Toffee Profiteroles with Chantilly Cream
If you live in London and love a bit of window shopping, I bet you would have come across Caffe Concerto on Regent Street with its stunning window display. Every time I walk past this Italian...
View ArticleMama’s Vanilla Genoise Cake..with strawberry surprise!
I like flamboyant cakes..with icing, fondant et al. I am currently dwelling on my love for Chantilly cream, as you can see from my last profiterole post, such decadent cream is enough excuse to make...
View ArticleDaring Baker’s Challenge: Almond Frangipane Croissants and Homemade Chunky...
This month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge was more challenging that I thought. When I first saw Sarah’s challenge for us to bake croissants with Julia Child’s recipe, it was eagerly anticipated. Our...
View ArticleCurry Puffs
Apologies for the brief silence on the blog whilst I am away, please make do with this article of mine and the curry puff recipe which was featured last week on the Honest Cooking food magazine....
View ArticleChilli Tuna Vol-au-Vent
It was circa 1990, and probably one the happiest period of my life. It was also the last two years I stayed home. Before the fateful boarding school that ironically marked ‘life away from home for...
View ArticleFrench Apple Frangipane Tart
If you give me an option between tarts and cake, I would always go for the former. With the abundance of apples flooding the fresh market it reminds me more and more that I hardly make tarts these...
View ArticleHow to Construct a Macaron Tower
I have been making quite a few macaron towers lately. It all started from a neighbour friend's daughter's birthday, then a wedding reception, birthday parties and so on. Given my penchance for...
View ArticleSalted Caramel Sauce
This salted caramel sauce has seen the light of the day for last few years in our home. Initially I experimented with it for the sake of my baking book. But now that I am in two minds about even...
View ArticleTomato Basil Quiche
A lot of exciting things happened in the last few weeks I was 'offline'. I came back recently from an amazing trip back in London and I have also turned another year older. The work trip to London was...
View ArticleKuih Tiram/ Easy Puff Pastry
Once in a while, I reminisce the simplicity of life when we were growing up. Those days, cakes were kept for special occasion and what we had on regular afternoon tea time is something simple to go...
View ArticleHomemade Mincemeat..healthier, alcohol-free, almost sugar-free
Suitcases packed. Gifts ready to be wrapped. Calendars marked, and the date anxiously awaited..it’s holiday season! No matter which continent you are at this very moment, one thing for sure, there is a...
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