Princess Charity Brown Sugar Cookies (2 ways to create gradual shades)

My friend requested for brown sugar cookies for her little girl who loves Princess Charity from The Princess Parables series. Here are the four cookies that I made for her! I have written a very detailed step by step recipe for the brown sugar cookie base and royal icing decoration in this post so I shall not repeat it here. I will instead highlight how I created gradual tones or shades in two ways: using royal icing and using edible marker. People often remark how life-like...

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'Pineapple Watermelon' Fruits Chiffon Cake

This yummy fruity tier cake is made entirely from Fruit-flavoured Chiffon cake! The "Pineapple" top tier is made from Lemon Chiffon Cake. The "Watermelon" bottom tier is made from Strawberry Yoghurt-Pandan Chiffon Cake. I had originally wanted to use strawberry chiffon, but the Korean strawberry season is over, so I couldn’t find those nice sweet juicy strawberries (only the sour types), so yoghurt was used instead. The small juicy fruits décor are also from chiffon cake: "lemon" from...

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Dessert Themed Shortbread Cookies

I love it when requesters give me relatively free rein for the design of bakes :). Someone requested for ice-cream and cupcake shortbread cookies that I made last year but I expanded the selection of desserts! You may refer to this post for a detailed write-up of recipe and shaping steps for making the ice-cream cone and cupcake cookies using homemade templates. I will briefly describe what I did for this batch. Please refer to this post on how to shape the lollipop cookie. I try...

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Heart-Shaped Iced Brown Sugar Cookies

Social workers are a great support to many families in Singapore but their services often go unrecognized. I had the privilege to bake some door gifts for these people who have given their services with a big heart some months ago. A special large cookie with a "K" was made for a staff who was leaving. I have written a very detailed step by step recipe for the brown sugar cookie base and royal icing decoration in this post so I shall not repeat it here. Let me just reiterate that...

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Forever Friends Bear Chiffon Cake

Here's my Forever Friends bear wishing Happy Father's Day to the wonderful daddies!! Yes it's chiffon cake and not stuffed toy =p This is actually my 3rd time making the cute bear! My most challenging version so far. Recipe for the bear vanilla chocolate chiffon cake is here. I combined it with chiffon cake from a doll cake pan using the same recipe. Thankful it was well-received! Am still on holiday, sorry any delays in replying your messages and the short post! Have a great...

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Assorted Animal Macarons (updated whipped strawberry ganache recipe with higher fruit content)

A dear friend requested for animal macarons for her toddler's birthday. These aren't just any random animals but those that little Hannah can identify :) Spider, chicken, shark and snail 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 Baking: Macarons book for a systematic presentation of the basics and complex shaped macarons. You may refer to my video tutorials...

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Astronaut 'Galaxy' Chiffon Cake

My humble attempt at a "Galaxy" chiffon cake, inspired by the "milky way"! My humble video of my Galaxy chiffon cake can be found here! Since Father's day was coming, I thought to post on cake on a 'Super man' in space! Actually I was trying to depict an Astronaut who had just conquered the moon lol.. Thank God cake was well-received! Thank God for the 'Super dads' we have! I am on holiday break, so will be slightly slower in my replies, please bear with me! =) With lots of lov...

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Cute Wechat Emoji Macarons (Early Father's Day present and tips included)

I have been slowing down with blogging as I have been/will be busy spending time with family and away on a much needed break! I have been making macarons for my dear hubby for Father's Day for the past three years. And this year, I have decided to make macarons out of our favourite wechat emoji icons because they have a special meaning for us :) Bear, hamster and cat who are the best of friends! I have included some tips on making macarons that can survive transport and room temperature...

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‘Pusheen Cat' Black Sesame Chiffon Cake

I love black sesame flavour but the colour isn’t the sweetest colour, so when I got this Pusheen request which is grey in colour, I was happy to try it again. I actually made Black sesame chiffon way back when I started baking. The original recipe I tried from Okashi few years back uses soy milk and brown sugar for the egg yolk batter, so feel free to substitute with these. Mine is a lighter version in terms of texture (as I use more meringue) with the same flavour intensity (if I remember...

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