Pastries

Tish Boyle’s Basic White Butter Cake

March 2, 2013

As the last pineapple tart gets depleted from the ubiquitous red lidded plastic tub, it becomes official, Chinese New Year is over. There will be some who are still working off the CNY left overs but for me, I am eager to stash away my pineapple tart molds and return to something more fundamental. When [...]

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Signature Pineapple Tarts 2013

February 3, 2013

To many, January often feels like a dreary Monday as we drag ourselves back to work after a month of dreamy, year-end holiday bliss and festive celebrations . The Chinese population in Asia however, are prepping themselves to usher in another bout of celebrations and binging. Christmas decorations in the stores are briskly replaced by banners and [...]

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Bourke Street Bakery’s Chocolate Ganache Tart

April 2, 2012

Till date, I have made 3 different tart recipes from Bourke Street Bakery’s cookbook. My favourite being the ginger brulee tart. The short crust pastry in BSB’s cookbook is one of my favourite as well. Hence, it is only natural that I return to them again. To be honest, I did not enjoy this Chocolate [...]

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Almond Choux Puff with Caramel Ice Cream & Chocolate Sauce

March 1, 2012

Pin It If the Genoise Spongeis Lesson 1 in a Culinary Baking Course, then Pate A Choux is possibly either a pre-cursor of Lesson 1 or a more achievable Lesson 1 itself…. Like the genoise sponge, it is plain and non fancy but it serves as the foundation of so many classic and new creations [...]

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Tish Boyle’s Cinnamon Swirl ButterMilk Pound Cake

February 4, 2012

I can hear you YAWN….. yes, yet another one of Tish Boyle’s pound cake. Pound cakes are hopelessly boring to bake (translated to mean EASY!) achingly uninspiring to photograph… but always satisfying to eat…. After trying out her Luxe Pound Cake and Plainly Perfect Pound Cake, Tish Boyle beckons once more with her claim that this is a [...]

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Baby Doughnuts/Donuts With Chocolate Honey Glaze

January 28, 2012

As much as I love to play with flour and butter in the kitchen, there are still a couple of very simple and basic items which I have not yet tried. Among them are scones and donuts and one of the more trivial resolutions I have actually set myself in December is to try both [...]

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Pecan Cake & Best Wishes!

December 31, 2011

2011 would not have been the same for me without Køkken69 and all the lovely acquaintances and friends I have met here. Despite my crazy travel work schedule, I am suprised that I have pressed on and this space has sustained. Looking back, I want to believe that I have continued to improve in what [...]

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Chocolate Rum Balls

December 8, 2011

First, a shout out for my giveaway of 4 Le Creuset Mini Cocottes. If you have not entered, please check this out. Rum balls may be a popular Christmas confection but to me, they are one of my favourite childhood treats. They used to be the most coveted item in the my childhood neighbourhood bakery. Dense and sweet, [...]

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Martha Stewart’s Peanut Butter Jelly Cupcake

November 27, 2011

If you’ve always loved a good peanut butter jelly sandwich and if you are not averse to a luxuriously rich buttery cake, I suggest you bookmark this and bake it at the first opportunity you have. This cupcake is gloriously addictive and beats Magnolia Bakery’s Cupcake hands down effortlessly! So far, I’ve had pretty good results with [...]

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Strawberry Jelly Cheesecake – Strawberry Jelly Heart

November 15, 2011

As much as I enjoy eating these Jelly Cheesecake, photographing them proved to be an extremely frustrating and uninspiring experience – quite possibly because all the imperfection rendered during cutting and slicing them (e.g. jagged edges) were magnified in ghastly detail through the camera’s lens. A very popular non-bake cheese cake in Singapore, this recipe [...]