Minnie Mouse Chiffon Cake (my baby's 1st birthday)!

My dear little Charissa is turning 1 year old today! Time flies and can't believe my baby is growing up. The Minnie Mouse theme was suggested by my elder daughter Tintin as Charissa looks a little like the baby Minnie Mouse hee. The chiffon cake is made of charcoal and plain vanilla chiffon cake that is steam baked which gives it an ogura-like cottony quality. I find that steam baking really helps with the texture when not baking chiffon cakes in tube pans. The facial features and...

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Keroppi Pandan Salted Egg Custard Steamed Buns (very runny naturally coloured 流沙包!!)

My kids are requesting for baos again! After a hiatus of a few months, I finally have time to return to my first love in the "baking" arena. In my quest to find the right balance of soft fluffy bao skin and really runny salted egg custard filling, I have tweaked the recipe or preparation conditions quite a few times. I usually succeed in getting fluffy and soft baos but the filling is rather thick and not as runny as the ones you get at restaurants although the taste is pretty close. I...

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'My Little Pony' Rainbow and Cloud-sky Chiffon Cakes

I am very blessed to know wonderful mummy friends from Charissa’s group. It was such a coincidence that two of them requested for “My Little Pony” birthday cakes the same week. They were for a very special girl, Kyra and a very special boy, Ethan. Knowing the mummies and how much the babies were loved, each cake was lovingly created with them in mind.   For Kyra, a sweet pink Pony on top of a pink rainbow chiffon cake. I added eyelashes and wings like in “My Little...

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Badtz Maru Cookies n Cream Macarons

Here are some Badtz Maru cookies and cream macarons for a friend who is a fan of Badtz Maru! Actually I made these from leftover batter for Mickey and Minnie mouse macarons. I made some absolutely cute bumblebee macarons with some of the leftover batter alongside these Badtz Maru ones. Please refer to the recipe from my Mickey and Minnie macarons. The only difference is in piping the shells and painting/piping on the facial features with royal icing. I used the exact colours of icing...

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Superheroes 3-Tier Chiffon Cake

This is a Superheroes 3-Tier Chiffon Cake for my friend’s 3 fabulous boys celebrating birthday together! The 3 tiers represent different superheroes: top is Captain America, middle is Superman and the bottom is Batman! It’s somewhat like the coming together of my previous chiffon cakes (Navy Stripes Gun, Superman Boxers and Spiderman). I wanted the cake to have some sort of a "super" old-school Hollywood glamour feel hee. Really thankful my friends shared the cake was super yummy and...

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Rocking Horse Vanilla Chiffon Cupcakes (with a tinge of lemon and less sugar)

I have a request for horse cupcakes for a little girl's birthday so here they are! The design may look simple but to do them in bulk.... This is not all! ...is quite a lot of work! I was seeing stars by the end of assembling 16 cupcakes as the individual parts of the horse has to be cut out with a small knife, and then glued together with melted marshmellow. Only the external outline of the rocking horse was done with a cookie cutter. As usual, the cupcakes are fondant-free. Vanilla...

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Carousel Tiered Chiffon Cake

This is a super sweet Horse Carousel Cake for dear Isabelle’s 1st birthday!! The 3 tiers, as well as the horse and carousel (and even flag) are all made from soft chiffon cake. It was super challenging to construct them using chiffon cake and quite an engineering problem to design the carousel (was rather nervous!).  The cake was inspired by her initial pink polka dotted theme and I wanted the cake to have a sweet precious moments, classic feel which was my impression of...

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Earl Grey Salted Caramel & Neapolitan Iced Gems

I have a request for Earl grey and Neapolitan (vanilla, strawberry and chocolate) iced gems that I made last year. Here they are :) I thought why not add some salted caramel to add some oomph to the Earl grey gems so I experimented with it! The salted caramel flavour is mild so you may wish to add more if you prefer. But the Earl grey flavour is just nice and fragrant :). I have included some photos to show the consistency of royal icing for iced gems for your reference as I realised...

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Thomas the Train Chiffon Cake

This is a Thomas the Train handcrafted from chiffon cake for my friend’s son. It was really difficult to craft the train topper from chiffon cake and I almost died doing it! Thank God cake was well-received and their smiles (shared by my friend) are one of the best rewards. Valentine’s day is coming. May everyone have a blessed and meaningful day with your loved ones! With love, Susa...

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Bumblebee Cookies n Cream Macarons

Remember I mentioned I have some leftover macaron batter that I played with after the Mickey and Minnie macs? This is one of the two creations that came about! Bumblebees with and without wings! I have made quite a number of cute bakes over the past year but this really takes the cake! I couldn't resist taking more photos... I couldn't find a suitable box for them so they ended up in my elder kid's lumchbox. No, the bees didn't go to school. They may cause a pandemonium of they...

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Mickey & Minnie Cookies and Cream Macarons (updated version)

Someone requested for some Mickey and Minnie mouse macarons with cookies and cream as the flavour. But this time, Minnie is dressed in pink and adorned with more polka dots! I made some slight modifications to the recipe for the shells and filling from my first attempt. I increased the amount of charcoal and cocoa to make use of more natural colouring and flavour. The addition of vanilla bean paste is to enhance the flavour too! Many thanks to Susanne for this gift otherwise I will...

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