Banana Chocolate Chip muffins

I bought 6 silicone muffin cases so that I might do some muffin baking at home in my remoska. Even though only 3 fit inside at a time, I made a small batch of six to test things out and hell yeah! It worked!
A new age has dawned upon my kitchen.

Anyway, I know I didn't discover America by combining banana and chocolate. This pair is bested only by chocolate and cherry combo (as many ice-cream companies have noticed) which is something I should combine in about two months when the season is right. But for now - banana and chocolate chip muffins.

A new game: Dungeon Petz

After some thought I decided to buy a new game. Vlaada Chvatil, the game designer behind the wonderful Galaxy Trucker and Through the ages, designed a spin-off game from his Dungeon Lords (which I hear was met with some mixed feelings) that tasks the player with managing a group of imps and breeding different monster pets.

I've played Dungeon Petz (Příšerky z podzemí in Czech) once so far and while the rules were a bit complex, I believe I understand about 90% of them and other sessions will go faster. The game is both a worker placement thing with some micro management. As you can tell from the box art, the game's graphics are lovely though the game board is slightly cluttered (though still keeping the graphics mostly functional).

After I play it some more, I'll write a post about it, as usual.
EDIT: Here's the post

Race for the Galaxy

I don't play many pure card games. The couple I've played can be counted on fingers of one hand. It's because I didn't see much originality in their core systems - you have cards in your hand, you use them and draw new ones. The games I own usually have cards as a side system - they either give you some kind of ability to work with the pieces on the board, work as items or actions in RPGs or add an extra layer of strategy (Loyang, LNoE, Agricola) but on their own, cards don't go further that a game of Crazy 8s, as in reacting to cards in a certain pattern, or Poker, as in working on your strategy while deceiving your opponents.

And then one day I played Dominion which did something original with the concept of cards - you were building your own deck of cards with cards that were immediately useful and cards that were useless but counted as points at the end. It was like the pre-game part of Magic: the Gathering you do at home being a part of the game itself. No wonder Dominion became such a hit. It did something, as far as I know, different with the whole deck-hand concept. Race for the Galaxy, while not turning the whole deck-hand thing upside down, achieves something similar. Something refreshing that makes it a very enjoyable game.

Rose Delight cupcakes

I made these cute cupcakes with my friend Vero almost two years ago. I remembered them as I went on a trip down the memory lane and realized I haven't shared the recipe. These are actually one of the first cupcakes I've ever made. We followed a recipe from a book (that I got from Vero) called 200 cupcakes by Joanna Farrow and I confess I haven't really made any changes to the recipe. We actually went to Marks & Spencer and bought some of the less available ingredients like the Turkish delight and rosewater. I gotta say it was definitely worth it!

The cupcakes are lightly sweet, Turkish delight has a unique flavour that might not be to everyone's liking but believe me when I say that it works as a great base for the cupcakes. As for the pomegranate seeds on the top - it looks gorgeous and very professional. While I'm not a big fan of whipped cream on cakes because it seems kinda cheap to me, here it delivers a fluffy, light feeling to the sweet rosy base and carries the seed that are both fun to eat and a treat for the taste buds.