Japanese Mochi
Individually packaged red-bean filled mochi dessert Made with glutinous rice flour more…
Cheesecake Squares
Cheesecake squares, no crust or topping Recipe is in this photo. Simple, quick–sour cream and milk add weight to airy cheesecake Squares cut in 3 oz portions, placed in individual plastic wrappers more…
JR Aquino
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cookies & ice cream
thick one hot + cold Recipe for this treat: Acquire BFCs whether through the Bakery or baked Add vanilla ice cream Take photos Enjoy more…
6xcookies
Here’s a catering box from the bakery “event box” glamour shot Each of these cookies has an individual recipe. For details, see previous posts and the Bakery. Big F___ Cookie Raisin Oatmeal Big Chocolate Snickerdaddy Sugarmama Nutterhub more…
Pecan Galette Recipe
Here is a pecan galette, forcibly imagined due to a lack of pie tins. Times of need begets creative strides. I rolled some tin foil to hold the flat pie crust in a pie-like shape on parchment paper. Foil doubles as structural support and conductor to impart some texture on the outer edges of the […] more…
Nutterhub
Nut cookies are oddballs; no one agrees on the best way to make them so we see all sorts of crazy–flourless, eggless, butterless (god forbid), or crunchy ones. After weeks of tests and force-feeding our roommates the prototypes, we’ve created a soft, sophisticated peanut cookie. more…
Big Chocolate
Chocolate. c.1600, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) xocolatl, possibly from xocolia “to make bitter” + atl “water.” We’re ok with all that–we just made a bigger version. Chocolate cookie with chocolate chips. more…
Raisin Oatmeal
What if a cookie dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended? What if a cookie aspired to something greater? Tthis cookie transcends its oatmeal raisin brethren to become something more. more…
BFC
The Classic. Choco Chip. It has many names and shapes, but remains the most famous cookie of them all. Ours is crisp on the edges and chewy on the inside. It’s also huge. We call it the Big F——– Cookie. more…
Snickerdaddy & Sugarmama
Hush, little snickerdoodle, don’t say a word Daddy’s gonna buy you a mockingbird And if that mockingbird won’t sing, Daddy’s gonna buy you a diamond ring This mama so big, she had a butterhub cookie named after her. more…
Cheesecake Squares
Dense cheesecake squares with Nilla Wafer crust Light brulee more…
Fruit Tart
The canvas The closeup The whole shebang more…
Cake Waffle & Egg Waffle
Cake waffle Egg waffle Shoutout to butterhub facebook page’s 100 like milestone. more…
Cheese-cupcakes
Pumpkin shaped single-serve cheesecake. Caramelized cookie crust. Airy custard Packs of 2 and 3 more…
White cake balls coated in cocoa
White cake coated in cocoa Part of an indulgent breakfast more…
Oats and Honey Granola Bar
Inspired by Nature Valley’s Oats and Honey granola bar. Bigger though. Also stevia and honey for fewer calories. Individual packs of 2 more…
Egg Tart
The pastry known by white people as Hong Kong egg tart and by the Chinese as Portuguese egg tart. My version’s a little different. Served by white and Chinese alike in mini-pie tins. Not me. I like corners. And crust made of brazil nuts and hazelnuts. It’s better. Flan wishes it were this smooth. Smooth […] more…
Olive Oil Pound Cake
This cake has no butter. What is butterhub. more…
Layered Cakes
Threw together a few cakes for friends’ birthdays. Here are some highlights. “This cake is like disney princesses on cocaine.” “This is better than the cake at my cousin’s wedding.” “Is that a cake or a brick.” “I’m getting a workout carrying this thing.” more…
Chocolate peanut candy
Chocolate covered peanut butter ball up front, granola bar to the left, peanut cluster in back, raisins to the right. more…
Sweet Potato Squares
Sweet potato custard on oatmeal pie crust and nutty topping. Topping is akin to cookie crumble. Pie crust has oats so I argue it’s healthy. more…
Hazelnut white chocolate souffle
White chocolate to accompany the previous dark chocolate souffle. Ground hazelnuts folded into the batter. more…
Matcha fudge with ganache
Matcha green tea and white chocolate fudge topped with dark chocolate ganache. Stacked for layers. I shared these with some guys I play ball with. more…
Chocolate Souffle
Standard macronnage with whipped egg whites and dark chocolate Here is the macronnage result. Still fluffy. In cupcake pan because I have no ramekins. Beautiful. Aww it’s deflating… more…
Almond truffles with dark chocolate and cocao nibs
Almond truffles. Dark chocolate with almond chunks and cocoa nibs inside covered in ground almond. This is why I’m fat. The bowl below is leftover ground almonds (made in my vita-mix) that I mixed some melted chocolate with to make this decadent granola. more…
Cheesecake with berry compote
Dessert to the Butterhub dinner. Airy cheesecake–crust is melted chocolate and cookie crumble. Having fun. more…
Momofuku Birthday Cake
It starts with homemade buttermilk Then the dry team Signature Momofuku batter Sprinkle cake baked. Cake layer disks are cut Cookie “crumble” is assembled And baked. Frosting layer is whipped. Assembly begins! Size comparison featuring my face. more…
Pinwheel
Started with a simple egg cake. Rolled it up like a swiss roll with some strawberry preserves.Kind of cool looking. more…
Sweet potato custard pie
Brought to Thanksgiving Potluck. My recipe, created to use up leftover sweet potatoes and sweetened condensed milk. more…
Rustic banana bread
When one finds himself with an excess of overripe bananas. more…
Mochiko dessert with azuki
Mochi dessert sandwich filled with azuki beans (アズキ). more…
Crusted chèvre and honey
Chèvre coated with mix of powdered nuts (a la vitamix), cinnamon, and ground nutmeg. more…
Macaron shells and truffels
Also featuring my trusty knife and mini-oven. more…
Chocolate dipped peanut cookies
I forget why I opted to use foil over parchment paper. more…
Chocolate covered marshmallows
Simple. Bain-marie. Melt. Dip. Done. more…
Cream puffs with chocolate sauce
Choux pastry cut in halves, filled with cream whipped with icing sugar, and topped with dark chocolate sauce. more…
Bacardi cake
Rum cake made with sifted cake flour, topped with walnuts caramelized in Bacardi syrup, and infused with sweet rum glaze. more…
Candied ginger with vanilla softserve
On parchment paper because I don’t like doing dishes. more…
Biscotti tiramisu
Tiramisu made from biscotti di Prato, the twice-baked Italian cookie. Shaving chocolate took so much longer than it should have. more…
Baklava
Walnut pistachio baklava made with local raw honey (Norcal). more…
Strawberry, raspberry, blackberry strudel
Braided strudel filled with berries. (Just) Beats reaching for a pop-tart. more…
Apple pies
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Brownies
Dense chocolate brownies. One part flour, 6 parts cocoa. more…
Chocolate cookies stuffed with white chocolate ganache
Inspired by Thomas Keller’s oreo facsimile, the TKO. I dub them JKO’s. more…
Choux à la Crème
Or profiteroles. Or cream puffs. Something like that. more…
PB&J Macarons
Hello world! What more do we need when we have homemade macarons stuffed with peanut butter and jelly. more…