it's so easy to eat :-)
    warning: don’t make a mini version , it’s so easy to eat 🙂
    ahh i probably got two bites and wanted more!!!
    ahh I probably got two bites and wanted more!!!

    Ladies, this is the cheesecake that I won’t mind doing again, it’s really a sweet treat for everyone!! Everyone who doesn’t mind their weight :-)hahahaha just for an update, I lost 2 kilo since I started the challenge. I guess, even though I love eating cheesecake, I am losing weight because of the stress of excitement how well my baking will turn out.

    Cheers!

    Jamilamimi

  • Home-baked Cheesecake Challenge : Flavour #16-17 touch of pinay

    Trying a new concept in cheesecake baking is a difficult task for me, but I’ll keep on trying anyway 🙂 and so my next adventure is to give it a touch of Filipino taste. I like to do it as easy as possible so, I went to asian supermarket and tried shopping for an instant mix of Bibingka ( a Filipino rice cake).

    flavour# 16 bibingka cheesecake
    flavour# 16 bibingka cheesecake

    Ingredients:

    Crust:

    4 pcs Raspberry granola bars

    3 tbsp melted butter

    1/3 cup almond meal

    Cheesecake filling:

    1 pkg sarap pinoy bibingka mix

    300 g Philadelphia cream cheese

    2 eggs

    3/4 cups sugar

    250 ml heavy cream

    Topping:

    shredded coconut

    fresh strawberry

    crumbled raspberry bars

    orange marmalade jam

    Pre heat oven Gas mark #3

    Crumble the raspberry bars, mix in almond meal and butter. Place the mixture in muffin baking tin. set aside

    Mix bibingka with coconut milk, add cheese and sugar. Add egg one at a time. Combine heavy cream. Pour batter into the prepared crust. Bake for 20 minutes. Top with selected fruits or nuts and shredded coconut.

    Serving suggestions:

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    DSC_4671bibingka

    Flavour no. 17 is another Filipino cupcake made from Kraft Cheddar cheese. I remember my high school days (1970’s) having cupcakes as a mid day snacks was considered as “social” like sort of privilege! Now a days, almost everyone can bake or buy cupcakes :-).

    my version of Pinoy cheese cupcakes
    my version of Pinoy cheese cupcakes

    Ingredients:

    1 3/4 sifted cake flour

    2 tsp baking powder

    1/4 tsp salt

    1/2 tsp baking soda

    1/2 cup butter

    1/2 cup sugar

    2 eggs

    1 can condensed milk

    1/2 cup Kraft cheddar cheese

    Pre heat oven Gas mark # 3

    Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, beat butter,sugar and eggs. Cut and fold into the mixture the dry ingredients, alternating with condensed milk. Add shredded Kraft cheddar cheese. Scoop the butter into the paper-lined muffin baking tin, top with more shredded cheese. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

    Topping:

    Cream cheese frosting

    white chocolate

    almond nuts

    yellow food colour (optional)

    Serving Suggestions:

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    Ladies, I am practicing my piping skills and i know i need more practice 🙂 i’m getting there!

    Jamilamimi

     

  • Home baked Cheesecake Challenge: Flavour #10 Cherry cheesecake

    Flavour no. 10 Cherry Cheesecake
    Flavour no. 10 Cherry Cheesecake

    Cherries are popular toppings for cheesecake, so I thought why not combine it? I use the regular recipe for cheesecake and  open a can of cherry filling, strained the syrup and placed the cherries between the cheesecake filling and drop a small ball of syrup around the top, one inch apart then connect it by making a line between with a toothpick.

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    Serving Suggestions:

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    Am I making sense? 🙂 abs diet books and workout book? hahaha feeling guilty eating cheesecakes every week!

    Cheers,

    Jamilamimi

  • Home-baked Cheesecake Challenge – Flavour # 9 Heart Cheesecake

    My youngest son came to visit for two days and one night, I made him Japanese cheesecake and an avocado cheesecake. Not to mention two favourite Filipino dishes of his. Imagine having those…happiness overload 🙂 and to top it all, he made a demo on how to make a mini chocolate cupcake! Of course we, were not able to finish all, so , what to do with the left over cheesecake?

    Chocolate with avocado cheesecake and cherries
    Chocolate with avocado cheesecake and cherries

    I cut it out to a mini heart cheesecakes…it’s Valentines and this is a labor of love. 🙂 He did the demo, an hour before he leaves to airport. Hmmm so yummy and I am so filled with happiness too! Having him for a couple of days was a lot fun and loving moments.So I named this as ” HEART Cheesecake”.

    Heart Cheesecake
    Heart Cheesecake
    combinations
    combinations

    Well, I wish I can share the french recipe but I don’t know how to translate it in English. What I knew, he used dark chocolate, 10 eggs..yes you read it right 10 eggs!! Flour and sugar.

    Sorry ladies, I was just in a mist of mixed emotions seeing him enjoying what he like most in the kitchen.

    Mothers! do i have to say more?

    Cheers,

    Jamilamimi

  • Weekly Photo Challenge : Treasure

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    Letters of my sons when they were still young, I treasure them as much as I treasure the moments when ever I am with them.

    I LOVE YOU EDGE AND KEVS!

    mom

  • Home-baked Cheesecake Challenge: Flavour # 8 Avocado Cheesecake

    Avocado
    Avocado

    Avocado combined with condensed milk is a favourite snack of mine. We all know that avocado has a lot of healthy fat which our body needs. It also contains, potassium,Vitamin E,B and folic acid. I thought of combining it with my cheesecake recipe and amazingly it turned out very well.

    Flavour No. 8 Avocado Cheesecake

    Avocado Cheesecake
    Avocado Cheesecake

    I used green food colour to a little mixture of avocado and condensed milk to make some swirl design, but if ever I’ll make this again. I’ll skip the food colour. It looks not very authentic!

    Ingredients:

    Crust:

    12 pieces light digestive cookies

    1 tbsp granulated sugar

    6 tbsp of melted butter

    Cheesecake filling:

    600 g of Philadelphia cream cheese

    300 g Mascarpone cheese

    1 cup granulated sugar

    250 ml thick cream

    200 g sour cream

    4 eggs

    pinch of salt

    2 tsp vanilla powder

    Avocado Filling:

    3 pcs Avocado

    1 can condensed milk

    Green food colour (optional)

    Pre heat oven (mark Gas # 3)

    Crush the biscuits and combine melted butter and sugar. Press it in the pan.

    Meanwhile, peel the avocado, scoop and mash it with fork or in food processor. Combine condensed milk and half of the vanilla powder. Set aside.

    Cream both Philadelphia and mascarpone cheese,add sugar, vanilla powder and a pitch of salt. Combine thick cream and sour cream, add to the mixture. add the eggs one at a time. Mix thoroughly.

    Pour the batter into the prepared pan with crust, add half of the  avocado mixture then the other half with green food colour, Swirl it with wooden toothpick .

    I think to mix the avocado and the cheesecake mixture together will make the taste better, However, who doesn’t like avocado and cheese? I love the taste!. It’s so yummy!

    Flavour no.8 Avocado Cheesecake
    Flavour no.8 Avocado Cheesecake

    Serving Suggestions:

    topped with cream and fresh avocado slices
    topped with cream and fresh avocado slices

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    with sugar sprinkles
    with sugar sprinkles
    with cream and biscuits
    with cream and biscuits
    with orange marmalade,cream and biscuits
    with orange marmalade,cream and biscuits
    so yummy!
    so yummy!

    Ladies, I’m sure you gonna love this flavour!

    Cheers!

    Jamilamimi

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: SELFIE

    Just right on time! I used camera 360 on my iPhone to give some tips on what to say when taking “Selfie portrait”. And my mom said ” mimi is that you? I didn’t recognise you, u had facelift? ” there you go ladies hahaha guarantee to remove wrinkles and made you look 10 years younger, just press “magic skin” in effects and camera 360 will take your years away 🙂

    Say Cheese….click!

    Cheese
    Cheese

    Say ” Esthetic …click!

    Esthetic
    Esthetic

    Say ” Prunes…Click!

    Prunes
    Prunes

    Ladies, beautybeyondfifty  just wanna have fun!

    try it! 🙂

    Cheers!

    Jamilamimi

  • Home-baked Cheesecake Challenge: Flavour # 7 Japanese Cheesecake (Soufflé)

    Cheesecake # 7 Souffle Japanese Cheesecake
    Cheesecake # 7 Souffle Japanese Cheesecake

    A Souffle is a lightly baked cake made with egg yolk and beaten egg white combined with cheesecake. I was searching for my next Flavour and I got curious with the recipe (justonecookbook.com), actually I have tried the recipe with my Apricot Cheesecake but it failed and I ended up covering it with ganache chocolate and wallah! it became Flavour # 5.

    To make the story short, I, jamilamimi will try.., and.. try again until I got it right! and yes! I did it!! Thank you nami!

    Japanese Cheesecake
    Japanese Cheesecake

    So soft , yummy and I was able to transfer it from one plate to another platter without  a mess 🙂 I am definitely happy with my baking skills, it’s getting better by time.

    Ingredients:

    400 g cream cheese

    6 tbsp granulated sugar

    4 tbsp unsalted butter

    6 egg yolk

    200 ml heavy whipping cream

    2 tsp lemon juice

    8 tbsp all-purpose flour

    3 tbsp apricot jam and 1 tsp water (for topping)

    Meringue

    6 egg whites refrigerated

    10 tbsp granulated sugar

    Please check out Nami at justonecookbook.com for detailed instructions. She made a clear steps by steps with photos. I diligently followed every steps, careful not to miss any as well as not to eat immediately. She recommends to eat it the following day which is alright with me because my youngest son is coming tomorrow for a two days holiday and this is my way of bragging, ” hey chef kevin. i can baked too! hahaha!

    Serving suggestion:

    top it with cherry and a dust of yellow and orange sugar on the side
    top it with cherry and a dust of yellow and orange sugar on the side
    glazed it with apricot jam
    glazed it with apricot jam

    Enjoy!

    Jamilamimi