Merry Christmas!

Happy birthday, Dad!

A checkerboard pattern cake for dad's 65th birthday. Happy birthday, Dad!

Xmas Push Pops

These push pops are so bright and cheery! It's a hit with the family!
Pandan and strawberry sponge. 

Party

Chocolate cuppies with mocha fresh cream for a year end pot-luck party held by my little girl's enrichment class. Everybody's into the spirit of giving. There's gift exchange for the children and snacks for all.

More log cakes

A request to make this for a lady who only tried 1/3 of my cupcake once (my colleague brought to canteen and shared with her two other girlfriends) and insisted on me baking these logcakes for her to bring back to India for her family! I am so worried that the cake will get damaged during the flight. Hope they reached  there still as pretty and yummy! =P

Happy Bday, Bro-in-law!

The first official birthday cake I baked for the family and it's for my younger sister's husband. He still enjoys his weekly football game despite his old bones now ;)

Happy birthday, brother-in-law!

Orange zest sponge cake with Valrhona Guanaja 70% couverture beans as ganache and mocha fresh cream and of course the all time favourite crunchy chocolate pearls.

Valrhona describe the Guanaja 70% as “a palette of bitterness”. My review of the the bitter sweet dark chocolate: It has a extraordinary subtle fruity note and a slightly acidic burnt coffee aftertaste. I felt it goes well with the orange flavoured sponge cake. For the ganache, I added a tbsp of Kahlaur, coffee powder and molasses sugar. Hope the family likes it.

Recipe for the Ganache:

200g Valrhona Guanaja ($9.50 a pack)
200g Fresh cream
1 tbsp Kahlaur liquor
1 tbsp Molasses Sugar
1 tbsp Coffee Powder

1. In a saucepan, add in molasses sugar, coffee powder and fresh cream. Bring the cream to a simmer and pour it over the chocolate. Stir until smooth.
3. Stir in the liquor.
4. Leave it to cool to firm or place in fridge to set.

Swiss Rolls

Received this message from Kerine, "My boy loves to eat your cake n bengawasolo cake. The rest he rejects. Thanks for your effort doing this nice cake. Its not very sweet. My boy can't stop eating the cake.... after 2 tablespoon he jumps. Can see he loves this cake. My whole family enjoy the taste of this cake."

So happy to hear that! Here's another 2 swiss rolls for her boy :)

Vanilla roll with blueberries pie filling for the Pocoyo design

Pandan roll with dark bitter ganache, choc fresh cream and loads of crunchy choc pearls. 

It's so yummylicious that I baked one more roll for my family to indulge in.

Passion Fruit Mango Cake

Passion Fruit has such a nice and fragrant smell that me and the family loves it. Mum brought some Passion Fruit back and my first thought was that I am going to use it to bake a cake. It so happens that I also have 2 mangoes in the fridge and what a perfect match! Dad ate two slices in one go so conclusion, it's going to be our current  favourite cake flavour now.

Passion Fruit Topping:

4 passion fruits

2 tsp powdered gelatin

1) Juice the passion fruits by using a seive into a saucepan over low heat.

2) Add in the gelatin and keep stirring till all gelatin has dissolved. Leave to cool.

Bûche de Noël

Why is log cake one of the celebration food for Christmas? Thanks to internet, I found out that Bûche de Noël aka Yule Log is a large log burned as part of a traditional Christmas celebration. Log cake is supposed to symbolise the Yule log and hence it is a traditional dessert served near Christmas in France and several other European countries.

Fragrant orange sponge cake with rich hazelnut and mocha fresh cream

My lovely pink logcake

Love this lovely pink strawberry log cake. Isn't it sweet? This is my first log cake and also my girl's favourite! 

She hearts strawberry as well as the strawberry fresh cream. 

Happy 3rd birthday, Ann!

The fondant cake toppers. Hello Kitty looks like she has gained some weight! Haha!

I like the panda. It looks so chubby and cute.

Happy birthday, Ann sweetie pie. Thanks for the kiss on my cheek!

Hello Kitty's Grandma

I have always been a Hello Kitty lover and yet I do not know that she has a family! When Kerine asked me to make a Hello Kitty's granny, I did not know who this granny is and I googled for it. It was only then that I realised that not only is there a grandma named Margaret White, there is also grandpa Anthony White, father George White, mother Mary White and sister Mimmy White! Grandma kitty looks kind of cute with her glasses, doesn't she?

One most frequently asked question... Why doesn't Hello Kitty have a mouth?
Yuko Yamaguchi, the current official designer of Hello Kitty entertained this question when Time Magazine interviewed her: "It's so that people who look at her can project their own feelings onto her face, because she has an expressionless face. Kitty looks happy when people are happy. She looks sad when they are sad. For this psychological reason, we thought she shouldn't be tied to any emotion - and that's why she doesn't have a mouth."

I hope grandma kitty looks happy to you =)

Swirls

Swiss rolls with pure durian flesh!

Friendly dinosaurs say Hi!

For a 4 year old boy who loves dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are made from chocolates. Don't worry... They are friendly, they don't bite =P

Bad Badtz Maru

A chocolate ganache sponge cake layered with chocolate swiss meringue buttercream topped with lots of crunchy chocolate pearls.

Moist chocolate cupcakes

Angry bird cookies

These cookies are really time consuming and I had a great sense of satisfaction and of course backache after making them. These strawberry flavored cookies are delicious and they melt in your mouth. For my boy's classmates. Happy Children's Day!

Kuromi

Another farewell cake for my dear old friend, Angeline.

For 3 lovely ladies

Amazed by myself that I actually managed to bake and decorate all these 3 cakes in a day. For 3 lovely ladies.. 

Happy birthday to my dear colleague, She Ya!

For my boy's teachers.... Happy Teachers' Day to Ms Haryati!

And Happy Teachers' Day, Mdm You!

Bailey Cupcake

Another favourite among my friends and family.

Cuppies

Chocolate rice buttercream swissroll

Peach longevity cake

The relaxing bear

Pikachu

Batman

Twin Stars

Chiffon Cakes

Blueberry chiffon

My favourite Cranberry mixed tea chiffon

Lemony chiffon

Zesty orange chiffon