Baymax Chiffon Cake (Reduced Egg yolk Vanilla Chiffon)

"Hello. I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion." Ahh this is my favourite character from Big Hero 6 (apart from Hiro)! He’s such an endearing robot with a huggable image and silly classic quotes like "Fist bump, is not in my fighting database" and "Excuse me while I let out some air." LOL Back to the cake, when I saw Baymax, I immediately thought his head is shaped like an egg. Yes you guess it! I baked chiffon cake in an eggshell for his head (refer to this post for...

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Princess Crown Assorted Macarons (details and photos for macaron batter preparation)

I have a request for princess crown macarons with pink and gold as the colour scheme in three flavours; salted caramel, strawberries and cream, and Nutella. Here they are :) I have also had queries about whether I conduct macaron classes. At this season of life, it's a bit tough. Perhaps when kids are older :). What I sought to do for this post is to provide more explanations and photos for the preparation of macaron batter. Hopefully it is helpful to some of you :). Pardon the poor...

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'Tsum Tsum Honeybee Pooh' Cocoa-Stripes Chiffon Cake and Cupcakes

This Tsum Tsum Honeybee Pooh Chiffon Cake with Cocoa Stripes was made for a lovely friend's son a while ago but I haven't got to blogging till now. It's the first time I heard of Honeybee Pooh in the Tsum Tsum game! The chiffon cake with Cocoa Stripes was inspired by the bee's stripes on the body. I also made some cupcakes to go along (just in case the cake was not enough for the hungry kids :p). Honeybee Pooh Face The Honeybee Pooh face is made of orange chiffon cake baked in Iwaki...

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My Melody & Piano Strawberry Shortbread Cookies (icing-free)

Presenting My Melody and Piano strawberry shortbread cookies with no added icing and minimal artificial colouring! The kind of cookie for those who love the buttery aroma without the sugar overload :). Ingredients (makes about twelve 6-7cm shortbread cookies): Pink dough 50g icing sugar 100g unsalted butter, cut to small pieces (use good quality butter!) 135g plain flour 15g cornflour* (may replace with plain flour) 1/8 tsp salt 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp strawberry emulco/paste 2g Queen's...

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Airplane Chiffon Cake

This is a cute cartoon Airplane made of chiffon cake for my dear nephew’s birthday! It’s his private jet with his initials on it hehe. My editor loved it so much, this cake was selected for my first cookbook. Recipe with pictures are now in Creative baking: Chiffon Cakes. Happy birthday to dearest Yi Sheng! With lots of love, Susan...

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Little Twin Stars Rose and Lavendar Macarons (notes about using edible markers on macaron shells)

These rose and lavendar Little Twin Stars are a product of leftover batter from my killer heels macaron bake :). Looking sweet :) Please refer to the killer heels bake for the shell and filling recipe. Just to share some pictures and important note about using edible markers for macarons. Piping out the batter I piped out the batter using Wilton #10 tip for the boy and a combination of #8 and #10 for the girl. I used a toothpick to pull the batter for the hair sticking out. Leave...

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Rainbow Train Chiffon Cake

I made this chiffon cake Choo choo Train with a beautiful Rainbow for my friend’s son who loves trains and her who loves rainbows! Some of you may recognize the chiffon rainbow from the Rainbow tiers chiffon cake for Samantha. I managed to pipe a 6-colour rainbow this time using a smaller tip (wilton #6). I have previously shared how to make chiffon cake rainbows. The base chiffon cake is duo-flavoured. The top is vanilla blue-pea flowers chiffon (3 egg yolk recipe)...

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Sunflower Orange Chiffon Cupcakes

 I made a batch of sunflower cupcakes for my mum to share with her colleagues :). You may refer to my Little Miss Sunshine and sunflower cupcakes bake for details. Freshly baked and cooled Pretty sunflower! Keep the assembled cupcakes in airtight condition (I place them in a cake box and place the cake box in a jumbo zip lock bag) and refrigerated until time to serve. Inside a cupcake All packed for mum! According to mum, the cupcakes were very well received...

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‘Shooting Hearts’ 3D Hello Kitty Rainbow Chiffon Cake

I love this cake very much as it has all my favorite elements united into one cake: Hearts, Hello Kitty and Rainbow Chiffon! I have fond memories of each of them where they surfaced in my bakes for loved ones. This cake was born when she couldn’t decide if she wanted the Shooting Stars Rainbow chiffon or the Hello Kitty, so I have come up with a Shooting Hearts Rainbow Chiffon version with 3D Hello Kitty Figurine just for her =). I have previously shared about the Rainbow Chiffon...

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Hello Kitty Brown Sugar Cookies

I have a request for Hello Kitty cookies. Since the requester let me choose the design, I had the freedom to take my pick :). Since the quantity requested is not too many, I could work on a full-body version instead of making the head only like my previous bake. Icing this batch of 18 large cookies took me 2 days so it wasn't too bad. As usual, I used the same brown sugar cookie and royal icing recipe. I made my own Hello Kitty templates too. Please refer to this post on...

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Pink & Blue Care Bears Rose and Lavendar Macarons

These overly-chubby Care Bears are a product of leftover macaron batter from my killer heels bake! Rose and lavendar flavoured Hubby always griped about the lack of cheeks on Care Bears nowadays, as compared to the original ones back in the '80s when we were kids. With that in mind, I accidentally gave these beary macarons too much cheek! Please refer to the recipe from my killer heels bake for these macarons (shells and filling). I used a combination of Wilton #8 and #10 tip to...

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