Neapolitan Iced Gems -- Children's Day Special

Most of us who grew up eating old school iced gems would be familiar with Neapolitan ice-cream too. We may not know the ice-cream by its proper name when we were happily enjoying the dessert as kids. But we have definitely eaten blocks of ice-cream that was served with 3 flavours side-by-side each other, and the flavours would always be chocolate, strawberry and vanilla. I am combining 2 childhood favourites into a teeny biscuit. Presenting my old school iced gems dressed up in Neapolitan...

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Superman Boxers Orange Chiffon Cake

This is a tongue-in-cheek creation I made for a friend (she's a v talented singer btw!) who requested this cake for her hubby's birthday! :D What does it look like? Her son picked out the boxers for his dad during their shopping trip together LOL! I piped the Superman 'S' using the method similar to Spiderman chiffon cake but using an orange chiffon cake recipe. In addition, I have replaced additional cake flour with red yeast powder which acts both to colour the batter as well...

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Earl Grey Iced Gems Biscuits - black, white and zebra

"Mama, can you make some black and white iced gems?" -- elder kid's request. "Wow! Earl grey flavoured iced gems sounds exciting!" -- a friend who is a fan of earl grey. My kids love the iced gems I made earlier this week and they are already requesting for me to make more after seeing the diminishing supply of biscuits! I have a friend who is keen on having some earl grey flavored ones so I decided to make some black and white earl grey flavoured gems! Don't worry, I am not feeding...

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7-colour Pastel Rainbow Pinata Chiffon Cake

This is a 7-colour pastel rainbow chiffon cake I made for a very dear friend! Because her daughter is so dear to me, I wanted to make a special and an even better rainbow chiffon cake than before! I made it 7 layers but doubling the batter for purple and using blueberry juice to paint the last layer as I wasn’t going to risk my meringue breaking down while working with too much complexity (and also less to wash up :p). Using the recipe for pastel rainbow chiffon cake, I scaled the...

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Apple Custard Buns

Imagine eating a soft bun almost bursting with apple pie filling and a crunchy crust on top :). This bake came about because hubby loves cooked apples/ apple pie/ apple sauce and I still had some applesauce left. I thought that a tart apple filling combined with sweet pastry cream would be lovely wrapped with soft milk bread. And to maximize the amount of filling,  I decided to leave the tops of the buns open but with a lattice of cookie to keep the apple goodness in. I used...

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'Olaf in Summer' Pandan Chiffon Cake

"Do you want to build a snowman?" This is a fun cake I made for my dear hubby’s birthday. I was actually looking to Phay Shing's yummy blackforest cake. However, being the loving dad he is, he suggested instead that I make an Olaf which is my son’s favorite character in Frozen. "Do you want to build a snowman?" Yes I do! These are what you will need: 2 cleaned egg shells, a paper cone, a small glass bowl and a 6-inch tray (for cutting out the feet), and a baby carrot LOL! Good way...

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Old School Iced Gem Biscuits (as close as it gets to Khong Guan)

"Dad, try this! I think this is quite close to the Khong Guan type of biscuits!" Dad took a plain biscuit and munched with a contemplative look. "The taste is right but the texture is not quite like Khong Guan. This is the biscuit of the olden times. My neighbour (when dad was young) who owned a bakery used to give us biscuits like this." You can't imagine how excited I was! I couldn't wait to ice the biscuits! The compliment that this tasted just like the biscuits of old is even better...

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Rilakkuma Orange Chiffon Cake

This is a beary happy and loving creation I made for a little boy who loves Rilakkuma! I love it so much myself too, so I was really happy to revisit Rilakkuma. I had made an orange ogura Korilakkuma cake (the gf) sometime back. The steps are similar but I have used a chocolate chiffon cake recipe (scroll down to the bottom) instead for a brown Rilakkuma. You can follow the steps but simply substitute the recipe for chocolate chiffon, scaled down to 2 egg yolks. I wanted...

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Steamed Soft Cake (软糕) -- clearing leftover cooked glutinous rice flour post Mid-Autumn

This very simple "bake" serves two purposes - to clear off my cooked glutinous rice flour stock after all that snowskin mooncake making and for my family who loves this traditional Chinese sweet. We usually buy soft cakes from a nearby supermarket or from a shop that sells Chinese pastries and confectionary (大中国). I didn't know they were so simple to make until I saw Ann Low's beautiful post for QQ steamed soft cakes. Although this is my first attempt and I improvised a lot from Ann's...

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Two Minions Orange Chiffon Cakes

This was made for my good friend's son and his best friend after the super cute Minions from the hit movie! They look so happy together, just like the two adorable boys!  The two chiffon cakes are orange flavored and the blue layer is baked into the cake just like in the pastel rainbow cake. The black goggles band is made of charcoal chiffon cake wrapped swissroll-style around the cake. I baked a vanilla chiffon cake and portioned the batter into plain (for eyes), grey (less...

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Apple Strawberry Chiffon Cupcake 'Apples'

After a couple of months busy with requests for cakes, mooncakes or cookies, I finally have a week free! Yay! Time to bake things on my to-bake list that have been sitting there for a long time! Ever since my first attempt at making apple look-alike cupcakes half a year ago, I have been contemplating trying them again with a different recipe that is less dense, more chiffon-like. Can you tell which is real and which are cakes? Now that I am more aware of other natural coloring options,...

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Peppa Pig Chiffon Cake

As I type this, the cute "Peppa Pig" jingle rings in my head :D. This chiffon cake is made for someone who loves Peppa Pig. I was really excited to try this too because I think Peppa Pig is sooo cute!! My kids love it too and I totally dig their British accent hehe. This is one of my most challenging cakes thus far because it involves a lot of free hand cake cutting and carving (my first being so involved). I baked 3 pink cakes (vanilla chiffon cake in bowl and layers) of different...

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Mickey & Minnie Mouse Cookies (with minimal artificial colouring and icing)

A birthday boy would like some Mickey Mouse cookies to share with his friends so I made these cute vanilla and strawberry version for the kids :). My previous set of Mickey and Minnie cookies were for teachers so they were earl grey flavored and had the imprints of Mickey and Minnie. I decided to try out a more kid friendly version with less fragile cookies (so that Mickey and Minnie's ears don't break off with not-so-gentle handling) and stronger colors. The good news is, most of...

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