Cute Neko (Cat) Chiffon Cake

Happy birthday my dearest Charissa! This is a cake for my 3rd child's 3 year old birthday! She loves cats so she requested for a cat cake this year. I love how simple 3 year olds are, how they are fascinated by the cats and birds in the surroundings, how they stop to smell the flowers. Sometimes I wish they don't grow up so fast =p Hehe, so back to the cake, I used a tried and tested recipe that I've used many times, my Strawberry yoghurt-vanilla chiffon cake (recipe link in previous...

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Veggietales Earl Grey Lavender Macarons

I got in touch with a friend on Facebook whom I have not met in more than 20 years! She's really excited about getting some some bakes from me and this was what she requested for :) Laura, Bob, Larry, Junior and the French peas!  My kids love listening to songs from Veggietales so as I worked on these macarons, I have the Veggietales theme song ringing in my head :p. This batch was made along with two more requests and one accidental bake that resulted in more 3D macarons....

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Baby Whale Chiffon Cake (Pandan-blue pea flowers)

This baby whale chiffon cake is a another cute creation I like very much! The flavour is vanilla for the white belly, and pandan with blue pea flowers that both yummy and pretty for the teal shade. It's the chiffon version of a cute baby whale cake from fondant that's the cutest I saw (I think the originator of the design is whipped bakeshop from US). Anyway the reviews for the chiffon cake was really good! My recipient was a pastry chef student, and she said it's nothing like what...

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Solar System 2-tier Chiffon Cake (Charcoal-blue pea flowers)

I made this cute Solar system 2-tier chiffon cake some time back. It got lost in my phone until I got reminded of it suddenly when a friend tagged me yesterday with a cute solar system cake! The two-tone cake and base recipe is similar to the Charcoal-blue pea flowers solar system chiffon cake I made for my son's birthday a year back, omitting the cinnamon powder. I deliberately made one side look like it was facing the sun, with charcoal chiffon on one side and charcoal with blue...

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My Melody Macarons with Mango Ganache (New filling recipe!)

I love bakes that challenge me within reason. This is one of them :) My friend requested for some full-bodied My Melody macarons that are to be given away as gifts. She wanted some filled with dark chocolate ganache and some with mango flavoured filling. While the dark chocolate filling is a no-brainer, the mango one is a challenge in hot and humid Singapore. I am happy to say that my experiment with making a mango flavoured filling that is full of fresh fruit puree but stable at Singapore's...

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Tokidoki 'Donutella' Chiffon Cake (Reduced egg yolk vanilla recipe)

I finally got to make Donutella from Tokidoki for my friend!  The creation is made entirely from chiffon cake, including the donuts! This chiffon cake is naturally colored, so this is a reduced egg yolk recipe for whiter cake, and using a new natural yellow coloring find from Bake king for the yellow. My review for this new natural coloring is that the yellow colour is pretty strong and I’m happy with it.  The recipe is also a cross between chiffon and ogura for...

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PJ Masks Brown Sugar Cookies

Sometimes I am a little hesitant to post seemingly simple looking bakes like this. But not to do so would not be representative of the repertoire I make. Presenting my PJ masks brown sugar cookies! I have always used the same brown sugar cookie and royal icing recipes because the feedback is always awesome. Cookies are about the simplest type of bakes compared to chiffon cakes or macarons because they have a bigger margin for error don't need electric mixers. Checkout this post for...

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Pink Ombre Hearts Chiffon Cake Pop Valentine's Bouquet

This post is to wish everyone a happy, blessed Valentine's day with your loved ones! Life is short, do cherish our loved ones and every moment with them.. <3 I've already shared the recipe for the Pink ombre hearts pops in my previous post Pink Ombre Stripes Heart Chiffon Cake & Cake pops. Picture tutorials for the diagonal stripes can be further found in Deco Chiffon Cakes book. I placed 5 hearts cake pops into a bouquet to say "someone loves you more than you can imagine"....

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Famous Landmarks Lavender Earl Grey & Dark Chocolate Macarons

A friend gave me a list of famous landmarks that she would like as macarons, giving me a flexible timeline and whatever landmark I am able to accommodate. This is the kind of request I like 😀! Challenges me but I am given the time and space to exercise my creativity. I decided to go for monochrome effect. Here's my version of seven of them! I managed to make Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House, Merlion, Big Ben, Temple of Heaven, Taj Mahal and Leaning Tower of Pisa! I must admit that...

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Pink Ombre Patterned Hearts Chiffon Cake (Strawberry-Vanilla)

This Pink Ombre Hearts Chiffon Cake is a Valentine’s day cake with multiple flavours and hearts patterned into the chiffon cake! This is the Pink Ombre version of my 6-flavour Rainbow hearts chiffon cake from my first cookbook, Creative baking: Chiffon Cakes. Instead of 6-flavours and rainbow colours, here I have 2-flavours and their combo: vanilla and strawberry. You can see the video tutorial below for how I patterned the chiffon cake with multiple flavours/colours. I...

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Ombre Pink Heart Macarons (Video tutorial and other tips included!)

This is an impromptu bake that I decided to do in the midst of preparing 120 macarons for this weekend's Culinary Arts event where I will be teaching how to make Matcha Azuki bean macarons. Since Valentine's Day is around the corner, I thought why not make some simple heart shaped ones too! Although my preferred choice of method is the Italian method, I decided to make these using the French method, which I will be teaching this weekend. Many of you may find it simpler to use the French...

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