Tsum Tsum Chip and Dale Earl Grey Macarons

I was making a batch of Earl grey cocoa cross shaped macaron shells as one of the items for the dessert table for an event. I couldn't resist the chance to use some of the batter to make these for my kids who have been badgering me to make something Earl grey flavoured for them! I made only 3 of each but will type out the recipe as if it were for a bigger batch. Do checkout my Creative Baking: Macarons book as it brings you through the basics to the various techniques required for...

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Rabbit and Squirrel Coconut Chiffon Cake

Happy birthday to my dearest Charissa! She turns 2 years old today! I thank God for this sweet cute little bub who brightens up my day! This cake was inspired by a picture shared by a friend.. when she saw it, she said she wants ‘Tabeet’ =D. So she got her rabbit cake! It was a joint celebration with my SIL, so I made another squirrel, one for each of them! =) I tried out Coconut Chiffon Cake this time as coconut butter cookies posts by Enne Ty and other coconut posts recently really...

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Boy and Girl Owl Mini Brown Sugar Cookies

Very rarely this happens but it did. I have two similar requests around the same time for owl cookies so here they are! This means that I had to make double the usual number of cookies for a single request (usually between 20-30). But since these cookies are really small, the quantity I actually made for each request was double the number requested (I only had a small cookie cutter so I felt bad about offering teeny cookies)! I also made a few extras for my kids so it was a whooping...

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Craftholic Yuzu Chiffon Cake

This Craftholic chiffon cake was made for my mummy friend’s girl who loves the blue Sloth bear, which she affectionately calls ‘Bluey’! The flavour of the base chiffon was Yuzu chiffon cake, which was requested. I personally love Yuzu chiffon very much and it well-received! Yuzu Chiffon Cake (9-inch chiffon tin) 6 egg yolks 40g sugar 78g vegetable oil 102 ml yuzu tea (3 tbsp yuzu marmalade in 108 ml hot water, filtered to remove bits) 120g cake flour, sifted A pinch of salt Meringue 8...

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Miffy Hazelnut Dark Chocolate Macarons

My friend and her cousin are fans of Miffy so here are some Miffy macarons for them :). This is actually my second time making Miffy macarons. You may take a look at my first attempt at making them last year along with other cute characters in this post. These Miffies are of the same flavour as the Meeple macarons since it's the same friend that requested for them. Hazelnut dark chocolate ganache filling! You may refer to my Meeple macaron post for the shell and filling recipe....

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'Rainbow on Clouds' Salted Caramel and Lemon Macarons

Here are some pretty rainbows on clouds macarons! Although no further decoration is required post baking, piping these rainbows require some patience and dexterity. Thankfully a small quantity is requested for these so it was still manageable. I made these rainbows along with Meeples and Miffy macarons.  I filled the macarons with lemon swiss meringue butter cream (smbc) and lemon curd or salted caramel smbc with salted caramel center as requested. I don't think I can provide...

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Matcha Turtle Beachy Seawaves Chiffon Cake (with blue pea flowers)

I've been slowing down recently due to the 3 kids and also busy writing up the draft for Creative Chiffon Book 2, titled "Creative Baking: Deco Chiffon Cakes". Yes, really very thankful that there will be a Book 2 as the Book 1, "Creative Baking: Chiffon Cakes" is doing well (its second print run will be out in April)! This chiffon cake will be in Book 2 (Deco Chiffon Cakes), so am really sorry there will be a short wait of a few months before recipe is out in full. But for now,...

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Meeples Hazelnut Dark Chocolate Macarons (a Valentine's Day present!)

I have never heard of Meeples until I have this request for Meeple macarons. A friend of mine wanted to surprise her hubby who is a fan of this board game for Valentine's Day :). What better way to personalize it than to create the board game pieces with his name on it! Hazelnut dark chocolate flavour was requested. The easy way is to use Nutella but it is not the best way to go if you don't have a sweet tooth as Nutella and other hazelnut spreads you find at the supermarket already...

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3D Horse Orange Milo Chiffon Cupcakes

I originally had a request for 20 horse cupcakes but it became 30. Unlike the usual cupcakes decorated with cream and/or fondant, 3D cupcakes made entirely out of soft chiffon sponge has to be patiently and painstakingly assembled. So I managed only about 21 horses and topped up the rest with simpler cupcakes. Here are some of the horses :). Sitting snugly in cupcake cases! Orange and Milo flavour was requested. These horses are adapted from the orange Milo chiffon horse cakepops...

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