baking bonanza!

i've never been good at portion control. when i cook a dinner for two it usually ends up being more like a dinner for 4... so when i invited 15+ people over for appetizers and drinks i knew i had gotten myself into a bit of trouble. to complicate matters there were about 6 people who told me that they MIGHT be dropping by. hmmmmm.....

i ended up making WAY too much food (as usual) but was able to experiment with some new recipes which was a lot of fun.

i attempted domestic goddess' crispy truffle cookies.



the cookies turned out pretty good, very chocolatey, with a crispy outside and a chewy inside. the only downfall was that since i made them a couple of days before the event, they were a little stale when people actually got around to eating them. but they were very photogenic. =)

i also tried a recipe from the cupcake bakeshop, a website that i recently started reading. i love her experimental recipes and i just had to test out her recipe for thai tea cupcakes (recipe #0002).



although i wish the flavor of the thai tea was a little stronger, the texture and the color of the cupcakes turned out nicely. thanks chockylit! next on the test kitchen list are horchata cupcakes. =)