Cooked Dough Banana Chiffon Cake with Dark and White Chocolate

Sometimes I have requests for simple bakes like these...Banana chiffon cake with white chocolate drip! I included dark chocolate ganache in the middle and around the sides as well to add a little more dimension to the overall flavour  I adapted the recipe from the Kitchen Tigress but used the cooked dough method. The cake is very, very soft, moist and fluffy so handle with care. Ingredients (makes one 15cm chiffon cake): 110g banana puree (one large ripe banana) 28g canola...

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Japanese Milk Bun Bears with Kaya Filling

School has just reopened, so I made these simple Japanese Milk Bread Buns with kaya filling for my kids' snack break. It's an easy bake, using a similar recipe to the previous Chocolate Bear-in-a-cone, but without cocoa powder. Milk Bun Bears (With Kaya filling) (A) 100g Prima bread flour 2 tbsp sugar 1 tsp instant dry yeast 130g warm milk (~37°C, I microwaved for 20 secs) (B) 100g Prima bread flour 20g unsalted butter 1/3 tsp salt Black/pink food marker for decoration 1. In the...

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Noah's Ark Raspberry Dark Chocolate Macarons

I am in the midst of finishing up making macarons for the photoshoot but still really excited about working on this project for my friend :) Noah's Ark, macaron version! The whole ark is made up of macarons too! I added little "step stools" for the giraffes or they will appear too short...Or simply make taller giraffes if you are attempting this  All the brown parts, shells and filling, are raspberry and dark chocolate flavoured. I have freeze-dried raspberry powder on hand...

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Video tutorial for French Method of making macarons

I have finally decided to do a full video tutorial for making macarons! It took me a few hours of processing 14 separate videos and photos to create this 5 minute tutorial 😅. This is precisely why I am not keen on making video tutorials often. French method is covered as most homebakers will find this easier than Swiss or Italian methods. The focus of this tutorial is on the basic techniques that newbies may find difficult, especially the part for folding the batter and testing...

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Chocolate with Custard Baked Mooncake

I have decided to teach traditional baked mooncake for Culinary Arts Ministry class at church this August but with a twist :) Chocolate mooncake skin with custard filling and salted egg yolk! My taste testers all said this is really delicious as you get a good balance of chocolate, custard and savoury salted egg yolk flavours all in one bite. Recipe for salted egg yolk for mooncake (Recipe is adapted from here.) Ingredients (for 12 mini mooncakes*): 6 salted egg yolks A small bowl...

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Spongebob Surprise in Pineapple Chiffon Cake

I am really honored and thankful for the opportunity to film with Food Network! <3 It was the most challenging chiffon cake I have made to date, a Surprise Spongebob face in a Pineapple! The request was given by Food Network. I didn't think I was able to make it initially. Really thank God so much for providing!! <3  As it's my first time trying out the concept, I almost had a heart attack when we sliced into the cake! =D I didn't have enough time to try out the cake...

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Bear Family, Hedgehogs and Heart Macarons

There may be many things that we chase after but are we valuing people around us more than things? Father's Day is just round the corner and I think to many dads out there, family is still more important than career (I can't say this for all dads), and there is simple, satisfying joy in savouring a great cup of coffee (or tea, or Milo) Bear family with a couple of hedgehogs...lol This seemingly random request has been sitting as draft for a couple of months and I finally found an...

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Gold and Pink Minnie Themed Cookiepops

Now that I am busy with bakes for my Creative Baking: Macaron Basics photoshoot, I can finally slowly clear my backlog of blog posts that have been collecting dust as drafts 😂. Quite a few of the backlog posts are cookie bakes because these usually take a backseat compared to other more exciting bakes. Nonetheless, I would like to present the full scope of what I do when possible. I don't just bake macarons and cakes all the time 😅. The reason why all my junior chef classes are cookie...

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We Bare Bears Chiffon Cakes

Aww love We Bare Bears so much!! 1, 2, 3.. which is your favorite?? <3 This is my 2nd attempt at a We Bare Bears creation! The previous was a stacked version. Here, I made them standing up, similar to my recent Ufufy creations! I'm actually on holiday, so pardon my short post =p. Hope they made you smile! Enjoy your holidays too!! <3 With lots of love, Susann...

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Chibi Pokemon Dark Chocolate Macaron Pops

My friend wanted to surprise her daughter with an edible Pokemon birthday gift so I made these chibi Pokemon macaron cake toppers! Shaymin, Pikachu, Meowth and Dedenne! Her daughter only likes anything with chocolate so I filled the macarons with dark chocolate ganache. As I was making a small batch macarons, I decided to use my reduced sugar French method recipe to make these. I prefer the Italian method when making larger batches. Here are the piped shells! I made...

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Stitch Chiffon Cake

Stitch Chiffon Cake! It was so fun making it! My recipe with pictures can be found on Disney family here. Very thankful for the opportunity! Hope you will find the recipe helpful =). Happy holidays! With lots of love, Susann...

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