'Our Favourite Characters' Cookies n Cream Macaron Playground

My friend's Bible study group was planning to have a combined birthday celebration for everyone with birthday that falls in the month of March. What better way to personalize the birthday bake for everyone than to create a playground where their favourite character is! All macarons are filled with cookies n cream filling Back view of the playground. You don't get to see the steps of the slide that well from the front. Here's a short video of how the playground works! This...

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Pooh Piglet Ufufy Chiffon Cakes

The sweetest moments are those you spend with the one you love! Who do you think of? =) These Pooh and Piglet Ufyfy Chiffon cakes are similar to my previous Ufyfy Marie Cat chiffon cake for my daughter that I had shared, except these are smaller, baked using smaller bowl/pan instead of ball pan. The base recipe used is similar, for very light fluffy chiffon cake. I glued on the bowls and different parts using melted marshmallow. For those familiar with my work, the techniques...

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Earl Grey Custard Cross-Shaped Eclairs

Although as Christians we remember Jesus' death and resurrection daily, it's a more stark but yet wonderful reminder as Good Friday and Easter approaches. I made some cross shaped Éclairs as a simple reminder of what this Easter weekend is about :). The Éclairs are plain and chocolate Choux pastry cases, with Earl grey custard filling and topped with dark chocolate and Earl grey white chocolate. Here's a close up view of the smooth Earl grey custard filling. Milk tea lovers, you will...

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Raspberry Rose Macarons (Mother's Day Special)

If you are new to making macarons and would like to learn how to make something sweet-looking but not too sweet tasting for Mother's Day, come and join me for a class at ToTT to learn how to make these dainty rose shaped macaron pops :) I will share how you can use fresh raspberry juice to make the Italian meringue that is used to make the macaron shells, and how to pipe the rose shaped macarons. The filling for these roses is raspberry white chocolate ganache, which we will make in...

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Smooth, Single-Proofing Cute Mantou (adapted from 美姬老师)

Those of you who followed my baking journey right from the beginning will know that my first love in the Creative Baking arena is not chiffon cakes nor macarons, but steamed buns. I used to make it for my kids who had fun eating them. This is an impromptu late night "bake" that came about because my hands were itching to try out a recipe and technique :) Cute bear and cat plain steamed milk buns! My family decided to go to Kinokuniya recently as the store was having a 20% discount...

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Sweet Molang-in-Cup Chiffon Cake

This is a very special cake for a very special friend, and I absolutely loved making every part of it! 💗 It was not only a meaningful cake for me to make, and also so so cute to make! The idea was a pop-up Molang saying the baby is 1! Everything including the spoon is made from chiffon cake =). I’ve actually made another Molang cake before this, but not yet posted (oops, my backlogs!). For the base cup, I baked chiffon cake in a big ball pan. The Molang was from a smaller bowl, and...

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Koala Black Sesame Custard Cream Puffs

And the journey for Creative Choux pastries continues! I actually have a backlog of Choux pastry posts that I can't wait to share but will release slowly over time. Checkout my Instagram account if you would like a sneak peek of what other creative choux pastry designs I have come up with. For now, let me share this koala black sesame custard cream puffs! Black sesame Choux pastry case with black sesame white chocolate on top and smooth black sesame custard in the middle! I love the...

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Sun, Earth and Moon 3D Macaron Models

Have you ever done school projects whereby you had to make the solar system model or Sun, moon and Earth model? I was given such a project but using macarons to do so 😂 Sun, Earth and Moon models filled with vanilla white chocolate rice crispies! This is not just a static display but all three can rotate on the stand! Pardon the poor lighting as it was raining. It would help to have sturdier 10cm cakeboards too 😅 I have done a number of bakes involving the use of cake pop moulds...

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George and Dinosaur (Peppa pig) Chiffon Cake

Peppa pig was one of my earlier experiments with cartoon chiffon cakes 4 years back for my sister-in-law. I made a few different versions later, both small and big, 2D and 3D, for close friends and family. I haven't made it for a long time so it is nice to revisit it though I am a bit rusty. I had to rebake the cake one time =p... see I also have failed bakes! This is my first attempt at a front facing Peppa pig version; the rest were side facing. I made it for my dear church...

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Pandan Gula Melaka Chiffon Cake 'Ondeh Ondeh'

I have been dreaming about oozing chiffon cake "ondeh ondeh" for some time, ever since my previous Nyonya Kueh Chiffon Cake with chiffon "ondeh ondeh". It's not easy though, I had many countless failed experiments with exploded "ondeh ondeh" before I finally arrived at a model that can sort of work. Basically Gula melaka is heavy so it sinks to the bottom easily, so most of it usually comes out of the cake. There is an optimum amount and type that you can "encapsulate" to succeed. This...

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Rilakkuma Custard Cream Puffs

I made these Rilakkuma custard cream puffs along with my turtle Matcha cream puffs :) I am posting this after I have tried another recipe for the Choux pastry case which I prefer as it's puffier. But I will still share the recipe I used here, which is still good. The pastry cream recipe will be one I am sticking with as it's smooth, yummy and I get to use up my excess egg yolks from making macarons or chiffon cakes. Both pastry cream and Choux pastry case recipes are adapted from Little...

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Paw Patrol Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream & Strawberries

My friend requested for a Paw Patrol themed cake along with some cookies. Here's the chocolate chiffon cake with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream and fresh strawberries, topped with macaron cake toppers! I didn't just make one set of Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Skye and Rocky. I made three! Some of the piped shells! I was experimenting with replacing some water with lemon juice for the Italian meringue since my experiment with raspberry juice worked. It's something I won't...

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