Reindeer & Snowman Brown Sugar Cookies

This is my first bake after the macaron photoshoot to kick start Christmas bakes! Reindeer and snowman brown sugar cookies! It's a relief to start off with a simple bake after really hectic days working on the macarons. Well, simple to me :p. It's pretty tedious to decorate iced cookies but straightforward. No tricky meringues or electric mixers involved, and you can leave your bake lying around to dry or the dough resting in the fridge while you are busy with other things. These cookies...

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'Moo Moo' Chiffon Cake (Japanese Cream Cheese Chiffon & Charcoal Chiffon)

This is one of my two animal chiffon cakes this week! Cream cheese chiffon was requested and I was happy to try the lovely Japanese cream cheese chiffon shared by Baking taitai from a Japanese cake champion! The theme was ‘cow’ or 'moo moo' so I used Cream cheese chiffon with Charcoal powder to make 3D 'moo moo' patterns for the cow both at the bottom (or top) and sides of the chiffon. I also simplified the recipe into whole egg yolks and whites as I have some experience with low...

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Creative Baking: Macarons book with Marshall Cavendish

*Update (26/4/17): The Chinese edition of Creative Baking: Macarons is in print! Available only in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. You may purchase the book online from here: http://www.yesasia.com/global/zao-xing-ma-qia-long/1058352110-0-0-0-zh_CN/info.html The books are available in major bookstores in Hong Kong and online here: http://www.popular.com.hk/jsp/product/product_search.jsp?vca001=2&vas001=PRODUCERS&KEYWORD=%AE%FC%C0%D8 The books are available in the following bookstores...

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Sweet Cony Chiffon Cake

This is a sweet Cony Chiffon Cake made for a jc friend for his sweetheart =p! So it’s a sweet loving creation hehe. I rarely have pictures of sliced chiffon cakes as they are usually for friends. So I’m really thankful he sent me some pictures showing the texture (while they were cutting up the poor rabbit… ok turns out she didn’t bear to cut it the previous day :p).  The Vanilla Chiffon Cake has reduced egg yolk and is steam-baked for greater moisture. He said it...

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Strawberry Raspberry Yoghurt Chiffon Sponge & Pudding Mini Cakes

There's endless possibilities when it comes to sponge and pudding cakes! Here's my another attempt at making a different flavour. Strawberry raspberry yoghurt flavour! All these sponge and pudding cakes are inspired by the well known Pandan kaya cake, a cake that is refreshing and flavourful while being fondant and cream (buttercream and heavy cream) free at the same time. My first experiment with lychee rose flavour was so well received with quite a number of order requests from those...

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Banana Steamed Cupcakes

This is going to be my first demo class with hands-on for participants! I was told to keep things as simple as possible for my first try. The focus of my demo will be on showing the technique of beating egg and sugar with the electric mixer, and folding in the rest of the ingredients. The Singapore flag snowskin mooncake was purely demo so it was less involved. Here's my easy-peasy banana steamed cupcakes! Banana Nutella flowers with MnMs ladybugs! A peek at the texture and banana...

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Cinderella Carriage Tier Chiffon Cake

This is a sweet fairy tale Cinderella cake I made for a friend’s friend’s little girl. The cute little Cinderella princess (chibi version =p) was provided by her and I was given the challenging task of making her carriage. I sought to use soft sweet colours that were Cinderella themed. Blue, as was the gown she wore to the party, and light pink, her mother’s gown, and of course cream colour for a classic look. I have shared recipes for the Vanilla chiffon cake (reduced egg yolk) for...

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Animal Train Macarons (update on orange white chocolate filling)

I made this for my younger kid's birthday :). Choo-choo! I have to confess that this came at a time when I was really busy with bakes for the Creative Baking: Macarons book so I had to make do with whatever designs I am already making for the book and play around with whatever leftover batter I had. The macaron shells were actually made over a couple of session due to this reason. Thank God they freeze well! Remember to place the shells in airtight container with baking paper between...

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