International Treats and Delights! Gulab Jamuns, Lor Mai Chi, and Chocolate Cake!
I can’t believe it’s been almost two weeks that I haven’t updated. Yes, I admit, I have been lazy when it comes to my posts. It would be so easy if I had a Blackberry with internet privileges! I do apologize for that, but at least I can make use of my camera and post better quality pictures!
Let me show you what I’ve come across over the course of these two weeks!
Firstly,
My friend decided to surprise me with an assortment of gulab jamuns to excite my taste palate! I have never have gulab jamuns before so this was definitely exciting to me. From what I was told, gulab jamuns are essentially Pakistani/Indian donuts. Now I just had to look it up to see what it is all about, and this is the recipe that I came across: Gulab Jamun. I am definitely going to make this since I now have the passion to make sweets! It doesn’t look that hard and it’s like making a donut! The problem with Gulab Jamuns, in my opinion is that you have to eat it when it’s fresh out of the fryer. When I got this from my friend, all the sugar has melted which coats the GJ with this syrupy goodness which I think is gross. Who likes a soggy donut? I sure as heck don’t. Perhaps I need to get my friend to buy it early in the morning when it’s freshly made so it can do just to my taste buds!
Assorted Gulab Jamuns
Coconut Flavored Gulab Jamons
Greasy and Sugary Gulab Jamun
Secondly,
I attempted to make Lor Mai Chi. Let me tell you know horrendous this experience was. Chinese pastries, in my opinion, may look simple, but it’s so darn difficult! You don’t even know what kind of hassle I went through. But at least it didn’t taste half bad. The recipe that I used was as follows: Yummy in your Tummy: Loh Mai Chi Recipe. The problem is that I didn’t have peanut oil. I’m sure that makes a huge difference. My lor mai chi, or glutinous rice flour w/peanut filling tastes really floury because I used a good amount. I have not master the technique of folding and closing dough, like how you will with dumplings. This is my first time doing any thing of this sort and it’s definitely a lot more difficult that I thought. I think I’ll have to wait for another couple of months before I reattempt making these bad boys!
Chinese Lor Mai Chi - Glutinous Rice Flour w/peanut filling
My Attempt at Lor Mai Chi
And lastly,
It’s funny this all happened within the same weekend! I felt like eating chocolate cake on this Sunday afternoon and decided to make one! I must admit, I did use the Betty Crocker box for chocolate cake. But I did tweak the recipe by adding my favorite corn syrup, cinnamon, and vanilla extract; oh let’s not forget I added white chocolate morsels just for the heck of it. Those ingredients, in my opinion, are key to making a very moist cake and it brings out the sweetness of the cake!
Chocolate bundt cake with white chocolate morsels
Chocolate Cake w/white morsels and chocolate frosting
This is definitely a recipe for sugar overload. Frosting and white chocolate morsels makes this chocolate cake sweet, but it wasn’t overbearingly sweet which is good. My parents hate anything chocolate related, so more for me! Yay!
So yes, this was two weeks ago! I will try to keep these posts coming!
<3 FCG
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Your lor mai chis look good! How does it taste?
Hmm…chocolate cake. Did you save me a piece?
Wow scrumptious! I adore chocolate and your cake looks too delicious to be true. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Thank you for your wonderful comments! I will try to post more pictures whenever I get the chance!