Butterfly Giant Macaron on Lychee Rose Sponge & Pudding Cake

This is my last post for 2015 so I thought I better not "owe" any bakes that have been kept in the queue unposted for too long :p. My friend requested for a cake to surprise her hubby some time in November :). Her family just had some butterflies as pets this year so she requested for a butterfly design! This is another lychee rose chiffon sponge and pudding cake, made concurrently with my Baymax themed cake, and my second cake using giant macaron as the centerpiece. The first attempt...

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Peppa Pig 2-Flavour/Colour Chiffon Cake (Blue pea flowers-Pandan)

This is another Peppa Pig chiffon cake creation! I have been staying away from making the Peppa pig using chiffon cake, but it’s for a dear friend so it was really difficult to refuse her. The Peppa pig face is cut from strawberry chiffon cake as previously. Here, I experimented with something new which is to make a 2-flavour/colour in 1 chiffon cake: Blue pea flowers (vanilla) chiffon on one side and Pandan chiffon on another side to make the blue sky and green grass respectively!...

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Guinea Pig Stuffed Toy Giant Macaron (baking tips for XXL macarons)

My family of four all have our birthdays within the last two months of the year so I have quite a few birthday bakes around this time of the year :). No, I don't bake for my birthday :p and we prefer to keep our celebrations simple. I made special macarons for my younger kid and hubby earlier on. These are the special macarons I made for my elder kid :). Guinea pig macarons modelled after his favourite stuffed toy! These guinea pig macs are huge. More than 10cm tall. I baked these...

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‘Christmas Tree’ Pull apart Pandan Chiffon Cupcakes

This is my first ‘pull apart’ chiffon cupcakes forming a big Christmas tree! Chiffon cake is used to replace all fondant on top of cupcakes so that everything is light and soft! One thing to note about these cupcakes is to get the top of the cupcake to be level with the top of the cupcake liner after baking and cooling, so the estimation of the height of batter needs to be quite accurate. Instead of using fondant to cover on top, the circles are cut out from layer chiffon cake....

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'Polar Bears in Sweater' Brown Sugar Cookies

I have a request for a large batch of Christmasy bear brown sugar cookies! I could only manage simple design with a large quantity of 30 large cookies. I couldn't find a large bear cookie cutter so I made my own template. You may refer to this recipe for brown sugar cookies and royal icing. Just to share some pictures of the process... Cutting out the dough. Bake for about 16-18 minutes or until browned at 160°C, rotating the baking tray halfway. You may wonder how the patterns...

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Pandan Kaya Gula Melaka Log Cake

I made lots of logcakes last year that were very well received but I felt so much like a log cake production factory that I decided not to make any this year except for special cases. I have two such cases, one for my extended family Christmas dinner gathering and one for Susanne's family :). Presenting a creation that I am absolutely excited about! Pandan Kaya Gula Melaka log cake!! Not sure if you notice the dessicated coconut "snow" :p I decided to decorate the cake with Christian...

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'Christmas Mistletoe Ring' Pandan Bundt Chiffon Cake

I had the inspiration to make a ‘Christmas mistletoe/holly ring’ (which adorn houses during Christmas to celebrate the birth of Christ) chiffon cake since 2 years back! Last year I finally made a Rainbow Mistletoe Ring Chiffon Cake! This year I thought of using the Bundt pan to get a prettier wreath shape! I tried baking chiffon cake in a Nordic bundt pan. However, the texture was slightly denser than normal fluffy chiffon cakes due to the non-stick surface. So I was really happy when...

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Koala Bear Neopolitan Chiffon Cake

It’s my first chiffon Koala Bear, here’s my cute Koala Bear sitting atop a Neopolitan Chiffon Cake (Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate), hiding a hidden surprise in the tube hole which also helps to support the weight! The Strawberry/Vanilla/Chocolate Neopolitan chiffon flavours were requested. I was pretty happy/thankful making this cake as the Koala bear was a delight and I loved the overall effect of the 3 flavours/colour. It's a reduced egg yolk recipe for whiter cake. Neopolitan...

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