'Le Petit Prince' Chiffon Cake

This is a chiffon cake for a Little Prince’s full month celebration, based on the story of Le Petit Prince (In French for The Little Prince)! I was told the important characters are the prince (represented by the crown), a fox, a sheep, a rose and a planet with stars! So is my humble attempt at making a chiffon fox, sheep, rose, planet and crown and putting all the elements together! I was worried it may look weird together but thankfully I think it was pretty nice and dreamy =).  I used...

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'The Little Prince' Themed Blueberry Chiffon Cupcakes

Here are some cupcakes based on the storybook "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery :). The requester was very specific about the details, such as colour scheme, 3D pop-up deco and flying stars all made from chiffon sponge. I took up the challenge to accomodate all that and came up with these... Quite a few different coloured thin layered chiffon cakes had to be baked to create the cupcake decorations. I used dried blue pea flowers to reduce the use of artificial blue colouring...

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Pumpkin Monster Chiffon Cake

Last year I had the sudden inspiration to dress up my pandan chiffon cake as a 3-eyed monster! This year, the pumpkin version is in Deco Chiffon Cakes! I love the pumpkin version as it is moist and light! Very different from the pandan chiffon version. This was my demo item at the Kinokuniya book event that just passed. Very touched by the love and those who came, especially the Indonesians who specially flew down! I also made another simple Monster version. Just some ideas...

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Monster Macarons -- Made from 3D Macaron Shells!

You have probably not seen anything like this before! Presenting my first 3D macaron shells dressed up as monsters in time for a Halloween party! Here's a closer look at the 3D shells! I made these hemispherical shells or shells with a hole in the middle because I had leftover batter one day and decided to play around with it, fully expecting it to fail. But to my pleasant surprise, it worked! You can't imagine my excitement when I successfully unmoulded the shells! I shall not...

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'Owls on a Stump' Gula Melaka Sponge & Pudding Cake

This is a cake made with lots of love last minute for my grandma's and aunt's combined birthday celebration :) Mother and daughter owl macarons on a Gula Melaka sponge and pudding stump cake! This is one of those die-die must try cakes because cake lovers and haters, young and old all loved it. This cake is rich and full of flavour yet refreshing at the same time. The texture also feels good in the mouth with alternating layers of soft chiffon sponge and refreshing pudding. This...

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Snorlax and Pokeball Chiffon Cakes

Pokemon go again! =p I've previously made 3D Snorlax and 3D Pokeball Chiffon Cakes. After chatting with some friends, I realized most were afraid to try the 3D versions. Hence, when I got request to make Snorlax and Pokeball again this week, I decided to try simpler cute 2D versions that may be more popular. For Snorlax, similar to my 3D version, I used blue pea flowers for the blue, here I further added 1/2 tsp pandan paste to make it teal colour, but you can choose to omit it. Recipe...

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'Hello Kitty Tsum Tsum' with Chiffon Layers 'Drip Cake'

I made this for a close friend's daughter on Friday! Thankful the cake was well-loved by everyone! I have previously tried a Chiffon Rainbow 'Drip Cake' combining both 'waves' with 'rainbow chiffon' from Creative baking: Chiffon Cakes. Here, I was trying to see if I could improvise by making the waves and rainbow layers 50-50. Maybe the effect is not as nice, but I will continue to think about it and improve haha! I used the same base recipe as my Rainbow Tiedye Vanilla Chiffon but...

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Wall E and Eve Brown Sugar Cookies (made with diabetic-friendly natural sugar!)

A lovely couple requested for Wall E and Eve Brown sugar cookies as their wedding gift for their relatives. I took the chance to experiment with a lower glycemic index brown sugar and reduced the amount of sugar used slightly as less sugar was requested. Looking sweet as a pair :) I was window shopping one day at Naise and their interesting range of food products caught my attention. The item that intrigued me most was the Masarang arenga forest sugar. It is a type of palm sugar that...

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