Brownies

I really have difficulty in baking. I need to repeat many times to get the result that I expect. For these brownies, this is my nTH time already. I love brownies and my son Albert too. Albert is playing Bakery Story in iphone and asked me to bake brownies. He said it only takes him 1 minute to bake brownies.

Ingredients

1/2 cup melted butter
2 eggs
1 cup white sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder

3 tablespoons melted butter
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 15 minutes. Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
2) In a large beat the eggs, add the melted butter and stir in sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan.
3) Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Do not overcook.
4) To Make Frosting: Combine 3 tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Frost the brownies while they are still warm.

Excited to reach 40?!

In the first two decades of my life, I studied because my parents told me that if I wanted to have a better life I, needed to finish my studies. So I did it. After another decade and a half, I could say they were right that getting a good education could really give me a better life. Even though I didn't become successful in my chosen field, I became an entrepreneur.

Recently, I've been thinking on how to reinvent my career to something that will really make me really happy.Five years from now I will turn forty, another cycle of my life to look forward. This time I want to make something different In my life. I will pursue what my heart desires. I will learn something at my own time and explore the other side of me. What will make me happy? That would be my Family, Traveling and Cooking.

Maybe I will start my life adventure in learning how to cook French comfort food.

I need to remind myself always of Steve Jobs's quote: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”