Kirbie's Cravings

Eggless Custard Cake

I’m pretty excited to share this cake with you today. Not only is it eggless and easy to make, but it tastes good too. It’s one of those soft, melt-in-your-mouth type of cakes. No...

Mignon Pho + Grill

It’s been a really long time since we paid a visit to Mignon Pho + Grill. I had heard of some new menu items, so we decided to go check it out again with...

Nutella filled Pumpkin Bread Rolls

One of my goals during this pumpkin baking season is to try to improve upon some of my favorite recipes from last year. One of my favorite recipes last year were these soft and...

Mooncakes (with step by step instructions)

Moon Festival and mooncake eating ended about two weeks ago, but I didn’t get these mooncakes made in time. I still wanted to share my first attempt at traditional mooncakes though, along with step...

The Ceremony

Our ceremony took place at La Jolla Bridge Club, which sits right on La Jolla Cove. It offered a beautiful view of San Diego for our guests, though there were also many issues we...

Pandan Flavored Egg Puffs

I can’t decide what name I like better: eggettes, egg waffles or egg puffs. I like the name eggettes but every time I type it out it looks like I spelled it wrong. Egg...

Aladdin

Like thousands of others, after watching The Avengers movie in theater last year, I left wanting to eat shawerma. That led to me buying a google offer for Aladdin, a Lebanese restaurant, which offers...

Pumpkin Spice Latte Mug Cake

It’s been a while since I made a mug cake recipe. Don’t worry, I haven’t abandoned my mug cake series. I already previously made a pumpkin mug cake. A visit to Starbucks inspired this...

Jessup Cellars

If you’ve been to Napa Valley, you know that there is a plethora of wine tasting options with hundreds of wineries in the area and virtually every shop offering wine tasting as well. It’s...

Pumpkin Cheesecake Chocolate Cups

I’ve made Nutella filled chocolate cups, which is like peanut butter cups but filled with Nutella. I’ve also made Biscoff chocolate cups. And of course the original peanut butter cups. And for this Fall...

Liang’s Kitchen revist + Snow Ice

My tepid love affair with Liang’s Kitchen in San Diego had pretty much ended, but then I read a post from Jinxi that Liang’s was now offering Taiwanese snow ice. In fact they offer...

Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Cookies

Homemade pumpkin cookies swirled with Nutella is a great combination. These cookies are soft and fluffy with the flavor of cinnamon, pumpkin, chocolate, and hazelnut. One of the things I like to do during...