DIY #2: Graham Tiramisu Refrigerator Cake

I consider December as a "Celebrations Month." Not only would there be a number of Christmas parties to go to, but there are also several personal celebrations this month. The first day of the month kicked off with SI's 6th month. After which, this was followed by JF's birthday, then, our anniversary as BF-GF. This is also SJ's birthday month. Would you believe that these 4 important celebrations transpired in less than 10 days?! Though we didn't celebrate each event in a grand way, I just made sure that we have something special on the table.

As I mentioned in a previous post, the cake completes the occasion. But since family occasions happen one after the other this month, my mom and SJ thought of making a refrigerator cake instead of buying one from a pastry shop. Not only does it tastes yummy but making it is a breeze even for a clueless cook like me. It was such a delightful breather from the traditional birthday cakes.

Affordable ingredients for a delicious homemade cake

DIY #1: Crunchy Choco-Banana Milkshake

Cooking has never been my cup of tea. It is just fortunate that JF had already accepted that fact even way before we got married. Some people would say it is unusual for a person like me with a Chemical Engineering background not to have the fondness in cooking because such task is like performing a laboratory experiment. Not that I didn't try because as a matter of fact I did and it turned out to be a disastrous Leche Flan. From then on, I told myself that the role in the kitchen that I can excellently perform would be the food taster.

Last week as I was having a hot oil and scalp treatment at the salon, I came across a magazine with a couple of recipes suitable for kids. I can't remember which publication was that. I was so into reading the recipes section that I was even tempted to tear off the pages and take them home. Afraid that I might be caught by the salon personnel walking here and there, I just took a cellphone snapshot instead.

Today, I took the courage to try out the choco-banana milkshake recipe that caught my attention. I have to say that I didn't hesitate to go ahead with this because it is very easy. The only difficult part was to prepare the ingredients. As soon as you have everything ready, you just put everything in a blender and mix them up!

Fresh from the gorcery: ingredients for the Crunchy Choco-Banana Milkshake