Spring Pastel Butterfly Cupcakes - Easter Video Recipe

These are cheese cupcakes ;)
I used cream cheese for both cupcakes and frosting.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMCCaU2fj3o

A slight sour taste of the cream cheese is delicious!!!



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Spring Pastel Butterfly Cupcakes

Difficulty: Medium
Time: 1hr (15min preparation, 25min cooking, 20min decoration)
Number of servings: 8 small (1.7inches/4.3cm) muffin cups

Ingredients:
((Cheese Cupcakes))
60g (2.1oz.) butter *softened to room temperature
50g (1.8oz.) cream cheese *softened to room temperature
50g (1.8oz.) sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp. lemon juice
90g (3.2oz.) cake flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
((Cheese Ganache))
70g (2.5oz.) white chocolate
20g (0.7oz.) cream cheese *softened to room temperature
1 tbsp. fresh cream
1 tsp. white curacao *if preferred
green powder color
((Butterfly Decoration))
chocolate pen (purple) *you can use chocolate-filled piping bag
sprinkles of your choice

Directions:
((Cheese Cupcakes))
1. Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
2. Cream the butter and cream cheese in a large bowl with a wire whisk. Add sugar, beaten eggs (little by little), and lemon juice, and mix well.
3. Sift in flour and baking powder and fold in with a spatula.
4. Spoon the mixture into muffin cups up to 80% full. Bake at 180C (350F) for 20 minutes.
5. Place the cakes on the wire rack to cool.
((Cheese Ganache))
1. Put the chopped white chocolate, cream cheese and fresh cream in a metal bowl. Place it over a pan of hot water and melt them until smooth.
2. Remove from the hot water and mix white curacao if preferred. Then add green powder color (little at a time) and mix until you reach the green color you want.
3. Spread the green ganache over cupcakes. Refrigerate to set the ganache.
((Butterfly Decoration))
1. Print out the butterfly image.
2. Put the image under parchment paper and trace it with a chocolate pen (or chocolate-filled piping bag). Then attach sprinkles and put in a fridge to set.
3. When the ganache is set, attach the butterflies.

レシピ（日本語）
http://www.cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/04/blog-post.html
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Tips to Enjoy Yakiniku Indoors (Japanese Grilled Meat / BBQ) - Video Recipe

In this video, I will show you how to enjoy Yakiniku indoors :D

Last week, I won a package of beef at the recipe contest. And along with the beef, I received a letter with some tips to enjoy Yakiniku indoors and I never knew them! So, I will share those tips with you!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvktrBRSvyQ

Yakiniku is mostly beef but you can make it with chicken or pork or meat of your choice ;)



BTW, in Japan at home, we usually use electrical barbecue called "hot plate " to cook Yakiniku at table. I really envy those who have barbecue set at home! We don't have that big yard in Japan, you know… And sadly, from this April, our closest BBQ spot is going to close because of the littering problem.

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Yakiniku Indoors (Japanese Grilled Meat / BBQ)

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 10min
Number of servings: n/a

Ingredients:
beef or meat of your choice
soy sauce + wasabi (in tube or freshly grated)
ponzu sauce (citrus-flavored soy sauce: you can mix 1 tbsp. soy sauce and 1 tbsp. lemon juice to make it)

Tips:
1. Color of the Meat:
Pink, red, brown, or etc… what color of the meat is the best?
To answer this question, it is difficult to tell which is better until you eat them. So just ask the butcher and trust them. hehe
2. The best way to cook Yakiniku:
Make sure you let the meat get back into room temperature before you cook. You will see the surface of the meat shining with its own juice and grease when it's ready. Then you don't have to turn the heat down to low to cook and you won't lose any good flavor! That is why outdoor barbecue is always good (because your meat is at room temperature). Of course it is the best if you have BBQ grill set at home, but if you don't, you can use a grill pan, cast-iron skillet, or fryingg pan on the stove, because the key is the meat temperature! It is the same for Sukiyaki, Shabu-Shabu, steaks, etc…
3. The best way to eat Yakiniku:
Don't forget to season the meat with salt and pepper before you cook. That definitely brings out the flavor of the meat. For the sauce, wasabi soy sauce or ponzu sauce is the best! Simple yet delicious! You have to try it out.

*Grill the meat until it's done to your taste!

レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/03/blog-post_31.html
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Ikanago no Kugini 2012

Again! I am posting this every year! LoL

"Ikanago no Kugini" (いかなごのくぎ煮) is my favorite tsukudani (food boiled in soy sauce) made with Ikanago (sand eel/sand lance). No wonder, it goes great with white rice! Yummy :P

Ikanago no Kugini is a famous Tsukudani in Hyogo prefecture. My grandma, who lives there cooks a few kilograms of Ikanago no Kugini every year for us in Tokyo.

It is usually cooked and eaten around the end of February or early March, when the fish is about an inch long. After its season, Ikanago goes deep in the sea where is cooler. Then it goes under the sand and aestivate.

This year she sent us in the beginning of March!



Also, she sent us Kuki wakame no tsukudani! Kuki wakame (茎わかめ) is the stem of wakame. She cooked it with enoki and shiitake mushrooms. Yummy XP



Next year, I will visit her and cook these with her! It would be nice to share the recipe and technique on YouTube since it varies from home to home ;)

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