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Nov
15

Pizza Party

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Last Saturday we celebrated my daughter’s 11 year old birthday.   Invited a few of her friends and the rest who came were our very close relatives.   The menu was simple – baked macaroni , roast Cajun chicken and pizza.  It was a fun day making our own pizza.  I prepared the dough at about 2 …

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Nov
4

French buttercream

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There are many types of buttercream, and at times it can be confusing. The one I teach in my class is the most basic type, whereby we mix icing sugar with butter.  This type of buttercream is suitable for piping.  French buttercream (bc) on the other hand, is usually used as filling for cakes.  This …

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Oct
6

Waffles

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I can’t categorize this as a baking project.. no long hours of baking in the oven,  just  a quick use of the waffle maker.   I don’t always make waffles, so the waffle maker was just dusting away in the cupboard.    So today I don’t know what got into me, I suddenly have the …

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Sep
24

Quick sugar cone basket

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This was the cake I made as a wedding gift to my cousin.  The design is very simple actually.  It has four sugar cone baskets with mini roses as the side design.  Here’s a guide on how the basket is done. The cutter I’m using is called “Creative Plaque Lattice Cutters & Embossers” from PME.   …

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Aug
30

Fruit tart

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I think this tart is very easy to make and can be whipped up in a jiffy,  to fulfill those last minute sweet cravings :). The recipe for the sweet pastry : 1  1/4 cup all purpose flour 2 tablespoon icing sugar A pinch of salt 1/2 cup cold butter 2 egg yolks   Pastry …

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Jul
8

River Cottage Scone

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After that disastrous episode with the pretzel, I thought I’d play safe and made scones for our teatime.   Scones have always been my favourite, fast and easy to make.  Actually I had just watched the show “River Cottage – Summer’s Here” episode the night before, where the baker Dan bakes some lovely scones for their …

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Jun
25

Homemade pretzels

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I was feeling a little bit adventurous this morning and decided to try my hand at baking pretzels.. Well, the weather didn’t turn out right, it was raining all day and my dough did not seem to double its size.  Nevertheless, I persevere and in the end manage to complete the pretzels.. I am a …

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May
17

Chocolate making

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Hi everyone.. please hop on to my Facebook to see the latest post on Chocolate making (http://www.facebook.com/bakingproject  . Look under ‘photos’ – ‘chocolate making’ album) . Coming classes : 21st May – Fun figure modelling class (KL) 22nd May – fondant cake deco class (KL) 23rd May – cake and cupcake buttercream class=(KL) 5th to …

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Jan
12

Ladies shoes (gumpaste)

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Decorating cakes with shoes are nothing new.. I’ve seen the shoe cutters being sold for a few years now.  But somehow I don’t really the idea of putting shoe on your cake, maybe it’s the way I was brought up.  In real life, shoes should be kept away from food..  Nevertheless, I decided to put …

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Jan
5

Fondant fancies

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I have always wanted to try making fondant fancies..  what’s holding me back is the baking of the sponge cake in a large square sheet pan.  Oh well, since this is just an experiment, I have cut out some squares from an old marble cake.  Lesson no. 1 learnt, never used a coloured cake for …

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