Tamarind Water Recipe

We just went to try a new Korean BBQ place by our house.  Food is good and we enjoyed spending time with our family, but now I am so full, and also feel and smell like a big piece of greasy-beezy pig belly...when we got home, the first thing came up in my mind was the tamarind water I made last week.  Hm...hm...so refreshing, and now I successfully turned myself from a fatty big belly to a less fatty one=)

So you will ask, what is tamarind?  Tamarind is a fruit found in Africa and tropical Asia.  These not so good-looking (they look like Mr. Henkey from the South Park, see picture above. LOL) but surprising tasty fruits are very popular in India, Mexico, Southern Asia, Egypt and portions of Spain.  Tamarind water is one of the most popular agua fresca drinks from Mexican cuisine.

This drink is super easy to prepare and you don't need a lot of ingredients.  Here is my recipe:


6-7 tamarind pods (usually you could get this fruit from Mexican market or Indian/Asian market)
6 cups of water
2 cups of white sugar

Tamarinds with shells

Getting the pods out by hands

About 6-7 pods

1.  Remove the pods from the shells by hands.  I used about 6-7 pods, but it depends on size of the tamarinds and your personal preference (Remember this fruit is a little on the tart side).

Boil 6 cups of water in a tall pot.

 2.  Boil 6 cups of water.  Once the water got boiled, put the pods in the pot and boil for another 25 mins.

3.  Grab the pods out from the pot (they are very soft after boiled, so using a strainer will be a great choice to take them out from the pot).

Mash them good.

4.  Put the soften tamarinds in the strainer and put a bowl at the bottom of the strainer, and try your best to mash them good to get as much as liquid out from them.  After you got the liquid from the fruits, you could discard the seeds and the tamarinds.

5.  Put the liquid back to the boiled water and now you could add 2 cups of water.  Boil for another 10 mins.  

6.  Let the tamarind water cool down before putting it in the fridge.

7.  Add ice and enjoy=)

This drink is so refreshing, so easy and cheap to make, and it makes a good addition in your fridge.  Whenever you need something to refresh your mind, just pour some out and add some ice, and it will certainly put a smile on your face=)

Love always makes me puke!

I made a dozen of South Park Valentine's Day Special cupcake toppers for my Etsy customer last week.  My customer got the idea from Wendy and Stan from South Park, and he wanted me to make Stan's throwing up on the toppers.  If you are a die hard fans of South Park, you know that Stan got nervous when he falls in love.  He often vomits when Wendy trys to kiss or talk to him. 

I made some talking bubbles to go with the toppers, so it looks like the two characters are talking to each other.

The cupcake toppers were sent out by certified mail. 
They were safely arrived at my customer's house.
 Here is a picture my customer sent me.  "you bake, I make them pretty!" 

Happy Friday and Long Weekend!

Happy Friday everyone!  I am so excited and happy to announce to everyone that our South Park themed cupcakes has been featured on Cakespy website today!  I have already expressed my love towards Cake Spy on my previous post - I enjoy their everyday post, their cute illustrations, their adventurous recipes, their recommendation of different dessert places throughout the States, their products (their store in Seattle is the cutest place on earth!  They also have their online store too.)

This is an exciting news to start off my long weekend! 

*PS:  Don't forget to support Jessie's and her new book! 

South Park Cupcakes

I am back from my wonderful vacation!  I have been "kind of" consistently working during my vacation though, such as receiving emails, answering questions about ordering, promoting our business, and doing research here and there about ideas for some potential clients...but well, I still had fun of doing it while I was enjoying my vacation.

Before going on our vacation, I took 2 order requests.  One of them is a South Park themed cupcakes; the client specify asked for certain characters from the cartoon (the 4 main characters [Stan, Kyle, Kenny (my favorite character) and Cartman], plus Butter and the Chef).  I made 2 different expressions for each character.  They came out so cute and I had fun of doing them.  The client was telling me that they LOVE them and didn't even want to eat them!  But o well, they killed Kenny!  LOL

If you have any idea in your mind, please send me an email at c4cupcakecupcakery@gmail.com.  We could help to come up with ideas to fit your theme.