可爱的维尼熊蛋糕

16 May 2016, Taven has turned FOUR today!  He is my darling nephew and is a very lovable boy. We had a mini party last weekend to celebrate this special day for him and I baked a Winnie the Pooh Pull Apart cake for him.  Wish his Happy, Healthy and forever CUTE!!

What is a party without good food? "Drum Roll".... Tada....Yummillious food prepared by Jiu Jiu and Yi Yi and of course Taven's mommy and grandma.

Dearie Birthday

Celebrating as a family on this special day for a special person in our heart. Love u dearie n daddy 😘😚😘😚

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Rainbow Cheesecake & Strawberry Cheesecake

Just see how gorgeous these cheesecake is! I have always love cheesecake, regardless baked or non baked. I LOVE this cheesecake! It is not only looked beautiful but it also tasted beautiful!

Today is the my 14th Wedding Anniversary.  This Strawberry Cheesecake was done yesterday in prep of my celebration today.  It was really fun to see beautiful layers settling down.

I made a Rainbow cheesecake at the same time for my lovely neighbour who bought us a box of yummy krispy kreme donuts! It was really sweet of them. *^.^*

I think the most challenging bit of the making of this cheesecake will be the pouring of the different color cream cheese mixture.   You need to pour them steadily into the centre to get the perfect layering effect, which I think I did a pretty good job.

My 40th Birthday!

I have come a long way in my life now, celebrating my 40th years of existence today. I take this time to step back and count the accomplishment I've achieved through the years.  I grateful in where I am now, I will continue to have faith in myself n power thru the rest of the coming years ahead.

Age is just mind over matter, enjoy a vital, fulfilling life regardless of your age.  Happy 40th Bday to myself !!

To challenge myself again on my new milestone, I made myself a 3D Minion Cake!  :D

Oreo Cheesecake

Oreo Cheesecake for my Daddy's 74th Birthday!!  

祝陈爸爸，福禄东海，寿比南山！

Mini cake w ribena frosting top w sticky sweet

Exam are finally over!! Kiddos are extremely happy too!  

Rachel, my gal's classmate invited my kiddos over to her place to have some games after school today.  Rachel was my gal's BFF and our families are very closed knitted. We will meet up every Sunday morning for breakfast, afterwhich, Daddies will play with the kiddos while Mommies will catch up with gossips on school life/work etc.

Is kinda of rude to turn up at ppl hse empty handed right?? ^o^  so I decided to make something simple and likeable for lil kiddos. :) 

Mini cake w choc chips, top with refreshing Ribena Frosting & their favourite sticky sweets.  

Hope they have a great afternoon playing. 

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Earl Grey Tea Cake

Now that May is here, it's getting nearer and nearer to mid year exam, time for me to resume my favorite hobby: baking to calm the kiddos down from the stress of the oncoming exam.

This Earl Grey tea cake is a great option, it can be eaten as a breakfast, dessert, or afternoon snack.  

Was too excited when I remove it from the oven, can't wait for it to cool down, cut a small one to try immediately. Lovely smell of earl grey, cake texture is very soft, after eating, it will leave a very sweet aftertaste in the mouth.

Goes extremely well with coffee! !

Steamed Cake

A very sweet colleague brought this book back from TW for me.  This is the latest book written by a very well known Jap food blogger, Ms Junko.  I have a few of her other baking books and Im impressed by her presentation of food in this book.  Tried this steamed cake for a few times but I was not very successful in the drawing  -_-'

End up I just did some very simple design ones but I added cheese, chocolates, lian rong into the mixture before steaming and they turn out yummy.  :) 

Oreo Cupcakes

Year 2012 has been a very busy year for me, juggling between work and kids really burned me out, as you can see from the number of bakes dropping..hahhah.... But then, I will still bake at least 3 cakes a year, for my dearie, for my prince and my princess. 

Today I tried my hand at something I had been meaning to do for a while, Oreo cupcakes.  School is re-opening soon in another week time, this will probably my last bake of year 2012. 

whole Oreo at the bottom

with crushed Oreo mixed in the cake batter

It hadn't actually planned for it so I use sponge cake mix for the cake, they are super easy to make. 

What I need;

250g sponge cake mix

50g unsweetened cocoa powder

5 eggs

50g butter (melted)

50g water

How to do it;

- pre-heat oven at 180 degree.

- In a huge bowl, put sponge cake mix, cocoa powder, eggs and water together

- whisk at high speed for 10 mins, reduce to medium speed for 5 mins

- fold in the melted butter, mix well and put aside.

- place one oreo or crushed oreo at the bottom of the cupcake liner

- pour the cake batter into the cupcake liner till 80% full

- bake for 15 -20 mins until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

- remove the cupcakes from the oven tray and cool completely before frosting them.

What I need for frosting;

250g room temp unsalted butter

200g - 250g icing sugar, sifted (*  I use only 150g)

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

crushed oreos (depending on individual preference)

whole oreos for deco.

How to do it;

- using a mixer, beat butter and gradually add in the icing sugar till it is fully incorporated.

- add vanilla extract and mix well before stir in the crushed oreos.

- pipe the frosting onto the cooled cupcake and top each with an oreos (can use chocokate too)

* I'm not a sweet tooth person so I have reduced the amount of icing sugar so the frosting may be a bit softer.  To make it easier to pipe, you can put the frosting into a pipping bag and place it in the fridge for 20 mins before using.

# store the cupcake in an airtight container in the fridge, can keep for 3-5 days.  Thaw for 5 mins in room temperature before serving. :) 

Topo Map Love Cake

When I saw this cake on Wendy's blog, I was fascinated by the beautiful lines on her butter cake. I just had to try it out myself! Finally weekend is here and I can bake this beautiful cake.  The cake turn out well after baking with slight cracks on the top but it's a nice butter cake with firm crumbs.

Well, I am reposting the recipe here for easy reference in case I want to bake this again, you can check out Wendy's blog to drool over her beautiful cake.

Recipe adapted from Wendy from Table for 2 

Ingredient

• 250gm butter
• 250gm sugar (I used 180gm)
• 5 medium eggs
• 300gm cake flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 125ml evaporated milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp pandan paste
• Cocoa powder for creating the topo lines 

Method

1. Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
2. Beat in eggs, one by one, beating well after each addition.
3. Sift half the flour into the butter mixture and beat on low speed until well combined.
4. Mix in the evaporated milk until well combined.
5. Sift the balance of flour into the mixture and beat on low speed until combined.
6. Divide the batter to two. Mix vanilla extract to one part and pandan paste to the other.
7. Preheat oven to 180 deg cel and lined a 8" square pan.
8. Spread 1/2 the pandan batter (or vanilla whichever you prefer) into pan. Level it.
9. Evenly sift a thin layer of cocoa powder over.
10. Very very gently dollop half of the other colour over and gently level it. Repeat the sifting of cocoa powder.
11. Repeat layering with both colours, with the final layer clean (no cocoa powder on top).
12. Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Durian Cake

做给妈妈的生日蛋糕。。虽然不是很美。。但是充满我给妈妈满满的爱！！！ 妈妈我爱你，祝您身体健康！！

cute cuppies

just some simple cupcakes for a gathering.

 

Its Buttercake Time!!!

Some marble butter cake for my colleagues.

My sweetie 9th Birthday Cake

I have been thinking hard on what to bake for my little sweetie birthday.  Went for a fondant cake course recently and my lil sweetie suggested that I put what I learnt to use. :D 


Start looking for some ideas online a week ago and scratch a draft on paper....but I finally understand that planning and reality is never the same...hahaha... had a hard time moulding  the ballerina and flowers, abit ugly but lucky thing my gal was impressed and happy w her bday cake.  phew!! 


PS: no more fondant for me for a long long while...

2 tier fondant cake

This is my first fondant cake.  The recipe for the cake and fondant was quite simple...the hardest part was actually the decorating part.  Initially I thought it would be easy but once I started using the fondant, I realised it was not that simple.  I really envy those bakers who can make and decorate beautiful fondant cake. =)

Remember to knead fondant in a cold room as it will get too soft in normal room temperate and will start to get real sticky. 

Here some pictures of the cake I decorated. =) 

Tiramisu Charlotte Cake

今天是您的生日了。

我的爱人，感谢你为这个家的辛苦劳碌，

感谢你给予我这普普通通的妻子的关心、理解和支持。

在这一天，我要给你我全部的爱!

祝我的爱人生日快乐，时光飞逝，但我对你的爱却更醇厚