Pirate Strawberry and Dark Chocolate Macarons

This is an overdue post of pirate macarons that I made some time back. Don't they look so cheerful that they put a smile on your face? If they look familiar, that's because I made them more than a year ago for a sea themed party over here. I baked these friendly pirates along with the request for Lego Friends themed macarons. I used the reduced sugar recipe for the macaron shells here. Both regular and reduced sugar recipes can be found here. You may refer to my Creative...

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‘Guji Guji’ Yuzu-orange Chiffon Cake

Here’s my Guji Guji 拜年! Wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy and Propserous Lunar New Year! Since it’s Chinese new year, I will keep this post short as it’s a time of rest and family! =D The cake is inspired by Guji Guji (咕鸡咕鸡), Mediacorp’s adorable chicken mascot this year. I’m sure we’ve all seen the cute Guji Guji dancing on TV and all over Singapore! My friend sent me a photo of the plush Guji Guji toy she loves and asked if I could make it for her family reunion. I tried out...

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Ombre Dahlia Pandan Kaya Gula Melaka Cupcakes

My friend tasted my Pandan kaya gula melaka cake I made for her last year and loved it so much she wanted more for her birthday this year! I decided to make something in sweet ombre theme for the flower cupcakes she requested this time. Presenting my version of ombre dahlias! The detailed recipe and assembly steps of the Pandan kaya gula melaka cupcake can be found here so I will not repeat it in this post. What I will focus on is the change in recipe I did for the sheet cakes for...

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‘Legend of the Blue Sea’ Pink Octopus Chiffon Cake

Made the cute pink octopus from Legend of the Blue Sea which just ended last night. I rarely watch Kdramas but this was really really nice, sweet and touching... Love happy endings! =)  I decorated with pearls (tears) and played with a new wave front pattern over the sea on the base chiffon. For those interested in making a chiffon cake octopus, you can refer to my previous post Kaya chiffon cake with Yam chiffon baby octopus. I have also shared various kind of seawaves...

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Ondeh-Ondeh Macarons (3D Shells!)

Sometimes I get inspiration from nowhere and this is one occassion. I have been wanting to explore the possibilities that came with my discovery of making 3D macaron shells last year. I finally have the capacity and chance before getting really busy with planning for macaron classes (Yes! I am finally giving classes!) and making lots of macarons in February. Here's my version of ondeh-ondeh, macaron style 😉! Checkout the oozy gula melaka filling and the cute turtle too! A view...

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Kuih Bahulu (Bake & Celebrate!)

Kuih Bahulu or Ji Dan Gao, is my family’s favourite during Chinese New Year! I actually started baking simple stuff during CNY before I started my creative chiffon journey. Today I have a date with some of my dear baking friends to share about our contributions to "Bake & Celebrate: Cookies and Treats", which is a cookbook compilation of various CNY cookies and cakes that has just been launched at all major bookstores. The contributed Kuih Bahulu recipe was my 3rd try on the recipe....

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Koi Fish (and Firecrackers) Yuzu Chiffon Cake

We’ve heard about ‘Koi’ agar agar, how about ‘Koi’ chiffon cake? The firecrackers are also made from chiffon cake swissrolls! I originally had the inspiration to make these last year and designed them for Deco Chiffon cakes (my 2nd chiffon cookbook), but they taken out last minute in favor of the Baby rooster chiffon cake as this is the year of the Rooster =).  Nevertheless, I’m thankful I got to try these out when a friend gave me the opportunity to bake these for her...

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3D 'Rooster' Salted Egg Yolk Chiffon Cake

My little baby roosters have found their mummy! =p Don't they look so happy? The mummy is kind of overweight due to all the Chinese new year feasting =D I've previously shared an easy salted egg yolk chiffon recipe and method for making these cute baby rooster cupcakes. The big 3D rooster was actually made at the same time using the same salted egg yolk recipe but in a doll cake pan. The lady had a special request to have less sweetness, so I reduced the sugar content and salted...

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Mandarin Oranges and Yuzu Rooster Chiffon Cupcakes (updates for shaping oranges!)

I believe many of you have seen and attempted making mandarin orange look alike chiffon cupcakes ever since I came up with them 3 years ago. This is the fourth consecutive year that I am making these mandarin oranges! I made a couple of yuzu flavoured rooster cupcakes to go along with them to welcome the year of the rooster :) These mandarin oranges have a special place in my heart and baking journey as it's one of my earliest creative chiffon bakes baked for a loved one, and I made...

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'Flying Doraemon' Rainbow Cloud Chiffon Cake

This is a chiffon cake for my son’s birthday! Doraemon is one of the things he has likes and the only cartoon my hubby encourages as it’s in Chinese =p. The idea I had in mind was the flying Doraemon scene which I find super cute! I made a chiffon flying Doraemon on a Rainbow-Cloud sky chiffon cake backdrop. The cloud backdrop was inspired by the cartoon and a dear friend. Cloud-Sky Cloud-Sky Chiffon Cake (8-inch tube pan) Egg yolk batter 6 egg yolks (or 2 egg yolks + 1...

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