Honey Mango Pie

So this one time, my friends and I were talking about pies and one friend said that he likes a mango pie. Although he's never had one, he thought that it would be nice.

I decided that it would be nice to try a mango pie for a Vietnamese food night since it would be interesting and I've never made that before, but also because it would kind of follow the theme - Vietnamese like mangoes, I think. Anyways, I brought it and it was a hit at the party.

Honey Mango Pie
Ingredients:
pie crust [I bought one]
4 mangoes
14 oz [1 can] sweetened condensed milk
3 eggs
1/2 cup honey
1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract
Directions:
Prebake crust at 350 degrees F for about 15 minutes.
Peel, pit, and puree the mangoes with the rest of ingredients.
Pour into crust. I had a bit extra; I placed it in a ramekin and made a pudding.
Bake it at 350 degrees F for about an hour.
Place a baking sheet underneath just in case it poofs up too much and makes a mess in the oven.

Blueberry Cupcakes

These blueberry cupcakes were a wonderful summer cupcake to make. I found a wonderful recipe on a wonderful blog and I decided to make it for some friends.

These were a great cupcake and delicious. The blueberries were really cheap and since I got a whole lot of them, I decided to make some cupcakes with it.

Blueberry Cupcakes
Ingredients:
1/2 cup [1 stick] unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup of sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk or yogurt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Insert liners into a regular muffin pan.
Cream sugar and butter together.
Add eggs one at a time to the mixture and beat well.
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add flour mixture in portions alternating with yogurt/milk.
Fold in vanilla extract and blueberries.
Fill cupcake liner with about 2 Tablespoons of batter.
Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool cupcakes in pan.

North Fork Peach Raspberry Pie [sms]

This week's Sweet Melissa Sundays pick, North Fork Peach Raspberry Pie, was chosen by Rebecca of Beurrista.

It was a pretty quick make, but it was a bit harder to find tapioca pearls, but I just subbed them with flour. I also changed the proportions of raspberry to peach. I didn't have enough peaches, so I just added more raspberries. It was delicious!

I might have kept it in the oven for a bit too long. I'm still trying to get used to the new oven at my new place.

Happy 4th of July everyone!

Chestnut Honey Madeleines [sms]

This week's Sweet Melissa Sundays pick, Chestnut Honey Madeleines, was chosen by Debbie of Café Chibita.

It was delicious and really easy to make. Sorry for the short blogpost, but I've been moving so therefore it's been crazy busy.

Make sure to check out the rest of the SMS bakers on the blogroll.

Strawberry Cupcakes [msc]

It's been a while since I've really baked but that's due to the fact that my parents don't really like it when I bake at home. Therefore, I've been baking out of a box. Recently, since I came back up to Berkeley, I'm baking from scratch again. This time I was taking on Martha Stewart's Strawberry Cupcakes.

I had halved the recipe and made about 20. They were delicious, although a bit muffin like as always. In this case, I also subbed the milk for strawberry yogurt. In addition, instead of the buttercream, I decided to make some whipped cream to make it a bit lighter. They were gone very soon and it was delicious!

The recipe for this month's Cupcake Club is found on page 146 of Martha Stewart's Cupcake book or here. Thanks to Sherry of Sherry Starts Cooking for choosing this.