One of the good thing after being a mom is to learn how to prioritize my work a lot better and let the not-so-important things are out of my picture. For instance, I used to spend 2-3 hours in front of television watching junkie soap operas and I don’t do it anymore. My day normally starts with a cute cooing and babbling sound of Jacob and follows by half screaming & crying loud noise if I dare to ignore him. Thereby, as you could image that he is a sure the most effective alarm in my life. David & I turn him into bed around 9:30pm, so that we could have our personal time to follow up the work, tea business and my new hobby.

Most of my friends know I love cooking, but I don’t bake. I never grew up having an oven in the house, so baking to me is a challenge. Anyhow, Markus, one of my foodie friend simply made a delicious funeral cake (aka Streuselkuchen)when we went snowboard trip last year. He taught me into baking since then and  he certainly has a lot of patient to answer my brainless questions and even showed me how to bake.

I am doing a lot baking project and experimenting many new recipes. I made Tiramisu using TGY powder last nite before I went to bed!  Instead of using espresso powder, I grinded High Mountain TGY into fine powder and dipped the lady fingers with lot of Grand Marnier. At last I dusted with TGY powder and dark Belgium chocolate. It’s no way you could turn down such a nice tea & liquor!  It should go well with a nice cup of High Mountain TGY. Yeah! Happy Baking 101.

P.S. I should have taken the picture before I shared this yummy cake with Lisette and Paul, but it’s too late. I only have 1 slice left and the picture looks awful..

Posted by june / Food & Drink