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 converts 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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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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Steam Moist Chocolate Cake (almost Awfully)

Tasters say it’s almost like Awfully Chocolate, wow! A lot of good stuff went into this cake – varlhona, callebaut and lindor. The steamed cake body is soft and moist and I was almost afraid to handle it. Suffice to say the taste of this popular cake is really awesome and chocolatey. I used the…

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Orange Yoghurt Butter Cupcakes

These unremarkable looking little cupcakes made me so happy. It’s soft, moist, full of butter flavor but no dense oil patches anywhere. Best of all it’s a one bowl recipe with whole eggs, really ho jiak! Recipe (makes 8) 125g butter (prefer tin golden churn) 110g caster sugar 2 eggs 20g orange juice or mill…

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Pandan Swissroll

A really forgiving recipe, with little chance of cracking. Recipe (adapted from Enne Ty) 4 yolks 15g sugar 60g coconut milk 1/2 tsp pandan paste 35g cooking oil 75g cake flour sifted 4 egg whites 50g sugar Method 1. Line a 11″ by 11″ baking tray. Preheat oven to 190 deg C. 2. Beat yolks…

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Pork Floss Cotton Cake (cooked dough)

This messy hair cake is ultra soft and ultra yummy, being both sweet and savory. The cake is made using cooked dough method with no raising agents. Recipe (7″ loose bottom tin) 60g oil 65g cake flour sifted Pinch of salt 75g cold milk 4 egg yolks 4 egg whites 65g caster sugar 6g corn…

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