Gudetama Pink Lemonade Chiffon Cake

I made this adorable cake for my dear church friend. Thankful the cake was well-loved! The pink lemonade flavor was chosen by her. Pink lemonade is typically made from 2 parts lemon juice and 1 part pink strawberry or cherry juice. In addition, I made the ombre layers with varying amounts of lemon and strawberry flavor!  To make the chiffon cake healthier, I tried a new product from Prima, Superfine wholegrain flour. It's made from wholegrain but superfine so it can be used...

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Elephant Macarons with Salted Egg Custard and Earl Grey Filling

I have a request for some elephant macarons. Here they are :) I had a brainwave to fill half of them with runny salted egg custard because someone who tried my recipe for salted egg yolk swiss meringue buttercream left a comment in my salted egg yolk macaron crab post that the salted egg yolk flavour was not strong enough. You could always add more salted egg yolks to the buttercream to enhance the flavour but I was feeling adventurous. While this idea sounds exciting, I wondered how...

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'Smiley Poo' Chocolate German Cookies

Requests can get quite bizarre...like this one! Poo cookies! You must agree you can't help but smile when you see them! My elder kid laughed when he saw the smiley piles of turd. My little one said "mama, these poo look and smell good!" Hubby smiled when he saw rows of them in the box when he came home from work. How not to laugh or at least smile :p. This is a really easy bake so my kids were involved. I wanted a more melt-in-your-mouth texture for the cookies so I chose a German...

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Mt Fuji Lavender-Ginger Lemon Chiffon Cake

This is a chiffon cake version of my Mt Fuji Lavender-Ginger Lemon Chiffon cake pops to go along, also inspired by my trip to Japan, and also because I was afraid there wouldn't be enough food =). I wanted to call it Shinobi Mt Chiffon Cake because I inadvertently made the contour like a ninja mask hehe! The same recipe is used as the Mt Fuji Lavender-Ginger Lemon Chiffon cake pops but multiplied 4 times. For your convenience, I have scaled it up below. Have a try! Tea flavors...

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Hello Kitty Macarons with Strawberry White Chocolate Ganache

I had some leftover batter from making 750 cheery bear macarons for Mother's Day so I made these kitties! I was pretty tired out from the marathon so I just rummaged through my collection of templates and picked out a simple one. Hello Kitty happens to be quite easy to pipe so I chose it. You may refer to my cheery bear and panda macarons post for the recipe, and choose to use the regular or reduced-sugar version. Use a Wilton #12 tip to pipe the head and #5 tip to pipe the ears...

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Snowskin Mooncake 'Apples' with Hidden Malteser Surprise

During my "sabbatical" from baking for orders, I had some time to experiment with what I planned for the August Culinary Arts event at my church. There will be a demo with hands-on for participants. I knew I would be really busy again towards the end of the June hols with back-to-back orders so this was a good time to do trials. Presenting my snowskin mooncake "apples" with a hidden surprise inside each one! I prepared two flavours of combinations : Pandan snowskin with white lotus...

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Mt Fuji Lavender Chiffon Cake pops with Ginger lemon Snow caps

These cutie cake pops were inspired by my recent trip to Japan! These are actually not my first cute snowy mountain cake pops. Check out the Hokkaido version with cream spewing out during eruption 2+ years back =). Do they look like a couple? =p I was also inspired by the heavenly combination of lavender tea with ginger lemon tea from Newby teas. They are a match made in heaven! Both are very striking, yet compliments each other so well, from a soothing lavender chiffon base, to a...

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Monkey Themed Macarons on Lychee Rose Chiffon Sponge & Pudding Cake

This request for a monkey themed lychee rose sponge and pudding cake was my last bake before I went on my break from baking for orders. I posted earlier on how the realistic looking banana macarons are made. Here they are adorning the cake :). I made the macarons a few days in advance before the cake... You may refer to the banana macaron post for the basic recipe. The giant monkey and coconut tree macarons were filled with dark chocolate ganache. Baking large macaron shells require...

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