Monday, 29 November 2021

Sugar-Free Chocolate Peanut Tonkatsu Cakepops

This is the third year I am making a Tonkatsu bake for hubby's birthday. Previously, I made choux pastry and oatmeal cookies. This year, I decided to try a sugar-free dark chocolate peanut cakepop! Even the nose is made of sugar-free shortbread cookie! Tonkatsu always likes to pour sauce on himself to make him more palatable. Do note that although I used maltitol here, you may replace with regular icing sugar for the cookie nose and caster sugar for the cake and pastry cream. Shortbread...
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Sunday, 28 November 2021

Chiffon Bear Entremet

 Christmas bear or Christmas tree Entremet?🐻‍❄️🎄 Teaching the chiffon tree entremet at Howtocakeit in Dec! This bear is a variation of the tree entremet and has different layers: Choc mousse, raspberry jelly and feuilletine crunch. The creation and idea is a very special to me. Watch the slicing video here. Thank God the covid situation is finally getting better. Take care! Howtocakeit having a black friday sale at the moment. Do take the opportunity...
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Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Peanut Butter Reindeer Choux Pastry

This was a rather last minute thing that I agreed to and I only did because I thought I can squeeze it in half a day to create! My schedule is really full towards end of the year as always. But I am glad that with some jiggling of my schedule, I can be part of Newmoon's Skippy Christmas Campaign!Presenting my reindeer choux pastries with the reindeer made out of peanut butter diplomat cream! The cream is made with Skippy's smooth creamy peanut butter from a very convenient squeeze...
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Sunday, 21 November 2021

Matcha-Azuki Christmas Tree Bread

Christmas Tree Matcha bread with Red bean filling! Sharing a yummy idea for Christmas. What are you baking for Christmas?Matcha-Azuki Christmas Tree Bread Recipe240g bread flour (2 cups) 36g superfine sugar (3 tbsp) 150g milk/soy milk (2/3 cups) 1 ¼ tsp instant dry yeast (4g) 1/4 tsp salt (2g) 25g oil/ butter (dairy-free) 8g @Suncorefoods green matcha powder *dissolved in 2 tsp water Pinch of yellow safflower and cocoa powder Filling - 0.4 cup azuki sweetened bean paste (95g) 1. In a stand...
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Fortune Tiger Bakkwa Choux Pastry Class

To welcome the year of the tiger in 2022, my first class for next year in mid Jan will be these savoury choux pastries in the form of very cheerful and welcoming tiger choux! I may be baking sweets most of the time but I am actually a more of a savoury food person so I am excited to be sharing something savoury for once! The filling is bakkwa diplomat cream made from bakkwa infused milk, and more chopped pieces of bakkwa! You may think it is weird but it is actually pretty pleasant...
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Saturday, 20 November 2021

Christmas Tree Entrement Class

 Super excited about my new class! Christmas Tree Chiffon Entremet! This is my last class for the year.Which is your favourite among the layers in the Entremet?+ Mint and red velvet chiffon cake+ Raspberry compote+ Dark chocolate mousse+ Toasted almond crunch+ Dark chocolate ganacheTeaching this fun, delicious and multi-textured creation on Dec 11th, 8am GMT+8 (Dec 10th, 8pm EST) with Howtocakeit! I will be teaching live and there will also be lifetime access to the video tutorial,...
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Sunday, 14 November 2021

Pandan and Strawberry Christmas Butter Cookies

Our church is doing a Christmas bake giveaway and it is our joy to share the love of Jesus with others! As it is a collective effort amongst the members of Culinary Arts Ministry, I have decided to share a cookie bake that is Christmasy yet simple and suitable for us busy people who are preparing the cookies. Presenting my swirly pandan and strawberry butter cookies! I was really impressed with Phoon Huat's super biscuit premix when I tried it out. See this blog post for my review...
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Friday, 12 November 2021

Coconut Lollipop Roll Cake

Have you played cake dominoes before? Sharing an easy way to make Rainbow Cake Lollipops by slicing!  Everything is colored naturally using @suncorefood powders! Lollipop Coconut Roll Cake5 egg yolks 30g superfine/caster sugar 50g coconut oil 75g coconut/full cream milk ½ tsp vanilla extract 70g all-purpose flour 20g corn starch Pinch of salt 5 egg whites75g superfine/caster sugar½ tsp lemon juice @suncorefoods purple sweet...
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Wednesday, 10 November 2021

Blackforest Choux Pastry (with bonus cute doggy version!)

Due to the ongoing Covid situation, we are still unable to have an in-person session for our Culinary Arts Ministry event by Adam Road Presbyterian Church. So I prepared a full-length video tutorial on how to make these elegant blackforest choux pastries, with a cutesy option as well! Elegant version complete with gold dust for added posh! Cutesy doggy version with exact same fillings but different presentation! Here's a peek at the delectable filling that goes into each...
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Saturday, 6 November 2021

The Promised Neverland Mangoes n Cream Cake

A friend requested for The Promised Neverland themed cake for his daughter's birthday.  Here is what I made! Of all types of character macarons, Anime types are the toughest because of the amount of details needed for the eyes and hair. It's a test of patience!I used the Swiss meringue method for making the macarons. This tray took me 2 hours to pipe! Freshly baked macaron shells! I decorated the details with edible marker and vodka wash. You may refer to this...
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