Strawberry Marshmallow Cake

Decided to add on a marshmallow cake to the gathering since afew of the group are not taking mango. This was a last minute decision..fortunately it was completed intime with the mango cake.

Was too greedy on the bizkit base as you will see the outer layer is almost as thick as the marshmallows'..lol Feedback was the top layer's too chunk..will have to work on this to give a more creamy smooth bite the next time. Overall, the taste is nice and kinda refreshing. Recieved compliments and my little nephew specifically likes the base layers ;)

Preparing for its "mellow'' trip

Cakes in middle of Potluck combinations (zhi chai, spring chicken, etc)

Slice (CS)

Mango Birthday Cake

Made this mango cake overnight and kitchen was in a chaos by the time it'd settled in the fridge. Luckily hubby helped to clean up the mess which speed up the whole process, we managed to turn in like 2am plus in morning **yawn**

Everything seems worthwhile when we see mum smiling contently at my scrappy masterpiece the next day =) Auntie and cousins seem to enjoy the cake too!
Tastebuds were filled with mango fragrance the moment you sink your teeth into it. However theres feedback that cake texture was not fluffy enuff and mango used was alittle fibrey.

Preparing for the road trip

Tada~~ Birthday Cake!

We were busy eating..foto background's in a mess..lol

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Chocolate Chip Cookies =q

Excited on baking chocolate chip cookies! Well, choc cookies tends to be the favoured choice for most. Busy discussing with hubby on which kind of nutz to use..macadamia it is

Dough texture was sticky and soft at first, was abit worried it would be a failed mission. Chocolate chips, nutz were added to mixture and had reduced the sugar usage.

Cookies turn out to be crunchy and nice..phew~~ Hubby brought some to office for his colleagues and they like it too =D Too bad they are going to be ex-colleagues soon..feel like i'd just gotta know them better only. Btw..Congrates to Huiyi on your ROM!!

Lovely Butter Cookies

Used corn flour in new found recipe. Cookies turn out crispy and nice. But see the crackline at the big heart-shaped cookie on the right? Cookie was broken coz i did not wait for the cookies to cool off enuff before shifting to cool on rack..lack of patience & gentleness =p

Mini Heartos

Mango Mirror =) (=

Did some changes to the recipe from matte orange to gelatin top, as i'd always like cakes with fresh fruits shown on top. It gives me a feelin the cake is 'fresh'

Cake tasted nice. Feedback was the gelatin top's too sweet. Hmm..i'll cut down the overall sugar level next time and probably go for a clearer top too

Earl Grey Chiffon

Saw this recipe from another blog. I like earl grey alot so decided to try on the coming sat. Kitchen was already filled with earl grey frangrance when cake was still baking in oven.

Earl grey Chiffon

(Left : Mini tube cake) (Right: Inside Chiffon)

You can see the lil leave bits in whole cake..the taste is refreshing nice. If you like earl grey, you'll love this cake. I love it =)

Gingerbread Man & Woman

Bought new cookie cutters so decided to try out on simple butter cookies. Dough softens very fast so i have to be quick when cutting out into shapes.

May we present Mr & Mrs Gingerbread !

Shud try out the original gingerbread recipe next time.. ..

Durian Cream Cake

Durian cake in baby green cream

Managed to bake a durian layered cake..yeah!

But i'll still have alot to practise on my cake layering skill. Can see as below, the upper cake layer is much thicker than the lower.

The cake tasted good, was full of durian favour. Each of us had a 2nd serving. And i recieved good comments from my young cousin too.

Baking is like science and the decoration is like a piece of art.

Well, guess i start to understand the rule of chemistry but lack of the artistic touch..keehee

1st Baking Lesson =D

Went for my 1st baking class at last! It was a 1-day lesson and the class size was like over 20pax. We were divided into groups of 2s or 3s. I was teamed up with two other classmates who were nice and fun people =) We went thru rest of the afternoon like school girls back in chemistry lab, busy following teacher's instructions and jotting down notes same time.

At the end of the day, each of us could bring our masterpieces back home..a whole 7" cake and 8pcs buns!

Recipe of the day : Chocolate Dream cake & Cheese bun =q

Chocolate Dream Cake

My 1st Layered cake !

Lol..guess you could never go wrong when you'd followed every step like the teacher. Responses were good from this..whole cake was chocolaty, with a touch of lemon cream and a crispy layer at bottom.

Cheese Raisin Buns

I like these buns myself. Flour texture was just nice and the taste was complimented with bits of raisins and cream cheese inside

Swiss Roll & Cookie

Intend to do Strawberry Swiss roll..did not roll cake layer in time so changed the idea to Strawberry sponge instead. Hubby suggested to add some castor sugar to filling for better taste next time.

This time turns out good but did not add any fruits. Sugar was added to whipped for 'crunchy' bite.

Also made some butter cookies..won some compliments from this ;)

Big Breakfast !!

Okie..made BIG Breakfast for our Sunday brunch. Did the non-fried Scrumbled eggs, light vege salad with rest of combinations. Yummi..yum..we both enjoyed it well and complete the course with tea & coffee.

Durian Butter Cake

Wanted to do Durian layered cake. But due to my ignorance, i made a durian butter cake and started whipping up cream to layer the cake. Tasted alright at first but after fridging, the cake becomes stiff hard under the cream.

Was not sure of the reason why and asked around..did not find the ray of light at that time. I was only enlightened when asked the teacher during my 1-day baking lesson.

Some infor to share if you are a beginner who's reading now..due to texture reason, butter cake cannot be fridged else chiffon cake is alright. Thanks to my i-ls & Irene who'd to try the cake=b

Sushi Session

We went to aunt's house for Japanese dinner. Cousin had attended Japanese course. So she became our cooking teacher for the day. We were all busy making tempura, cold tofu, miso soup & sushi varieties. California sushi was tedious & rewarding..we had fun mixing the ingredients.

Califonia Sushi

Sushi Platter

Orange Marble Cake ~~

See the burnt out cake below? It was a silly mistake..keehee As a beginner, i have totally no idea on the different flour types, mixing method or even the touch of feel on the relevant temperature range. Everything went on well til i read the instructed temperature wrong..oven was all smoky when i retrieved my cake..lolxx

Hard like Rock

At last, my orange marble cake was successful. Kept few pieces for our parents and rest was finished within the day. Cousin even asked for more servings =)

Orange Marble cake

Rich Chocolate with Orange bitz

Tiramisu

Miss the rich & creamy 'house specialty' tiramisu that only some Italian restaurants offer..most cafes or restaurants go for factory mass produce nowadays. Did some research on recipe and tried out the 1st time. Turns out to be too strong in liquor and texture is too soft

1st Tiramisu

Tried another time..finally turns out well and compliments from family & some relatives.
Decided to prepare for our 'Bro & Sis Thank you' party..this time making in small little cups with fresh strawberry toppings. Some friends gave good comments except Ade who finds it too sweet..lolx. Forgot to take some pics on the cute lil tiramisus..blog was never on my mind at that time

The Beginning...

I was never a good cook. Thus decided to start off with something i like and simple handling for breakfast, Homemade Benedict Eggs. Coz it's sort of a last minute decision, we could not find the round biscuit bun at supermart..ended up using Guardinia square bread.

Process in Oven

Hmm..guess it turns out well. Hubby actually likes it and was busy struggling to catch every drip of the runny-egg yolk gushing out..Heehee

Breakfast Ready!!

Mi 1st Post !!

Well, i sorta fall in love with baking since i started using my new oven few months ago =) Thus, though i'll start off to share on my baking journal.
Summaries of my past months' baking adventures will be posted out these few days so pls endure for awhile. e