Pistachio and Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Dinosaur Macarons (new filling recipe!)

I had a request for quite a large quantity of dinosaur macarons and I got the chance to try out a new flavour! Pistachio! I will share the recipe for this in the blog post. Whimsical looking!  I used the Swiss meringue method to make these dinosaurs and the recipe can be found in this post. I must admit it was a little tricky to get the shade of colour close to the reference. Here's a photo of the piped batter before baking. Freshly baked shells!  I used edible marker...

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Flying Longevity Noodles Chiffon Cake

Flying Longevity Noodles Chiffon Cake （长寿面线）, complete with abalone, red eggs, vegetables, prawns and chicken drumstick!🍜🍗🥬 I tried to pattern the porcelain bowl and mimic how a cracked boiled red egg would look like on the inside 😛. Basically I imagined the red dye seeping into the cracks and making red lines on the boiled eggs hehe.Here are also my first attempts on abalone and bak choy (小白菜) 😅. It was really fun and a lot of love went into the cake! Which is your favorite ingredient??  This...

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Rainbow Unicorn Macaron Carousel on Chocolate Drip Cake

September was a month of chocolate drip cake and this was the third one I made in a month because it is really delicious! This is a special birthday bake because it's a combined birthday celebration for two girls who love unicorns and rainbows! I used the Swiss meringue method to make the macarons as there are many colours involved. I must admit that it was really time consuming to pipe the unicorns. But the effort is quite worth it! The template for the pink carousel frame can be...

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'We Bare Bears' Rainbow Faultline Chiffon Cake

Always wanted to try a faultline cake.. Better late than never! Here's my Rainbow🌈 Faultline chiffon cake, complete with the cutest We Bare Bears!  Can you guess how this is done? Most normal faultline cakes are done by creaming an extra layer on the top and bottom. They are really beautiful! But for my chiffon version, I baked 2 cakes, one plain and one rainbow and sandwiched the rainbow between two parts of the plain cake. I needed the height as well, as more faultline...

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Cinderella on Fluttershy Chocolate Drip Cake

This was made for a little girl who is a fan of both Cinderella and My Little Pony! Cinderella riding Fluttershy on top of a dark chocolate drip cake!  I had to come up with my own template for this creation as you can't find this from the Internet. Only one giant cake topper was needed for the cake but for complex characters such as this, I usually make at least one extra in case of damage due to butter fingers. I used the Swiss method recipe to make this as I was working on...

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Pusheen in Fall Chiffon Cake

Another Pusheen creation which I made exactly a year earlier! =) Now that it is fall, I remembered this cake. My Pusheen wearing a scarf, holding a toadstool. Those who know me know that Pusheen has a very very special place in my heart! I have had many Pusheen bakes, just search the tag =). Hope you like this too! With lots of love, Susann...

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Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma and Kiiroitori Cookies n Cream Choux Pastries

I have been getting a lot of macaron requests but few choux pastry requests. I am not sure if it's because people don't really like choux pastry or they don't know that there's so much potential for creativity. And so, I decided to take one day out of my schedule to work on something to showcase what choux pastry can be like 😊. Presenting my full body version of Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma and Kiiroitori choux au craquelin filled with cookies n cream filling! Pardon me for the lack of...

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Pikachu on Pokeball Chiffon Cake

Pika Pika! Have you caught Pikachu? This is a cake I made for a friend, very similar to the one I made for my mum 3 years back, which was featured on Today online. How time flies and Pokemon go is still so popular! Exam period for now.. Add oil everyone! With lots of love, Susann...

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Reindeer Macaron Carousel Masterclass

So I am finally brave enough to conduct a macaron class for macaron carousel! I thought I would begin with Christmas themed carousel for my very first masterclass. Presenting my version of reindeer carousel! This is an intensive course that spans over two days. You may ask why can't we finish it in a day? Technically speaking you can, but I want to focus on techniques for a whole lot of things in the areas of techniques for different methods of making macaron shells, different post-baking...

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Dark Muscovado Blondies with Salted Caramel Chips (50% less sugar)

Children's Day is just around the corner and I have been busy with a number of things. But this will be the last Children's Day that my elder kid is celebrating (how time flies!) so I am making it a point to squeeze in time to make something for my kids to share with their classmates and friends. What can a mama come up with that can be done in a single day (bake, pack and wash up) for approximately 80 kids that will likely be a hit for majority of kids? And bear in mind, doing this on...

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