Did you know that on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, the moon is at its roundest? On that day too Chinese from around the world celebrate Mid Autumn Festival. It appears that it’s the 2nd largest celebration after Chinese New Year, possibly because “back-in-the-days”, farmers celebrate the end of [...]
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Tag Archive: baking
Totally Rawking Durian Cheesecake
This is not my first attempt at baking a cheesecake, in fact I’ve done it so many times, it’s quite a walk in the park for me. IF there’s one thing you should know when baking a cheesecake, is to not OVER bake it. As long as the filling ain’t jiggly, it’s done! If you [...]
Pecan, Walnut and Almond Cookies
Earlier I baked these “not-for-those-who-have-nut-allergy” cookies. It has 2 whole cups of chopped pecans, walnuts and almonds. Something in the nuts gave the cookies a slight spicy flavour. I also added rind from one orange to give it a lil bit of a citrus tang. This is a semi chewy cookie so, here’s the recipe:
170g [...]
Make your own vanilla extract
Did you know that vanilla essence is merely a chemically produced flavouring agent? Which is what got me to start using vanilla extract in all my baking adventures. But, buying it off the shelf costs a bomb, and after Googling for some simple make-it-yourself-at-home methods, I decided to make my own! You can make you [...]
Pineapple Cinnamon Crumble Rolls
I had some leftover pineapple jam from CNY hidden away in the freezer, and some leftover unbaked quiche crust from the Cheating Spinach Quiche I made last month. My brain went *tick tick tick* and I decided to turn them into Pineapple Cinnamon Crumble Rolls. I refered to (and modified the method a lil) Pioneer [...]
Schwartie’s Cotton Cheesecake
3rd time lucky, it seems. My first and second attempt of this delicate cheesecake were a complete failure. At the 3rd attempt, I reduced the oven temperature, turned off the fan, and increased the level of water bath the cake was being steam-baked in. Result? Purrr-fect. Here’s my version of Shwartie’s recipe.
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250gm Cream cheese
100ml Milk
50gm [...]
Cheating Spinach & Onion Quiche
I’m a lazy baker. I love to cheat. If you like to cheat too try this lazy and easy Spinach & Onion Quiche
Pastry
Buy a pack of pineapple tart pastry mix and follow the instructions there. One 420g pre-mix can yield 3 pastry shells on a regular loose bottom tart/flan pan which is approx. 1 inch [...]
What the Flour?
Li Ann, this is for you. Wait, this is for all of you who’s always wondered what’s the deal with the @!#$%^&* types of flours out there. I won’t name all of them here but I’ll identify the common ones that you’d use for baking cookies, cakes, pastries and bread.
For cakes you’d use what is [...]
Orange Chiffon Cake
For the first time in my many years of baking experience, I must admit I’ve never attempted a chiffon cake until last night (thanks Chris for the recipe, I tweaked it a lil’). It turned out OK for a first time. I was afraid of deflating my egg whites so some parts weren’t well combined. [...]
Baking essentials: How to get started?
It’s quite common that I get comments about how difficult baking is, and how things always go wrong, ingredients and hard work is wasted. With learning, you learn best from mistakes. I took that same route when I started baking seriously while pursuing my degree in Melbourne. I rented a flat that came with a [...]
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I'm a conference editor producing seaport related events for a living by day and is an avid baker by night. Also loves traveling and TVB dramas that rot your brain to bits.
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