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Feb
15

Baking at CADS Enhancement Centre

CADS is an acronym for “Cerebral Palsy, Autism-ADHD, Down Syndrome-Dyslexia and Slow Learners.”  Today me and Chef Gunawan was at CADS Enhancement Centre in Jalan Duta to conduct our first baking session with the kids.  Due to their special needs, we used Gluten-free flour to make the Carrot and Blueberry muffins.  I had never baked …

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Jan
20

Chocolate cloud cake

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I was leafing through my favourite cookbook, “Classic Home Desserts” by Richard Sax (thank you !)  trying to look for a recipe with chocolates.   Found the recipe “Chocolate cloud cake” and since it sounds simple to prepare, no flour (means no measuring and no sieving),  I thought I’ll give it a shot.  One thing I …

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Jan
4

Tuna and egg in puff pastry

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This is another quick meal you can prepare, provided you have ready-rolled puff pastry in the freezer.  Thaw the frozen pastry about 1 hour before using.   The topping variety is endless, here I am using a can of tuna, fried with onions and eggs. The ingredients: 2 or 3 sheets of ready-rolled puff pastry 1 …

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Dec
8

Strawberry cheese cake

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This is a very simple no-bake cheesecake.  The base is made of crushed biscuits – you can use digestive biscuit, oreo, cream cracker, marie etc.   Melted butter is added to bind the crush biscuit and then baked to make it crispier.  This strawberry cheesecake to me, taste more like a mousse.  It is light and …

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Dec
1

Mini pavlovas

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A student of mine brought pavlova for us to try, it was really good.   She used a mixture of whip cream and mascarpone, the taste is heaven.  Since then I’ve been wanting to make pavlovas and finally had all the ingredients.  This is the mini version, recipe from Nigella “How to be a domestic goddess” …

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Nov
18

Apple pudding

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Another very easy dessert to make at home using apples or pear.  Looking at the ingredients,  I thought it would taste like pancake.  But because it is rich with eggs, it turned out tasting like Cream Caramel with apples !  Super-easy to do, you won’t even need a mixer to whip up this baked pudding. …

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Nov
12

Featured in Aroma magazine

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Last month I was contacted by the editor of Aroma magazine, Cik Siti, requesting for some material to be featured in their November 2011 issue.  After further discussion, we agreed on a tutorial on how to make a simple fondant handbag cake. The cake was made from two stacked butter cakes.  You can find the …

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Nov
8

Apple crumble

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This is one of the easiest dessert to make.   The only boring process to endure is peeling and slicing the apples.  The rest can be done in just a few minutes.   I made this Apple crumble last nite and totally forgot to take a picture before devouring it.  But at least we get to see …

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Oct
26

Dewey buns

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I think I’m getting fatter day by day..  there goes all the kilos lost during the fasting month.  Blame it on the rain.. yeah yeah !!  I guess I only have me to blame.  Yesterday we  lost all control and ate these yummy dewey buns hot from the fryer.   These are more delicious than donuts, …

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Oct
12

Pumpkin custard

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This is one of my favourite dessert when eating at any Thai restaurant.  Tried making it the other day,  had to write it down in this blog, even though it does not involve any baking (just steaming) .  The Thai pumpkin custard is quite easy to make, actually.  Here’s the recipe : 1 small pumpkin …

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