X'mas SaLE

Time flies and its my favourite time of the year once again. Dec is also the busiest time of the year for me. This year, I am going to offer logcakes and cookies.

Christmas Wreath - Luscious Valrhona Chocolate Cookie

Festive plates of cookies are perfect for gift-giving--and are a joy to receive! More designs to choose from, so stay tuned....

Amelia's Cake

Rilakkuma on BlackForrest Cake

Tiramisu log cake

X'mas is approaching, you guys who love coffee, chocolate and Kahlua will heart this cake..

Cute

Life's Uncertain..Eat dessert first 

Happy Children's Day!!

Boy, it has been ages since I last celebrated Children's Day. Children are the most innocent and pure. And once in awhile they will say the darn-est thing. Just recently, I asked my 5yr old niece to count to 1 to 20, she literally says " 1, 2 , 20"...OMG, she is soooo funny, everyone around who heard just burst into laughter. If only I was so witty at her age.

Little cupcakes for little people we love. Happy Children's Day, dearies!

On Cloud 9

Excuse me while I have an uncontrolled gush of high.

Vanilla French Meringue

Hey, look!!! I have made pastel colored clouds. I am a happy baker!

This week I have made french meringue as requested. French Meringue is a delicate desert with a light texture and a melt in the mouth feel. As I am whipping the egg whites, it slowly forms into an airy white mass, somehow or rather it reminds me of clouds. Soft, white and fluffy. So COOL!! Downside is, they took forever to bake. 2425625627hrs, not like I'm counting. And plenty of leftover egg yolks.

But DARN these "clouds" tasted GOOOOOOD!!

Happy Teachers' Day

Valrhona chocolate with espresso cookies

The mediocre teacher tells.  The good teacher explains.  The superior teacher demonstrates.  The great teacher inspires.  ~William A. Ward

A cake with character

I have a request for a small cake with minimum cream, butter and sugar. The first thing that came into my mind is Durian swiss roll. Why swiss roll?? First, its not a simple cake to master. I have tried and tested many recipes to get it right. Second, this recipe I am using, does not requires any artificial addictives (i.e no baking powder or soda and etc) and requires minimum sugar and butter. Third, it does not requires slabs of whipped or butter cream to decorate, as it looks good as it is. But why "a cake with character"? Well, the filling needs an acquired tasted to appreciate it, and its 100% fresh durian pulp. Its either you love or hate it. In addition, the sweetness from the fruit enhance the cake naturally.

Durian Swiss Roll

 Durian swiss roll , anyone???

Zara's Birthday Cake

Zara adores Dora, so this time round I decided to have a garden theme with Dora and Boots. Guess how old is Zara??..hehe..ok..i'm boring..the "2 " sign again.

Valrhona Framboise Fudge Cake
surrounded with organic strawberries and champagne grapes 

left: Valrhona + Raspberry Cupcake
right: Cranberry Cream Cheese

King of Fruits

Durian Cake

I have a love-hate relationship with durian, I hate the pungent stench when I'm not eating it. But simply love its creamy bittersweet flesh however it leaves a nasty aftertaste, plus anyone near you will know that you just had durian. The taste will linger in your mouth for hours.

Do you love or hate durian or are you confused like me?

Hand-made macarons boxes

Pretty things never fail to catch my eyes. I am amazed how Japanese pack their products, sooooo nice. Hence, now its my own handmade interpretation of packaging for my macarons.

I started with the box, the window, then the base and individual separator. It kept me busy for the whole day with multiple paper cuts all over my hands.

Luxury Cupcakes

I am crazy about bags, hence I love these brands too. I had so much fun making these cupcakes.Whilst busy with the cuppies, I am wondering how many cups I have got to make to afford a brikin...

Project Mickey Mouse

Mickey made of fondant

Everyone grew up with Mickey. What is not to like about this animated mouse? One of my favourite cartoon is where he is whistling, driving the train and dancing to the tune. So classic!! 

I feel happy making him, maybe it is because he is from the " Happiest place on earth". I am glad to see how he turn out with my clumsy hands. I hope our birthday boy likes it as much as i do. 

Pandan Kaya Cake

Poofy Puffs

Croqembouche with Chocolate Kahlua Mousse cake

Croqembouche is a tower of choux pastry dipped in chocolate bound with caramel. For this case, I have filled these pastries with Valrhona chocolate pastry cream, and decorated with almonds nibs, gold pearls,Valrhona crunchy balls and blue sugar sprinkles. This makes an excellent eye-catching center piece for any occasion.

Macarons

To me, making macarons is a very tedious and time consuming task. First, you have to painstakingly grind the almond. Then, sieve the almond meal, not once but twice. After that, is the macaronnage (folding-in) of the wet and dry ingredients. You got to be very precise, not too much mixing and not too little, as every little mistakes will affect these delicate cookies. Then piping the mixture in little circles and waiting for 2 hrs, for them to form a layer of skin . I will so totally pull out my hair if those tiny "pedi" didn't out or the macarons are out-of-shape.

  blue: Earl Grey macaron with caramel fleur de sel

pink: Coffee macaron with passionfruit white chocolate ganache

While the macarons are "cooling down", you can start with the filling. A variety of buttercream, ganache, caramel and etc. Oh, did I tell you that I make my own caramel? Yes, I'll be right in-front of the stove for about an hour, busy stirring the caramel to prevent it from burning. If you are not attentive, you will get burnt caramel. Well, burnt caramel is a flavour of filling too.

Valrhona Dark Chocolate Framboise Tart

Dark Chocolate with fresh raspberry filling
(minimum order of 30 required)

Shuyun's 21st birthday cake

 



































Friend has been asking what is my signature cake. Is it Strawberry Shortcake or Blackforest? Actually, neither. Just that there are more request for both of them lately.

Zong Hao's Birthday Cakes

Japanese Strawberry Shortcake

Mango Tango - mango mousse cake with fresh mango chunks

Exclusive's grand opening

3D handbags cakes

Blackforest cake

Blackforest cake with Rum

Icake

Be My Valentine

Valrhona chocolate with espresso heart-shaped cookies