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Monday, December 29, 2014

Some Favorite Recipes of Mine

Hello there!!!

And the sweets continues! Here are some few favorites of mine and my family that I made yesterday night with my little niece Vivian's help ;)


[ My Mini Little Baker - Vivian Huang ]
She is super-duper adorable! Every time she comes down to visit, she'll want to bake with me - LOVE IT!!!

My Favorite & A Few Others - IT'S A MUST TRY recipe! I bet you can't stop popping them in your mouth like me every time I bake them, because I sure ate like 10 non-stop!!! It's sooo good! I strongly suggest DO NOT omit the espresso powder, it enhances the chocolate!!!

  
These are my family and a few friends favorite! I don't really eat cheesecake, but when I bake, I try a little and it does taste yummie! I always add a little more lemon juice and zest to enhance the flavor a little depending on who I am baking for and my family and a few friends LOVE the extra lemony flavor! ;)

  
Instead of the Chocolate Chunk, separated the dough into two and made (1) Pretzels M&M's Cookies and (2) White Chocolate, Chocolate and Cranberries Cookies. The dough is super soft and chewy! It's really really yummie! Give it a try and you'll love it.


[ Vegan Banana Bread Recipe ]
I got this recipe from a friend, but I added some other spices to it. Scroll down to get the recipe and give it a try. You'll love them as well too! Make it plain, add some mini chocolate chips, or anything you like. It's very yummie! Always my to-go-to Banana Bread Recipe! ;) Make them into a loaf, mini muffins, muffins, squares, etc! I've tried them all and it always turns out yummie!

Thanks for dropping by! I hope you like some of my favorite recipes! Let me know how they turn out if you're trying them by posting a comment - would really appreciate it.

I think I'm baked out a little..hoping to craft soon! ;)

Thank you,
Love always, SMILE!!! MUI HOANG
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[ Vegan Banana Bread Recipe ]
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature (or 1/4 cup unsalted butter and 1/4 cup applesauce)
1/2 cup of white sugar
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1-2 teaspoons vanilla
2-3 very ripe mashed bananas (about 1 1/2 cups)

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin spice
1 cup walnuts (optional)

Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8 x 4 inch loaf pan (this can be made in any size pan or muffin tins just adjust the baking time).
  2. In a large bowl, mix the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until combined. Mix in the vanilla until combine. If using applesauce, mix that in.
  3. If you like not-too-chunky-bananas, follow this step: On a separate bowl, peel the brown spotty bananas and mashed them using a fork until it is somewhat lumpy. Then add it into the wet mixture and mix it, it will be very liquidly.
  4. On a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin spice; mix until combine.
  5. Mix the wet and dry ingredients together until just  combine (with few flour left is okay).
  6. If you like chunky bananas, follow this step if you've omitted step 3: On a separate bowl, peel the brown spotty bananas and mashed them using a fork leaving some chucks and a lot of lumps. Then fold it into the dough until it is combined - do not overmix.
  7. Bake in preheated oven for about 45-60 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clear. I like mines a little crispy brown on the top. For mini muffins/squares, I usually bake mine between 12-15 minutes. For regular muffins, I bake mine for about 24-30 minutes. It really depends on your oven.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Day 3 Fireplace Photo Booth and Food & Drinks Setup

Hello There!!!

Day 3 of the Family & Friends Christmas Party on Saturday, December 20th. My brothers  - Phillip and Charlie, with a lot of help with one of my goof friend, Jeff Kincaid.

[ Food Station Set Up ]
Here's a little idea how to set up your food. The snoopy house was 
created by Jeff ;) He's super talented!!! And there were TONS OF FOOD! 
I forgot to take photos! OMG I think everyone gained like 10 pounds that night, 
I know I felt like I did because everything was soo super yummie!!! I couldn't stop eating!!! 


[ Drinks Station ] 
I forgot to fill up the Drinks Station before taking photos =( 
Aren't those windows cute? They were created by Jeff. 
Remember the windows for the Hot Chocolate Bar - Tied everything together! 
These labels were created by me and hehe I made my brothers and niece put them together ;) 



[ Photo Booth Fireplace ] 
This was a little something cute we wanted everyone to enjoyed. The fireplace 
was created by Jeff - isn't it just super adorable!!! We wanted everyone to take a 
little Christmas photo. I know I had a lot of fun. I didn't get a 
chance to take everyone's photos, but here's a few  ;) 




Thank you for letting me share three days of Family & Friends Christmas Party that my brothers - Phillip and Charlie and I threw on December 20th. 

Thank you so much for dropping by!!! Hope you enjoyed today's post!
 
I wish you a happy holiday with your family and friends. ;) 

Love always, SMILE!!!
MUI HOANG
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Day 2 Dessert Table & Cookie Wrapping Station

Hello There,

Day 2 of the Family and Friend's Christmas Party - 12/20/14 Hosted by my brothers (Phillip & Charlie) and I. Today, I'll be sharing the creations of the Christmas Dessert Table and the Cookie Wrapping Station. It was a lot of fun setting these up and these stations were greatly appreciated by all our family and friends.

[ Christmas Dessert Table ] 
Here's a full view of the Christmas Dessert Table Set up and some close ups.
All these desserts were baked by me the night before and the day of the party! ;)
It was a LOT of fun!!!






Rice Crispy Treats with some Golden Grahams Cereal 


[ Cookie Wrapping Station ] 
Below and a few close up pictures of the cookie wrapping station. 
We thought it'll be a cute idea for our guest to wrap some cookies home 
for a midnight snack or to make as many as they want to to share with 
their family and friends as well ;) All were baked by me, except for one ;)


Chocolate White Mac Cookies were baked and provided by Jeff Kincaid, my friend. 
I made these labels to wrap around Miniatures Hershey's Candies to add a cute little festive touch ;) 


I made a little step-by-step sample. ;) 

That's all for today!!! Tomorrow I will be sharing the set up of the Photo Booth and some other mini decorations we did.

It's really almost Christmas!!!! Thank you again for dropping by!!! Hope you have a wonderful rest of Tuesday!!!

Love always, SMILE!!!
MUI HOANG
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Monday, December 22, 2014

Day 1 Christmas Hot Chocolate Bar & Crafting Fun

Hello There,

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I know I surely did, had a Family & Friend's Christmas Gathering. I'll be sharing three days of how much fun we had. =)  Today, I am sharing the set up for the Hot Chocolate Bar and some fun crafting for the kiddos. Maybe this is something you'll want to set up for the kiddos, because they surely enjoyed creating their own little warm hot chocolate, candy canes, and decorating gingerbread cookies. They also super appreciated the hand-stamped mini coffee cups as well too! It was so fun seeing them happy faces!!!

[ Hot Chocolate Bar ]
Set up a Christmas Hot Chocolate Bar with different varieties 
of favors, marshmallows and candies to choose from. 
The adults and especially the kiddos sure enjoyed it. 


Aren't these windows cute? These were handmade by one of my very good friend, 
Jeff Kincaid! LOVE them so much!!! It really made everything super-duper cute! 

The kiddos sure enjoyed these cute little 
They couldn't stop saying how cute they were! If you do end up using them, 
double the cups, they are a little too thin or dress them up with a cute little selve =)



These candy and marshmallow labels are super easy to make! Designed by me ;) 


[ Crafting Station ]
We made cute reindeer candy canes and decorated Gingerbread Head cookies
They were a huge hit, the kiddos sure enjoyed creating tons of cookies. I highly recommending baking your own gingerbread cookies circle cut outs and get the sparkling icing not the decorative icing because it was a lot easier to squeeze.  


My friend, Jennifer and I taught the kids to make candy cane reindeers. 
We were in charge of helping them apply the hot glue, and 
they stick the cute little red noses and eyes on ;) super cute and fun! 


Hope you're enjoying your Christmas Party planning. I sure enjoyed setting up these two stations for the kiddos. They sure had a fun time!

Love always, SMILE!!!
MUI HOANG
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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Love Is Sweet - Emily & Jeremie's Dessert Table MORE PHOTOS!

Hello there!

So Emily & Jeremie's Wedding pictures are now available and the photographer, Mike Chan did a fantastic job and I couldn't resist to share more of Emily & Jeremie's Dessert Table (from November 22nd post).











Thank you so much for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed today's posting.

Love always, SMILE!!!
MUI HOANG
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Christmas Mini Creatures Coffee Cups

Hello There!!!

Are you ready for Christmas? How about some cute little hot chocolate cups creations?! That's what I was doing yesterday night, made 40 of these and they are just A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E AND SIMPLE TOO!!! I forgot how much I love to color these cute little mini Christmas creatures. Look at how adorable they are and perfect for these cute little mini hot chocolate cups I got too.




It's very simple to make too! It's like going back to kindergarten trying to color within the lines. But hey! If you messed up, it doesn't matter because these cute little creatures are adorable anyways ;)

Here's some more pictures...





I am planning to use these for my Hot Chocolate Station for a party I am having. I hope the kids will enjoy making their hot chocolates with different favors to choose from which includes the hot chocolate itself, marshmallows, toppings and much much more! ;) I'll share a picture how the Hot Chocolate Station turns out soon!

Hope you enjoyed today's post! Let me know what you think ;)

And hope you're having a fun time planning, shopping, creating, sharing, baking and much much more for the Holiday! ;)

Love always, SMILE!!!
MUI HOANG
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[The Goodies Used]
SU! Stamp Set: Retired No Peeking, White Christmas Photopolymer SU! Inks: Basic Gray, Smokey Slate, Cherry Cobbler, Marine, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Tango Twisted, Pacific Point SU! Accessories: Clear Blocks Non-SU Accessories: Mini Coffee cups and lids