The Pokemon craze may be a source of late 90s-early 2000s nostalgia in America, but here in Japan it is still alive and well, and you can find a massive variety of Pokemon products from plush toys to dishes and tablewear all over the place. In fact, a couple of months ago I saw a silicon pan for making cute little Pikachu-shaped cakes in store and immediately snapped it up knowing that I would undoubtedly find myself baking for Pokemon fan one of these days. And sure enough, my Pokemon-obsessed friend’s birthday came up a couple of weeks ago so it was the perfect excuse not only to try out my Pikachu pan, but also to try out a pumpkin rum came recipe that I had been wanting to make.[Continue Reading/続きを読む]
Pumpkin Spice Halloween Cookies
It’s finally October here in Tokyo and not only is it finally not blistering hot, but it’s also finally Halloween season–the best time for baking. The time when I can make all the bat and ghost-shaped, pumpkin-flavored things I want and no one bats an eyelash. And what better way to kick off the Halloween season but with some cut-out Halloween cookies? It’s become sort of a yearly tradition for me to make cut-out Halloween cookies and I made some more this year, but I decided to swap my usual sugar cookie recipe for pumpkin spice this year. [Continue Reading/続きを読む]
Absinthe Cupcakes
As those of you who follow me on Instagram know, over the last year I’ve been into making “cocktail cupcakes” inspired by cocktails and alcoholic beverages. Pink champagne cupcakes, strawberry margarita cupcakes, sangria cupcakes, mojito cupcakes, whiskey red velevet cupcakes–I’ve made a lot of cocktail cupcakes and yet up for whatever reason, up until now I had completely overlooked the obvious, “gothy-est” cocktail cupcake: absinthe cupcakes. [Continue Reading/続きを読む]