3D Monkey Milo Chiffon Cupcakes

I was making a batch of 3D horse cupcakes for a party but decided to bake a couple of monkeys along with them because we are about to usher in the year of the Monkey! Sitting snugly in cupcake cases :) I couldn't have made more monkeys as 30 cupcakes were requested for the horse cupcakes. Unlike conventional cupcakes where you can churn out hundreds quickly, 3D chiffon cupcakes without fondant or cream have to be carved and assembled painstakingly and patiently. Nonetheless, I had...

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'Snoopy in love' Rainbow Tiedye Heart Chiffon Cake

And this is the lovely Snoopy that was lying on the pillowy Rainbow Tiedye Chiffon Cake! I posted this separately as the previous was a joint post with the Rainbow Tiedye Cake pops. No molds were used, only carving and a lot of work! ;) The bulk of the weight was on the head, which was supported by the hidden surprise so it didn't sink into the soft cake. Thankful it was very well-received, along with some wonderful cookies made by Phay Shing. It's made for a dear mummy friend who...

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Unicorn Macaron Carousel (blue pea flower coloured)

This is my first attempt at a macaron structure :). Unicorn carousel! If only I could mount this on a motorized turntable for display! I made a few extra unicorns (from my last bake) and various sizes of round macarons to create this carousel. You may refer to my previous post on how to make the unicorn shells. I made enough round shells to make two carousel structures just in case some shells didn't turn out well so you may wish to half the recipe. Ingredients: 200g almond meal...

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Rainbow Tiedye Heart Vanilla Chiffon Cake and Cake pops

I rarely post undecorated chiffon cakes, but this was so pretty by itself I just had to share it! I really wasn’t so adventurous to make the Rainbow Tiedye again, but it was specifically requested by my friend and in shape of a heart! I’m glad I was able to make a nicer one this time with some practice from the last cake. This is actually a cake with a chiffon Snoopy on top as her son loves Snoopy (will be posting this in future ;))! And this chiffon is vanilla-flavoured, like my...

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Unicorn and Shooting Star Macarons

I have a request for some flying unicorn macarons and I thought rainbow shooting stars would go well with them too :). These are filled with firm dark chocolate ganache and lemon white chocolate as the party is outdoors. Update (27/5/18): I have to remove the templates for the unicorns as they are going to be featured in my upcoming Creative Baking: Macaron Basics book. Please be patient and wait for the book release if you would like the template, hopefully some time before Christmas...

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Dr McStuffin-themed Tier Chiffon Cake

This is a very sweet and soft Dr McStuffin-themed creation. It’s my first attempt at making a stethoscope from chiffon cake roll and I had fun making the huge Band-Aid with a heart from layer chiffon cake. The design of the 2-tiers are inspired by the sweet Dr McStuffin’s usual get-up: striped purple-white top with a pink skirt. I haven’t been making stripey chiffon cakes since the Navy Stripes Gun Chiffon Cake over a year ago. The recipe I used was similar, with the blue portion...

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'Mandarin Oranges and Flowers' Chiffon Cupcakes (video tutorial for shaping the oranges included!)

This is the third year I am making "Mandarin oranges" for Chinese New Year! This time round, I made some chiffon cupcake flowers along with them too :). People had to do a double-take when they first saw these "oranges' two years ago, thinking that they were real oranges! I fooled my elder kid's teachers when I made them again last year for him to bring to school. Quite a number of people have tried the recipe and gave a thumbs up so do give it a try. They have successfully replicated...

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Solar System 2-tone Cinnamon Chiffon Cake (naturally coloured with Blue pea flowers and Charcoal)

Happy 7th Birthday to my dearest firstborn! I made a Solar system chiffon cake for my future scientist/geek who loves these! I also worked hard on my planetary facts and tried my best to get their placement/size/design as accurate as possible hehe. So from the Sun, they are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupitar, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. God is amazing at making all these! My MIL gave me two packs of Ceylon grounded cinnamon (which they say are the best), so I tried out these on the...

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Barnyard Animals Assorted Macarons

Here are some barnyard animals macarons in assorted flavours! There's salted egg yolk swiss meringue buttercream (smbc), lemon smbc with lemon curd, and chocolate and mixed berries smbc as fillings! These macarons appear at the same party as the barnyard animal cookies. I have to confess that these macarons were made from leftover batter I had during my last macaron mania when I made full bodied Hello Kitties, guinea pig stuffed toy macarons and Christmas macarons all in one sitting!...

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Rainbow Unicorn Pink Ombre-Rainbow Tier Chiffon Cake

This is a sweet dreamy creation combining Pink Ombre chiffon cake with Rainbow chiffon cake, topped by a Chiffon cake Rainbow and Chiffon cake Unicorn! The recipes for the Rainbow and Ombre chiffon cakes, as well as Chiffon rainbows are in the Creative Baking: Chiffon Cakes book that just came out this week in all major bookstores (Popular, Kinokuniya etc.) in Singapore! So excited! Do keep a lookout! =) With lots of love, Susanne...

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Barnyard Animals Brown Sugar Cookies

Here are some simple barnyard animal brown sugar cookies :)                      These cookies appear at the same party as the barnyard animal macarons. I am glad to work with a simple design that is cute at the same time :). Thankfully, I am given some reference pictures by the requester so I have designs that I could refer to. I feel a little like a broken tape recorder when I post brown sugar cookies :p. But what has to be mentioned...

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