Animal Bus Rainbow Chiffon Cake

"The wheels on the bus goes round and round... round and round... round and round.." =) This is a song loved by many children including mine. This animals bus rainbow chiffon cake is for a boy who's crazy over "the wheels on the bus" song with cute animals. The animals are peaking out of the windows of the happy school bus! Elephants, pigs, lambs and even pandas are going "all through the town"! For those who are familiar with my work, you may recognize the rainbow chiffon cake...

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Miffy and Hello Kitty Lotus Paste Steamed Buns (莲蓉包)

I still have some lotus paste leftover from Mid-Autumn Festival so I made a small batch of cutesy baos for my kids :). All naturally coloured! Hello Miffy! Hello...Kitty!  Check out the awesome fluffiness! It's a challenge to make these with kids to take care of because of the proofing times and steps involved. I experimented with doing the first proofing in the fridge until I was free to deal with the dough. You should proof the dough in a warm place whenever possible but...

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Earl Grey Iced Gems

My friend who is a fan of anything Earl Grey flavoured requested for iced gems with this flavour. I made earl grey iced gems a while ago but this time, I left them in their natural colours and used more teabags for a stronger bergamot fragrance :). The recipe and steps are about the same as my previous earl grey gems post but I will put it here for your convenience. Plain biscuit recipe Ingredients: 70g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 10g icing sugar A pinch of salt 24g vegetable...

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Liverpool Football Vanilla-Pandan Chiffon Cake

This is a Liverpool FC-themed chiffon cake for my friend's hubby who is a Liverpool fan! The colour theme is hence green and red like the club logo and decorated with a football on a green field with a Liverpool red scarf :). I wasn't confident with painting balls so I decided to cut hexagons and pentagons from layer vanilla chiffon cakes (black and white) and paste it on a ball vanilla chiffon cake after studying how the footballs looked (using melted marshmallows). The...

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'寿' Chocolate Coffee Chiffon Cake with Mocha Cream

My friend requested for a small chocolate coffee cake for her mum's birthday with a longevity peach theme so I made this three-layered chocolate coffee cake with mocha cream and snowskin "fondant" decorations :). Yes, there's a peach. A tiny one for the "点" :p. But I made lots of peach blossoms to accompany it. I adapted the recipe for the sponge cake and cream from Joy of Baking. Recipe for chocolate coffee cake (makes one 6" round cake and one 10" flat layer cake*) Ingredients: 3...

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Super Mario Mushroom Neopolitan Chiffon Cake

This is a Super Mario Mushroom cake created specially for my jc friend's son and wife's birthday as mummy. He told me she really loves mushrooms so he really wanted to give her a special surprise (so super sweet ;)). The Mushroom cake is made completely out of chiffon cake and tri-flavoured (Neopolitan): strawberry (head), chocolate (base) and vanilla (patches). I didn't have a round cake mold big enough for the head of the mushroom so guess what I baked the mushroom head in... a stainless...

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Easy and Healthy Pear and Sultana Teabread

When I was still dating,  I used to bake pear and raisin(sultana) teabread for my hubby-to-be. Being new to baking, I found this really simple to bake with no creaming or kneading techniques and electric mixers involved. But it's really fragrant and wholesome! Perfect for breakfast and tea :). Finally sharing something that is down-to-earth,  a break from all the fancy stuff :p. I adapted the recipe from "Low-salt cooking" by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, a recipe book I had...

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Ladybug Butter Cookies

This batch of ladybug butter cookies came about by accident but the neighborhood kids sure love them! *Nomnomnom* Chiffon cake leaves taste good! Leftover from Mama's previous bake. I was supposed to make a batch of Mickey and Minnie mouse cookies but after preparing the dough, I decided to give macarons a try. The cookie dough was made as a backup in case the macs fail. But because the macarons were a resounding success, I have some cookie dough to clear from my freezer. The...

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My Melody Rainbow Chiffon Cake

This is a My Melody rainbow chiffon cake I absolutely loved doing for my friend Dorothea's daughter's birthday because My Melody is sooo adorable! The face is made from vanilla chiffon cake using the same recipe and protocol as my Hello Kitty chiffon cupcakes except that I baked the face in a glass oval bowl (inherited from my parents) and used strawberry paste + red yeast powder on the pink portion. The base cake is rainbow chiffon cake using the recipe from...

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'Roses' Black Glutinous Rice Chiffon Cake with Palm Sugar

My mum's friend would like a pulut hitam (black glutinous rice) chiffon cake so I made one for her, topped with chiffon roses and leaves, and decorated with gula melaka (palm sugar) flavoured royal icing :). Yes you can make pretty chiffon roses without a mould! I borrowed the idea from making steamed rose buns. I thought since chiffon cakes are so soft and bendy, it should be possible to make chiffon roses from thin layered cakes. My dad thought gula melaka goes well with pulut hitam...

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