3D Peppa and George 2-Tier Chiffon Cake

This is a cute 3D Peppa and George chiffon cake I made for little Liam who turned 3! My heart was still heavy in the light of yesterday’s events, so the news that the cake made the boy delighted and was well-received brought some cheer. I hope the spirit of unity will continue and we will cherish it in our hearts. Back to the cake, this is probably one of the most challenging and time-consuming cakes I have made after Carousel, taking 2 days just for assembly. I took a long time to...

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Heart & Cross Stained Glass Brown Sugar Cookie

As Good Friday and Easter approaches, we are reminded of God's love for us by sending Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. But Jesus didn't stay dead. He rose again in the third day so that all who believe in Him can have hope of eternal life! This is my first attempt at stained glass cookie so pardon my amateurish-looking cookie :p. I have a request for some teddy bear cookies so I made use of the same dough to create something to remind my kids of why we celebrate Good Friday and...

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Elsa Doll Chiffon Cake

And the Frozen fever never ends! This is an improved version of my previous Elsa Doll Chiffon Cake with Olaf. I have to thank my friend for providing me with such a gorgeous Elsa doll to work with! Here, I combined chiffon cakes from a doll cake tin with a 9-inch tin (13 eggs recipe) to build a big Elsa doll gown (9-inches tall). I tried to go ‘understated’ this time, going for a classic ribbon frill all around tied with snowflakes, with diagonal snowflakes trains. Thank God that my...

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Rilakkuma and Miffy Macarons

I had a request for Miffy macarons from my friend the same week as the assorted Peppa pig and friends macarons. So I made them together in one single session! Here's Miffy along with Rilakkuma! Retro look :p Pardon my poor photography skills. I took many photos of the various macarons (Peppa pig and friends, Garfield, My Melody and this set) in a hurry and this set didn't turn out too well. Recipe for Miffy macarons is the same as my panda macarons. Recipe for Rilakkuma is the same...

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Frozen Castle Chiffon Cake II

We can never get past the Frozen fever! This is version 2 of my Frozen Castle Chiffon Cake. Here I experimented with making chiffon cake stairs for the castle with leftover cake from making the blocks. I also changed back the trimmings from jagged (ice berg-like) back to castle-like (hexagonal-top). These were manually cut and so was rather tedious. Castle cakes are also never one of my favorite cakes to make as they need to go in and out of the fridge many times, so really...

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Mitchiri Neko, Molang & Snoopy Char Siew Bao (叉烧包 naturally coloured and made from scratch!)

I was planning to post some of my macaron bakes but these baos are just too cute to be held back from being posted! They brought smiles all around the family because they are unbearably cute and yummy :). My elder kid requested for char siew baos so I made these... Michiri Neko, Molang and Snoopy! All naturally coloured! A close up view of the soft fluffy bao skin and yummy char siew filling. All made from scratch! I had loads of fun making these baos and burst out laughing looking...

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Chiffon Boat Nautical 2-tier Chiffon Cake

This is a sea-themed 2-tier chiffon cake for a little boy Jonas who shares the same birth date as my baby Charissa! :). I made a sailboat out of chiffon cake for him, with cute drops of water splashing everywhere! And starfishes and fishes swimming in the two-tone ocean.. :). The chiffon cake boat was made by baking a chocolate chiffon cake in an oval bowl, with a rim of strawberry chiffon cake piped on around the rim. The sails were made using layer vanilla chiffon cake, supported...

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'Frozen' Ombre Snowflake Butter Cookies (coloured with blue pea flower and icing-free!)

I have a request for Frozen themed cookies again but instead of the shortbread, no icing version I made last year, I decided to try something different but icing-free too! Ombre blue snowflakes! Coloured mainly with blue pea flowers! Coated with glitter! OK the phone camera can't seem to pick up the glitter well... A better glimpse of the glitter but still doesn't do the actual cookies justice *hmph*. Actual cookies are more shimmery than what you see. I really love blue pea flowers!...

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Hello Kitty Doll Tiered Chiffon Cake

This is a 2.5 tier Hello Kitty Doll made of fully of chiffon cake from the face to the dress, for a mummy with 3 kids like me! =) Her girl also just turned 1 like mine and she was a joy to bake for. I have previously shared how to bake a Hello Kitty face chiffon cake (see Hello Kitty Chiffon Cupcake/Cake pops). I had made it for my dear daughter’s birthday last year =).It’s my first experiment making cake dress ruffles out of chiffon cake. The dress ruffles are made by using...

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Elmo Red Yeast and Beetroot Macarons with Chocolate Ganache (update for baking/piping techniques)

I have a request for Elmo macarons with chocolate ganache so here they are :) "Elmo song" kept ringing in my head as I made these! In order to reduce the amount of artificial red colouring needed, I used two types of natural food colouring to achieve this. I did a brief search on the Internet for beetroot powder or red yeast powder based macaron recipes and find that the resulting macarons are a very dull reddish brown, so some artificial colouring is still needed to make a bright...

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