'Enchanted Garden' Matcha Azuki Bean Chiffon Sponge & Pudding Cake (with 3D macaron decorations!)

Adventurous me is out to try something new again! And this time it's for my mum's birthday cake. Presenting my first Charlotte cake in Matcha Azuki bean flavour! Decorated with 3D macaron shells! I was so thrilled to see the cut cross section of the cake. Yums! Actually this bake came about because I had some ladyfingers at home and I thought better use it and not waste it. I made this sponge and pudding cake Charlotte cake style for a change. As usual, the cake was light, tasty...

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‘Animal Family’ Pull apart Chiffon Cupcakes (Pull apart 'buns')

Happy 11th year wedding anniversary!! These are my first Pull apart Chiffon Cupcakes in a ring, inspired by those cute pull apart buns. I made this as a surprise for hubby as a special memory of our 11th year together (now with 3 more little ones). This ‘Animal family’ represents our small sweet family of 5 and our favorite animals/characters! Can you tell who is who? (Obvious hints: Those who knew me in jc know that my favourite character is in pink ;). My son is my hubby’s mini ‘me’....

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Happy Cat Earl Grey Lavender Salted Caramel Macaron Carousel (updated recipe)

Someone saw my first Happy Cat carousel and was so charmed by it that she wanted one too! But this version has different type of cats and another cute little critter thrown in ;). I used the non-reduced sugar macaron shell recipe but used icing sugar that already has cornflour added in. Both regular and reduced sugar recipes can be found here. You may refer to my Creative Baking: Macarons book for a systematic presentation of the basics and complex shaped macarons. You...

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'Peanut butter and Jam' Iced Gems Chiffon Cakes (Recipe Video)

Recipe video of Iced Gems Chiffon Cakes (from Deco Chiffon Cakes book) is finally completed, thanks to Food and Travel for helping to film and compile (I'm very bad at these)! Video link here: It will also be on June issue of Food and Travel magazine. Blessed Wednesday! With lots of love, Susan...

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'Sheep on Bench' Mango Sponge and Pudding Cake

Someone requested for mango cake with cute sheep deco. I came up with mango sponge and pudding cake with whipped mango ganache filled sheep macarons! Bear with me as this is going to be a long blog post because there are a couple of firsts for me for this bake. It's my first attempt at making a bench out of homemade modelling chocolate and my first attempt for this flavour of sponge and pudding cake. I had lots of fun making the bench and it can be made ahead of time and stored in...

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Penguin Igloo Checkerboard Chiffon Cake

This is my humble attempt at a Checkerboard Chiffon Cake for my nephew (whose class just visited bird park). As a cute Penguin on Igloo was requested, the base design is an Igloo-inspired design, made by patterning Checkerboard ‘Ice cubes’ using Chiffon Cake. This is one difficult cake which I don’t think I will attempt again so soon =p. Briefly, the checkerboard design was made by using 8 homemade dividers in the chiffon pan (picture tutorial in Deco Chiffon Cakes, similar to 6-flavour...

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Dancing Princess Chocolate Macaron Carousel

My friend requested for a princess themed macaron carousel for her sister's birthday and gave me free reign on the design. Here's what I came up with :)  In my opinion, it is the prettiest and daintiest macaron carousel I have made! Some may beg to differ and say that my unicorn carousels are probably prettier. I love the happy look on the faces of the princesses who are lost in ecstacy of their dance. Designing such a complicated subject usually requires me to search for references....

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'Safari' Pink Leopard Prints Chiffon Cake

Happy Mother’s Day!! This is my humble attempt at a Leopard Prints Chiffon Cake! It's vanilla chiffon with chocolate spots. The giraffe and lion are made from orange-chocolate chiffon cake, similar to my previous Giraffe Print safari chiffon cake. I made the Leopard prints pink and sweet-looking for ladies, but feel free to change it to the normal brown/dark brown leopard prints! Leopard Print Chiffon Cake (9-inch tube pan) 2 whole eggs (60g eggs) 53g castor sugar 106g...

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