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Hey!

I was going through my phone pics and I noticed that I have A LOT of pictures in there. 2400+ pictures. I should be uploading them into my hard drive but instead I decided to blog about it. Ha! Don't worry, I'll get to it...someday. Anyway, I have some pictures that I wanted to put up here because I thought "what's the use of taking pictures if you aren't gonna show them to anyone." Am I right?

Ok well here they are. All food related, of course:)

This is a "taiyaki." Have you ever had one?

Its a japanese fish-shaped waffle/pancake usually filled

with red bean paste, custard or chocolate.

This one was red bean paste. It was yummy!

(tokyo mart)

red velvet cupcakes.

I hope to figure out this recipe someday. It's SINFUL.

(crown bakery)

soy ramen.

The best on Guam.

(fuji ichiban)

local mango

(guam)

Do they look real? My attempt at making felt dessert:)

carrot cake.

made this for my dad last year for father's day.

It's his favorite flavor:)

vanilla cream puff.

I usually get the strawberry but that day

was a vanilla kind-of-day.

(beard papa's)

praline.

(godiva)

praline hearts

(godiva)

green tea ice cream.

(marbleslab creamery)

.Mango Buttercream Frosting.

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It's MANGO season!

There's a saying around here that are only 3 seasons on the island of Guam -- Summer, Rainy and Mango season! Mango season is the best in my opinion:) Over here, we pickle the green ones, eat them with tabasco, soy sauce and salt (*yummmmmmmm), or just wait for them to ripen and enjoy them as is. 

Yesterday, I used them to make cupcakes:)

The actual star of this post is the buttercream. I just paired it with a simple pineapple cupcake recipe.

All you need is your favorite vanilla cake recipe (if you're short on time, a boxed mix would be okay to use too). Follow the recipe as directed, then just add a 20 ounce can of crushed pineapple (drained and pureed). Then top it off with this yummy frosting.

Mango Buttercream Frosting 

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup of pureed ripe mango
• 1 cup of unsalted butter
• 1/2 of a 1 lb box of confectioner's sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Preparation:

Beat butter and vanilla extract until creamy.
Add confectioner's sugar in several additions. Be sure that mixture is beaten well before adding more. (I thought the frosting I made tasted a bit too sweet :/but that's my opinion.  So I suggest that you taste-test the frosting after every addition of sugar just to be sure you make it to your liking. Make sure you save some for the cupcakes though! )
Add pureed mango and mix until combined.
Be sure cupcakes are cooled before frosting them.

Local mangoes.

I didn't use this bunch for the frosting of course. They didn't ripen in time.

These will be devoured with tabasco, soy sauce and salt....

Oooh, the smell of pureed mangoes is divine!

Adding the crushed pineapple to the cake batter. Look! A heart! hehe.

Baked, cooled and frosted.

I just loved seeing the frosting speckled with little bits of mango.

Oh, and I topped them with some dried mango of course:) Can't go wrong with more mangoes.

How many times did I say "mango"?? mango mango mango MANGO!!!

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I just wanted to say

THANK YOU!

to all those who subscribe/follow this blog and to those who try out the recipes.

By the way, let me know if you've made any of the desserts posted on here. I'd love to know how they turned out and any opinions or suggestions you might have.

Happy baking everyone!!