Valentine's Day

Valentine's day is the time for lovers and romance and being lovey-dovey with your partner.  Well for our family it's just the time to satisfy our sweet tooth since all we're hearing and seeing in the media are chocolates, cakes, etc.  It's family time for us as well because everyone's at home due to the city holiday.  Well most of us are single anyway so we didn't have plans on dining out with a date.

 So, to get the feel of Valentine's I asked my mom to make us Carbonara which is a common date food and since I was craving a heart cake I asked my sisters to bring home one.  They said they searched the mall and only one store had a heart cake on that day, Feb 14, and it was Sugarhouse.  I was kinda hoping for Bizu because their Valentine's cake looks wonderful but the store didn't have it.  Oh well.  Anyway, here are the cakes -- yes cakes with an S -- that my sisters brought home and made my "single" Valentine's day complete ^_^.

Chocolate Truffle from Sugarhouse and Tentazione from Cara Mia Gelateria

Chocolate Truffle from Sugarhouse
This cake is just what I craved for.  It's surprisingly light and fluffy and just the right amount of sweetness for me.  I think we finished this cake in one sitting because one slice is literally not enough since it's so light.  But it's yummy so it was satisfying ^_^.

Chocolate Truffle from Sugarhouse

Slice of Chocolate Truffle

Tentazione from Cara Mia Gelateria
This cake is very rich and chocolaty.  My sisters and I agreed it tastes like Conti's chocolate cake but with a sweeter taste.  We cannot finish this cake in one sitting.  That's how rich and thick it was.  Also for me I found it too sweet for my liking but my brothers and sisters seem to like it. Anyone who has a sweet tooth would really like this.

Tentazione from Cara Mia Gelateria

slice of Tentazione

Tiramisu from Cara Mia Gelateria
This I recommend a must have.  I think everyone will like this Tiramisu.  It's soft, fluffy with the right amount of cream and sweetness.  Next time I'll be requesting a whole of this one instead of a slice.

Tiramisu from Cara Mia Gelateria

Tiramisu

Midnight from Sugarhouse
This cake and the Tentazione are quite similar in taste and richness.  I'm not really a fan but my officemate and my brothers and sisters seem to like its rich and sweet flavor.

Midnight from Sugarhouse

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I apologize if this was a tad late. Been busy with work since it's peak season in one my of transcription jobs.  But here it is, what we had for our New Year celebration! The settings of my cam was off so I'm going to post here what my older sister shot from her camera.  I was really sad about it but it's okay.  Most of the food pics are from her. Good thing 'ate' was taking pics as well.  During New Year our theme is usually Pinoy food but this year some of us bought our favorites and added to the spread. Enjoy!

Christmas Tree

Delifrance Fruit Tarts

 fruit tarts - they look great but the taste is a bit bland

  Refrigerator Cake - mom makes great ref cakes and my number one diet crasher

Breadtalk, Krispy Kremes and Ref Cakes

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 Top L-R: Excellente Sweet Ham and homecooked crab
Bottom L-R: Caldireta, Excellente Scrap Ham, Rellenong Bangus

 L-R: Rice Syrup Chicken from BBQ Chicken, Jap Chae from Kaya (My favorites!)

 Top to Bottom: Excellente Sweet ham and Scrap Ham (everyone's fave)

 Excellente Sweet Ham

 Dessert Tray with Delifrance fruit tarts and Krispy Kreme's Kruffins

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