Chocolate Chiffon Cupcakes with Strawberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream

I have a Japanese mummy friend who wanted to order some cupcakes for her younger boy's birthday during a very busy period for me. She didn't mind it being a simple bake as long as it is yummy. Here's a humble bake from me. Chocolate chiffon cupcakes with strawberry swiss meringue buttercream and rainbow sprinkles :). I used my chocolate log cake recipe that was very well received for the chocolate cupcake base. Chocolate chiffon cupcake recipe Ingredients (makes about twenty-one 44x35mm...

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'Mooncake' Chiffon Cakes (Peanut butter & jam)

I tried dressing up some Peanut Butter Chiffon Cakes as mooncakes as gifts for Teacher's day (this is a trial). Mid-autumn was coming but I didn’t have time to go baking shops yet to buy the ingredients, so that gave me an idea to dress up my chiffon cakes into mooncakes (will still be making the real ones soon because I finally got the ingredients today!). Peanut butter is a very nice and yummy flavour that comes strongly in chiffon cakes. If you loved the kaya, you may like this...

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Iced Brown Sugar Cookies: Back to Basics & Teacher's Day Special

I have been wanting to do an updated brown sugar cookie and royal icing post for the longest time but haven't had the chance or discipline to do so. With this batch of cookies for Teacher's Day and a whooping order of 400 cookies for my cousin's wedding, I thought I would take the time to do a detailed documentation along with some updates from my previous write-up. I will highlight points to note and tips when making these cookies. I am really eager to share this because all my recipients...

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Pikachu and Pokeball Chiffon Cake (Raspberry jello, milk and lemon)

Happy birthday to my dearest mummy, who's always been there for me! I made this 6-inch big Pokeball and Pikachu (from Pokemon go) using natural coloring from soft chiffon cake for her! She loves the Raspberry jello-milk chiffon cake that I used for my National day chiffon cake, so the Pokeball uses the same recipe. I baked a reduced egg yolk milk chiffon recipe on one side of a ball cake pan, and raspberry jello chiffon cake, topper with a 1-cm layer of charcoal chiffon batter on...

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Pusheen Earl Grey Macarons

I have a request from a lovely young lady for Pusheen macarons that's not too sweet. Here they are :) This is the second time I am making Pusheen macarons. Checkout my first attempt here. I used the reduced sugar recipe for macaron shells and chose whipped Earl grey white chocolate as the filling. If you don't have a sweet tooth, tea flavoured or dark chocolate flavoured fillings are best to pair with macaron shells that are sweet. I actually made these cuties along with some Siamese...

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Hedgehog in Rainbow Chiffon Garden

I made this sweet Chocolate chiffon Hedgehog on top of a Rainbow Chiffon garden for my friend's sister who loves cute hedgehogs! I haven't posted my Rainbow Chiffon Cake for awhile =) It's now on the cover of Creative baking: Chiffon Cakes and I'm very thankful many have tried the recipe in the book and given great reviews! The recipe for the Chocolate-vanilla Chiffon Hedgehog has been shared previously here. Instead of piping the eyes, here I stuck on cake cut-outs using...

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'Butterflies' Blue Ombre Tier Chiffon Cake (tribute to Joseph Schooling)

This 'Butterflies' Blue Ombre Tier Chiffon Cake is made for my friend's tea party. She was so inspired by Joseph Schooling's amazing Gold at the 100m Men's Butterfly race in the Olympics Rio 2016, that she asked me to design her cake to commemorate the event. I was inspired after watching the 100m Butterfly to make a cake to capture the race. The butterflies are dressed in their country's colours/jerseys, and the red-white butterfly on top is none other than our champion Joseph Schooling...

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Pastel Rainbow Chiffon Cake-in-a-Jar and Pushpops

This is my first attempt at making rainbow cake in a jar and push pops! I would not have attempted these if I was not approached by Fairy Floss Official to make the cakes. The cakes are alternating layers of vanilla chiffon sponge with a hint of lemon and whipped vanilla lemon white chocolate ganache, topped with marshmellows and rainbow sprinkles. It took me longer than expected for this batch of 20 cake in jars and 10 push pops as it's my first attempt. I used a reduced egg...

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