How to make your own “MY BOY” cake

Hello! Project, Recipes
16 May 2009 This was a request from Beth for a recipe for the cake at the end of Buono!'s "MY BOY" PV. Have a look at the PV first if you've never seen it. Now, really, the PV doesn't do a great job of showing off the insides of the cake, so I'm kind of making this up. But, I've made a lot of cakes similar to this, and I know the type that's popular in Japan, so this'll be a lot like that. You have a few options here. For the cake itself, white cake is your best bet. You can either make ... {Tags: , , , , , } {More...}

Potatoz Koubou

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09 May 2009 This recipe doesn't really relate to H!P. But it's delicious! So I'll give it an H!P-ish name. Potatoz Koubou by Kirarin☆Snow ☃ Mashed potatoes with zest. Or an extra 'z' at least. Ingredients: 2/3 cup mashed potato flakes 1/4 cup asparagus chunks 1/4 cup mushroom pieces 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup green tea 1/4 cup vanilla soymilk 1 tablespoon margarine ϵ cinnamon (where ϵ > 0 is some small amount) ϵ pepper ϵ parsley Instructions: Boil water, margarine, and green tea in a saucepan. Remove from heat. Add soymilk, flakes, asparagus, mushrooms, and cinnamon. Stir to desired level of homogeneity. Garnish with parsley and pepper. Serves 1-2. {Tags: , , } {More...}

Chocolate Chip Cookies and Brownies are <3

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09 May 2009 For years, I've tried to find a chocolate chip cookie recipe that tasted remotely as good as the insanely preservative-filled ones that you can buy at the store or buy in dough-form to bake for yourself. After coming very close several times, I think I finally stumbled across one that everyone should have the ingredients for already, and tastes possibly better than all of those *other* cookies. Here's the recipe: 3/4 cup each white and brown sugar * 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup (or one stick) butter or margarine, softened ** 2 large eggs 1 tsp. vanilla (try to avoid imitation vanilla) 2 1/2 cups all-purpose ... {Tags: , , , } {More...}

Morning Musume dishes up Ahi Poke!

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06 May 2009 Back during Morning Musume's Alo-Hello! 3, Sayumi, Reina and Linlin got to play around in a kitchen for their segment, "Love Love Kitchen". They made fruit sculptures, decorated a cake, and then took a stab at (or at least took a large knife to) a traditional Hawaiian dish: ahi poke. Have a look! Here's a recipe that's pretty similar to the one the girl's followed if you're interesting in making it yourself. 4 cups ahi (yellowfin tuna, sashimi grade) diced into bite-sized pieces 1/2 cup onion, sliced 1/4 cup green onion, minced 1 cup soy sauce 2 tablespoons sesame oil 1/2 cup shredded seaweed Salt (and pepper?) to ... {Tags: , , , } {More...}