'Sheep in Rainbow Scarf' Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Macarons

Someone requested for "rainbow sheep" macarons from me. The original design was each sheep has all the colours of the rainbow in stripes. Sometimes, I don't give requesters what they originally ask for as I think something else along the same theme but different design will end up cuter and more visually pleasing. Here's my interpretation of "rainbow sheep". Cute sheep donned in rainbow coloured scarves, in time for the winter season in the northern hemisphere :). If you find these...

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'Noah's Ark' Chiffon Cake

This was a labor of love and I had so much fun transforming a vanilla-chocolate chiffon cake into a 'Noah's Ark'! The ark is filled with numerous chiffon cake animals and crowned by a chiffon cake rainbow! There are many elements in the cake, I'll try to break it down. The 'ark' itself is made from Vanilla Chocolate Chiffon Cake. Vanilla Chocolate Chiffon (6-inch chiffon tube pan) Egg yolk batter 2 egg yolks 17g castor sugar 30g vegetable/corn oil 33g water 1 tsp vanilla extract 40g...

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Hamster Macarons (template provided & tips for no-hollow shells)

Hubby loves hamsters so I thought why not make some of these cute critters for his birthday :) I had lots of fun making these and watching them come alive. It's a pity the oven chose to play punk while I was baking this tray of macarons (the other trays I baked for other requests were fine) so the shells ended up a little browned. I reduced the temperature after the initial baking time but the temperature took too long to drop. For those of you who would like to make these cutesies,...

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Hi-5 Giant Macaron Cake Topper

Sometimes when friends are on a tight budget for customized cakes and I have limited time or capacity, they order customized giant macaron cake toppers from me ;). These cake toppers go on top of cheap cakes that are easily available from neighbourhood bakeries. Here's a Hi-5 giant macaron cake topper that I made for Susanne's elder daughter who is a Hi-5 fan in early August. Sorry for the super late post! This cake topper is about 11-12cm big. I used the reduced sugar recipe for...

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'Froggy' Pandan Salted Egg Yolk Chiffon Cake

I made this Pandan Salted Egg Yolk Chiffon Cake for Kinokuniya and also for party! The interesting flavour was actually requested by my friend. It turned out to be pretty fascinating and yummy, making our pandan chiffon cake more tasty and savoury (think pandan liu sha bao)! So do try it if you are getting bored of our normal pandan chiffon cake =). My friends who tried it said it was the softest chiffon cake ever! Christmas came early! I received my first-ever kitchen machine...

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'Bouquet of Flowers' Gula Melaka Chiffon Cupcakes

As the school year draws to a close, perhaps it's time to show the teachers some appreciation :). My friend requested for some bouquet cupcakes for her children to present to their teachers. It's my first attempt at making a bouquet although I have made flower cupcakes a number of times. Here are some bouquets, big and small :). I will focus on how to assemble the bouquets in this post, as well as share the cupcake recipe. You may refer to Creative Baking: Chiffon Cakes for details...

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Retro World Map Travel Chiffon Cake with Vintage Chiffon Airplane

I totally had fun making this Retro Travel-themed Chiffon Cake with Vintage Chiffon Airplane, loosely inspired by the Dr Seuss story 'O the places he'll go'! I didn't know how quite to name the cake, hence the funny long name (sorry about it =p!). Oh but speaking of retro, I'm in love with the feel and all things vintage! For the base, I transformed a Chocolate Chiffon Cake (recipe in link) into a retro luggage. The straps were cut from chiffon sheet cakes and stuck on with melted...

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Lego Friends Themed Neapolitan Macarons

A friend requested for some Lego Friends themed macarons. Here they are :) There's hedgehog, handbag, butterfly, ribbon, $100 bill and Lego figurine head You may accuse me of being lazy by not typing out the full recipe :p. It's because it's the same and I don't want to repeat myself for something that is tried, tested and the recipients love. But I promise to do a detailed write-up if and when I see the need to provide more information. I used the reduced sugar recipe for the macaron...

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