'Piglet Hugging Pineapple' Chiffon Cake

Those who knew me in school know that Piglet was my favorite character when I was young! This Piglet hugging an "Ong Lai" (Pineapple) is so apt for Chinese new year too, because the Year of the Pig is coming and 'Ong lai' which is translated to prosperity come in Hokkien and Taiwanese lol. The pineapple is actually made from lemon chiffon cake, and the piglet from strawberry chiffon cake. Quite a bit of sculpting was involved, and thankful cake was very well-received by my friend =)....

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CNY Piggy Macarons (Reduced-Sugar Swiss Method)

After giving the awesome Swiss method recipe that my friend Audrey shared a few tries, I am rather comfortable with it. I decided it's time to be a little adventurous and apply the same reduced-sugar method that I applied to both Italian and French methods to this Swiss method. Although I made many other macarons with this recipe, I thought of just presenting something festive, in time for Chinese New Year! Only the piggies were made using the reduced-sugar method. The boy and girl...

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Pink Piggy Golf Ball Pineapple Tarts

I also made these Pink Piggy Pineapple Tarts as I was curious about the many colored pineapple tarts that have been trending. These are made similar to my previous post, Salted Egg Yolk Piggy Pineapple Tarts, with the following changes: 1) Reducing the butter to 125g. 2) Using a pale-colored butter eg Anchor or Lurpak (previously I used SCS which is very yellowish). 3) Replacing the vanilla extract with 5g cold water with drops of pink food coloring mixed in. 4) Omitting the salted...

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'Family Picnic' Cherry Macarons on Blackforest Cake

My friend requested for a birthday bake for her mum that is personalized and special for her family...A family picnic scene on top of a blackforest cake! I was not given reference pictures for a caricature of the family members and it's beyond my skill to design my own. And so I got a talented artist (@ryaccoon, Instagram account) to design the picnic scene and invidividual characters. I made the macaron template based on the drawings but with some minor modifications based on my friend's...

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'Melt-in-the-mouth' Salted Egg Yolk 'Piggy' Golf ball Pineapple Tarts

What a mouthful for a title =p. I've always been a fan of salted egg yolk! Recently I saw some being sold, and just had to try my own version! I like 'melt-in-the-mouth' type of pineapple tarts, so this is adapted from my previous post, with yummy added salted duck egg yolks! 'Melt-in-the-mouth' Salted Egg Yolk 'Piggy' Golf ball' Pineapple Tarts Pineapple jam: I used Premium Redman pineapple jam (nice blend of sour and sweetness that I like!) Cookie Dough (for 60 golf balls): 250g...

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Pusheen Ramen Chiffon Cake

Pusheen gets a CNY makeover, sipping a delicious bowl of ramen! =p 😆My love for Pusheen continues! I've made Pusheen in all sorts of versions =p/ You can prefer to my previous Pusheen creations. My friend joked that it was fortune cat, Pusheen version.  Hope this cake brightens up your day! With lots of love, Susanne ...

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'Peter Rabbit in Pink' Cherry Macarons

I have been trying not to overload myself with requests as I need to prepare for a month or more of bakes and step by step photo taking for the upcoming Deco Choux Pastries book. But I manage to squeeze this request in as I could do it concurrently with a couple of requests. I must say that I probably bit off more than I can chew but I am glad that they turned out well! I made Peter Rabbit macarons three years ago and it's nice to revisit an old bake again but with a slight twist. The...

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猪饱饱 Piggy Chiffon Cakes

Cutest 猪饱饱 piggies from @ch8sg for CNY2019. Loved them so much💕, just had to make a chiffon cake version of them! Which is your favorite among the 3? 🐷🐷🐷💕 There is the “富贵饱” (prosperity), “幸福饱” (happiness) and “健康饱” (health) lol. I saw the stacked piggies trio at Popular and was so tickled by them! =) The recipe and technique is similar to my previous post Bandung Piggy Family Chiffon Cake pops, so you can refer to it. The only difference is that I baked the piggies in bigger...

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Rainbow Unicorn Vanilla Choux Pastry

You have seen unicorn of just about everything under the sun in the baking arena. But have you seen a rainbow unicorn made out of Choux pastry like this 😉? I love the cross-section view revealing the smooth and creamy vanilla pastry cream and nicely hemispherical cavity! As you all know by now, I won't use fondant in my decorations. The rainbow coloured unicorn mane and horn are all made of choux pastry! The ears are white chocolate but that's because it has to match the white chocolate...

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Tsum Tsum Elsa and Anna Brown Sugar Cookies

I just realised I have quite a few cookie posts that have been in cold storage as drafts because there are more exciting posts to share. I am finally posting this...After several months 😅. My friend requested for these Elsa and Anna cookies for her daughter who was recovering from surgery and needed cheering up. I have made this Elsa design in macaron form a few years ago, along with Olaf and you can see it in this post. I have not changed my brown sugar cookie and royal icing recipe...

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Kakao Friends Ryan on a Watermelon Chiffon Cake

Who finds Ryan from Kakao friends adorable and funny?? Finally got round to making a chiffon cake Ryan after Apeach more a year back! On a cute Watermelon chiffon cake! =p Hope this brings you some mid-week cheer! <3 Recipe for Watermelon Chiffon Cake has been shared in my 3rd book Deco Chiffon Cake Basics. 'Ryan' is made from round cakes and cake pops similar to 'panda' in Deco Chiffon Cake Basics too. Hope this creation made you smile! =) With lots of love, Susa...

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Piggy Chiffon Cakes in Macaron Teacups

It's only natural that I put little piggies in the macaron teacups that I made! Please refer to my previous post on how to make the macaron teacups where I provided a video tutorial on how to pipe the hemispherical shells. The piggies in cups with chiffon Mandarin oranges! I will share the recipe for making the strawberry orange flavoured chiffon piggies which have no additional artificial colouring added. I have been making creative chiffons for five years now (how time flies!) but...

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福 Macaron Teacups (video tutorial of piping hemispherical shells included)

Happy New Year! To kick-start 2019, I have decided to share a video tutorial on how to pipe hemispherical macaron shells as many of you were interested after seeing my macaron tea set. The possibilities are endless when it comes to creating various things with such shells, such as hedgehogs from my Creative Baking: Macaron Basics book, turtles, ladybugs, chickens, watermelons, monsters and solar system. I created Chinese New Year themed teacups this time round with hemispherical macaron...

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