Vietnamese Banh Mi

This bread has a crusty skin and soft, fluffy interior. The hydration is on the high side, so you might need to oil palms and surface when handling the dough. No need for perfect window pane as it is not meant to be a super soft bread. Recipe (makes 4, from Linda ) 150g plain…

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Salted Gula Melaka Nuts Drizzle

Just wanted to make a simple birthday cake for mom-in-law who doesn’t take butter or cream, but loves banana, all sorts of nuts. This cake turned out to be such a hit with many tasters saying they didn’t usually like banana or walnuts so much A note of caution, don’t use non-stick pans as I…

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Yoghurt Soft Wholemeal Bread (old dough)

A soft and fluffy bread using straight dough and quick proof method. The key difference is the old dough or 老面that I added, and the whole loaf was soft and fluffy. My old dough is easy and casual, it’s any bread dough saved from the last bread that you baked. I always make it around…

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German Cookies

These are just really crumbly melt in the mouth butter cookies. Very easy to make, just don’t over bake to get this signature pale look. Be attentive when the cookies are baking. Recipe (makes about 40-50, from small small baker) 125g salted butter cubed 40g icing sugar 80g cake flour 125g potato starch Method 1….

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Zebra Butter Cake

One of my better zebra cakes where the lines are clear and distinct. The butter cake batter is really thick, so it’s actually quite hard to get the chocolate and original batters to form the zebra pattern nicely. You need to tap a few times after each addition to get the batter to smoothen out….

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Pan-fried Cake (pancakes)

If you love pancakes, and willing to put in some effort, here’s a great recipe for soft, fluffy and tasty pancakes. What I did was to take a sponge cake batter, and just pan fried it. It has got no whopping amount of rising agents, and in fact no chemicals at all. The meringue alone…

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Varlhona Chocolate Sponge

Soft, moist chocolate cake that can be a wonderful base for cream or ganache. Recipe (6″ round tin) 15g varlhona cocoa powder 35g hot water 20g cold milk 10g corn starch 45g caster sugar 3 egg yolks 1/4 tsp salt 35g cooking oil 45g cake flour 3 egg whites 1/8 tsp cream of tartar Handful…

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No Knead Artisan Bread

Have a lot to say about this one (skip rant and go straight to Recipe) – I don’t have natural starter, no Dutch oven, or banneton, nor time to wield at my convenience! But my whole family loves artisan breads (and all breads for the matter). I’ve tried some recipes involving days of fermentation until…

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