Vanilla-Chocolate Ice Cream Chiffon Cake

Would you care for a scoop of rum and raisin ice cream on a hot day? :) My kids love ice cream but can't take too much cold stuff, so I thought it would be a great idea to make them a chiffon ice cream cone treat for their tea break on weekends. I chose vanilla and chocolate which were among their favourite flavours, but added raisins to the vanilla chiffon cake so that it would look like a cone of rum and raisins ice cream! They were delighted! :D My son ate up four ice cream...

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Panda Liu Sha Bao -- My first bao making attempt

I was into bao making before Susanne and I started this Loving Creations for You blog. This post is to share my very first attempt at making bao and lessons I learnt from it now that I have a bit more experience. I am definitely not a "bao master" and still can't pleat baos like a pro. Just a little trip down memory lane into the recent past some time in October last year ;). Pandas are about the easiest cute and fancy steamed bun that you can make so I couldn't resist making...

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Panda Japanese Milk Buns

My son had just been to River Safari during the June holidays and he liked Kai Kai and Jia Jia very much. I think they are super adorable too! We were going to have a picnic on Saturday and he asked me for panda buns for the picnic. I think I shared previously that he rarely requests for bakes, so I was more than happy to oblige him :). I searched for a bread recipe that would have minimal browning so that my pandas would stay white and black. I found them in the very talented...

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Rainbow Swiss Roll with Strawberries and Cream

My friend was craving for something that I bake and suggested swiss roll with strawberries and cream. I decided to try making a rainbow one :). This bake is completely dairy-free as my friend has family members who have dairy intolerance. Love the pretty rainbow stripes! I had more than enough batter so I let the kids mess around with their psychedelic rainbow Swiss roll! I used Ochikeron's recipe and method to make this Swiss roll with minor modifications. Ingredients: Egg...

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Soccer Ball Vanilla Chiffon Cupcake

Now that World Cup is ongoing, I thought it would be fitting to turn plain vanilla chiffon cupcakes made from my previous bake's leftover batter into cute little soccer balls! You may use any of our vanilla chiffon recipes for this but for your convenience, I shall type it out here. I baked these in glass bowls with round bottoms that are about 8.5cm in diameter and 6.5cm in height. Ingredients (makes 6-8 soccer ball cupcakes): 2 egg yolks (65g eggs) 10g caster sugar 26g canola...

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Honey Earl Grey Chiffon Cake

A fun bunch of my mummy friends were interested to learn chiffon cake from me, so we had a babies baking playdate. Of course the mummies baked, not the babies :D And it was really difficult to bake with the babies around! It was funny to see all the babies taking turns to cry for milk and the mummies going.. "Wait for the cake to go into the oven first!". Really tiring but great fun :). I was interested to try Earl Grey chiffon cake because a dear friend of mine Sharron had...

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Black Glutinous Rice Zebra Chiffon Cake

My friend got some black glutinous rice flour from Indonesia and wanted me to try making a chiffon cake with it. There are a few techniques and ideas I wanted to try with chiffon to see if it works too. And so this ultimate zebra cake came about! Stripes inside and outside! Okay, I admit there isn't much of a zebra pattern inside. That's because I didn't want to compromise the taste of the cake for the sake of my experiment :p. I prefer a cake with stronger bubur pulut hitam (a dessert...

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