Cinnamon Chocolate "Squares"

They're supposed to be squares, like bars/brownies, but since I don't have a good rectangular tray for this one, I just baked it in a cake pan because that's all I have.

But shape shouldn't matter that much, right? :D

The middle is chocolate chips with cinnamon, sugar, and instant-coffee. The "cake"itself has cinnamon in it too, which is why it's darker than a normal regular cake. On the top is a simple chocolate glaze, melted chocolate with butter. :)

Ladyfingers

I needed to use up the rest of the mascarpone and quark before it expires... sooo I made another batch of tiramisu ice cream. I was too lazy to go to the store to buy ladyfingers so I decided to just make them myself.

I used a plastic bag and cut a hole on a corner to squeeze out the batter into the shapes on the tray. After the first tray got filled, the plastic bag got so messy and hard to handle that I got lazy and just spread the rest of the batter onto another tray, into a rectangular-like shape. I used that for the tiramisu ice cream since I would have to cut it into pieces anyways. So the ladyfingers in the pictures here are actually the "leftover" that was the first good-batch I made. Ladyfingers are always good as cookies too! :)

Ehehehe I tried to arrange them as an actual hand. I mean, they are called ladyfingers, right?

Buttermilk Blueberry Scones

I rarely eat scones, and the ones I have eaten are usually from some coffee/cafe place and they're hard and crumbly. But these ones turned out really fluffy and delicious! I place the credit to my prior experience working in a restaurant. :) I've made them so often that the recipe is just kind of ingrained. 

Fresh warm scones straight from the oven!

Baking here at home reminds me of the conveniences of baking in a restaurant. All the equipment provided there makes things a lot easier. 

But yeah! Definitely good use of leftover buttermilk.

Buttermilk Pound Cake

The honest reason why I made this is because I still have to use up the buttermilk before it expires. The reason why I got buttermilk last week in the first place was to make some banana bread. But ahhh! So much left over!

I had to use a Bundt pan because I don't have a regular tube pan.

You can probably tell what time of day I took these photos. In the evening it's more of a yellow-tint overall, because the lights in my house are just like that.
I do prefer taking pictures during the day with the light from outside, but I just didn't have patience for waiting until tomorrow to take them. Also, because it wouldn't be a whole cake anymore by then!

Plus, I think this lighting gives it a more warm-home-kind-of-feeling, which is nice too :)

1 cup of buttermilk down! Still got some more left to use up...

Buttermilk Chocolate Cookies

I have quite a bit of buttermilk that I have to use up before the expiration date, sooooo why not make cookies? :D

I split the batch into two and I used white chocolate chips for one half and then regular chocolate chips for the other half. 

They certainly look like regular chocolate cookies, but they're not! No eggs! The buttermilk adds a nice texture/taste which is hard to explain. 

The cookies kinda just melt into your mouth. :)

Tiramisu Ice Cream

I've made tiramisu ice cream plenty of times before. It's always one of my favorites :)

Even though tiramisu is supposed to have liquor, I don't put it in because I like it better without.

Below is an old picture of the same thing, tiramisu ice cream, but it's more fancyyyy in the sense that it has more chocolate decorations :)
I didn't have extra chocolate when I made it this week so that's why the first picture is lacking.