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Jul
13

Malaysia International Bakery & Confectionery 2008 Exhibition

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  Last Friday I managed to visit the above exhibition at Mid Valley. I guess I came too early as the judges were still there, and we were not allowed to go near the cakes exhibition until the judges had done their rounds giving the scores. All in all, I was a bit disappointed as …

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Jun
5

Gum tragacanth, guar gum & arabica gum

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So many gum types.. actually I bought all three today, from Eazy Bake in Kota Permai, Penang on the way back to KL. (Thanks to Ten who mentioned this shop to me.) I am quite familiar with gum trag, gum arabic but not so with ‘guar gum’. But since I don’t know when I will …

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May
14

More tags..

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This is a tag from a blogger friend, Mat Gebu, originally from Siti Azma. I’ll try to translate it in English for the benefit of all. CookingBookmark.com mission : Mewujudkan laman khas komuniti Food-Blogger dengan meletakkan sebanyak mungkin link blogger yang terlibat dengan makanan. (To create a special Food Blogger community by having as much …

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Apr
11

Cupcakes decorating ideas – poured fondant

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Hi, still on the subject of cupcakes decorating. This time using poured fondant. Basically, poured fondant is made by heating up roll fondant, either the one that you buy ready made or you make yourself from scratch. You can heat it up in two ways, by using the microwave or double-boil. If using microwave, just …

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Apr
10

Cupcake decorating ideas

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I have to say that I’m not really good at cupcakes decoration. I guess I need more practice to be a pro like some of my blogger friends out there. Anyway, this morning I made cupcakes, using the basic mix. Here’s the recipe again. 3 eggs 1 cup butter (softened) 3/4 cup caster sugar 1/2 …

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Mar
20

Royal icing

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Royal icing is usually used to make wedding cakes and requires a more tedious job compared to using fondant. It sets hard. The cake normally use is fruit cake as this type of cake is compact and will provide a strong base. Three or more layers is spread over a cake, each layer will take …

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Mar
18

High altitude baking

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Sometimes at the end of a recipe, we come across a small section on how to adjust the ingredients if we are baking at high altitude. This mention always makes me wonder. Do we really have to adjust our cooking or baking if we are living on high land, a mountain or if in outer …

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Mar
13

Herb Garden

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I’m back from Cameron Highlands, stayed there for 2 nights at Equatorial Hotel in Brinchang. It was so cold… and raining most of the time. There was nothing much to do except to go shopping for veggies, strawberries and hang around at the pasar malam (night market). Here’s me taken this morning in front of …

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Feb
24

Cupcake or muffin ?

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I bought this very pretty book called “Cupcakes and Muffins” Collectors Edition (R & R Publications Marketing Pty Ltd) last week at our MPH book shop. I love buying cookbooks where ever I go. Basically the book has loads of cupcake and muffin recipes. Know the difference between the two ? Well, I’ll mention here …

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Feb
18

What went wrong with my cake?

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We’ve been through it, the cake that we baked didn’t turn out to be as pretty as the cake in the cook book. This is a normal process, as the saying goes – practice makes perfect. But we need to know what went wrong, so that we can avoid the same mistakes in the future. …

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