Wedding Cake

Finally..... my 1st wedding cake !! Its was quite stressful as i got to bring all the covered cakes, roses, leaves.... in boxes to school. Thankfully my hubby drove me there & help me to carry to school. What a relief. Everyone was so happy when we all completed our course. Many thanks to Sandy Goh , our wilton course instructor from Artistiq Sugarcraft.

Ready wedding cake !!

Top tier

Bottom tier

All the ready wedding cakes :)

Me at work....

Roses for the wedding cakes

Matcha Log Cake

I made a matcha log cake for my hubby. This year, all my 3 log cakes that i made are winter wonderland. Merry Christmas !!

Christmas Cookies

My sister in law gave me & my hubby personalise made cookies for christmas. Its so nice !! Tks Keisia for the gift.

Black Forest Log Cake

I made 2 black forest log cake for my friends for christmas

Flowers

For our 2nd wilton class, we learned how to pipe flowers using royal icing. Morning glory was the hardest flower to pipe.

Lily

Morning Glory

Poinsettia

Petunia

Parcel Cake

I am taking the wilton class 3. For our 2nd lesson, we need to cover a square cake with fondant and put the ribbons and bow. Its quite scary when i have to turn over the fondant from the rolling mat to the cake !! But we all had lots of fun doing it.

Ready parcel cake :)

A cut up slice

Soccer Team Matchamisu

Yesterday I made a matcha tiramisu for my family. My hubby gave me some decorating suggestions. He said, maybe i can decorate the cake with a soccer team, so I went to buy the soccer team toys, then i got him me to help to decorate it. I think he had lots of fun arranging the toys.

Matchamisu

Last week, I made a matcha tiramisu cake for a friend's gathering.

I gave this slice to the host of the house.

Matcha Azuki Roll Cake

After learning how to make the roll cakes in my previous post, i decided to bake it at home. I made the matcha azuki roll cake. But i need more practise rolling up the cake, its not that easy.

Roll Cakes

Yesterday I went to learn matcha azuki roll cake and charlotte roll cake from Chef Lynn at Tangs kitchen. I really love both cakes that she taught us. If you ask me which one i prefer...well i can't decide !!

Charlotte roll cake ready to be eaten !! I can't bear to eat it :)

Finger biscuit

Arranging the fruits on the charlotte before rolling up

Ready charlotte roll cake. Its so pretty :)

Red beans filling for the matcha roll cake

Ready to be eaten. It is really very soft and its so delicious.

Green Tea Tiramisu

I went to learn how to make green tea tiramisu from a chef. The cake is very light and not too sweet and the green tea taste is so good. My family members enjoyed eating it.

Ready tiramisu !!

Umoulded tiramisu

Ready to be served !!

Happy Birthday Mum !!

I made my first 2 tiered cake !! Am so worried especially when i had to stack the 2 layers together. Really had to cross my fingers. Thankfully i did not mess it up !! Had to carefully put the flowers onto the cake. The filling for this cake is durian.... My mum was so happy to see the cake. Happy Birthday mum !! :)

Light Fruit Cake

I made this light fruit cake, its not too sweet.

Cake on cooling rack

Ready to be eaten

Mocha Pork Ribs

I cooked mocha pork ribs. But i think i still prefer the coffee pork ribs.

Hami Melon Wasabi Prawns

I made this hami melon wasabi prawns. It took me a while to dig out the the melon to create a "bowl".

Aquila & Keisia Wedding !!

On Saturday was my brother & Keisia's wedding !! I made chocolate passionfruit cake & strawberry hearts jelly for all the friends that are coming over to my parents house for the tea ceremony :)

Chocolate passionfruit cake ready to serve

Chocolate passionfruit cake

Close up individual cake

Strawberry hearts jelly

I ask my friend Angela to make these cookies. Its really very nice and the colour is so sweet. Thanks Angela :)

Double bells with the couple's name

Round cookies with the couple's name

Ready cookies....

Curry Prawns

I cooked curry prawns. I love the smell of the curry leaves.

Coffee Kahlua Chiffon Cake.

I made coffee kahlua chiffon cake for a lunch gathering. I got the recipe from Anuty Yochana blog. Its very soft and fluffy and the coffee smells good. Thank you Aunty Yochana for sharing with us your recipe.

Ingredients :

80 gm. cake flour

2 gm. Baking powder

a pinch of salt

70 ml. evaporated milk

2 Tbsp. Instant coffee granules

50 gm. corn oil

2 Tbsp. Kahlua liquer

75 gm. egg yolks

40 gm. sugar

200 gm. egg white

40 gm. sugar

Method:

1) Sieve cake flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl. Sprinkle a pinch of salt into the flour.

2) Warm up the evaporated milk and stir in the instant coffee granules to dissolve it. Add in Kahlua liquer and stir till well mixed.

3) Whisk egg yolks and 40 gm. sugar till pale in colour, add in cornoil and mix thoroughly.

4) Pour in the coffee mixture and stir.

5) Lastly add in the flour and stir till smooth.

6) Whisk egg white till slightly frothy, add in sugar gradually and whisk till soft peak but not watery.

7) Fold egg white mixture into the egg yolk mixture lightly.

8) Pour mixture into a 20 cm. chiffon cake tin and bake at 180C for about 45 mins. Test with a skewer and if it comes out clean, then it's cooked.

9) Turn the chiffon cake upside down to cool on a wire rack.

10) Remove cake from tin, slice and serve with some cream.

Herbal Fish Noodles

I got this recipe from Ellena blog. I cooked for my lunch. Ellena uses mee sua, i did not have, so i added yellow noodles instead. Its very nice & the herbal taste is quite strong. Tks Ellena for sharing with us your herbal Fish Noodles recipe.


Ingredients: (Serves 2)
150g of ShengYu Slices (生鱼片)
3 Bundles of Mee Suah (面线)
4 Pieces of Spare Ribs2 Big Red Dates (红枣)
2 Slices of Dried Huai Shan(淮山)
5 Slices of Yuzhu (玉竹)
3 – 4 Slices of Dang Gui(当归)
1 Tablespoon Wolfberries (枸杞子)600ml - 750ml Water
2 Soft Boiled Eggs
10g of Shredded Ginger
Chopped Coriander & Spring Onion for garnish

Method:
1. Clean and wash the spare ribs then blanched in boiling water for about 5 minutes, rinse, clean and set aside for later use.
2. Marinate the fish slices with some shredded ginger and a few drops of sesame oil and light soy sauce then set aside in the fridge.
3. Bring water to boil in a stockpot, add in spare ribs, rinse herbs and half of the wolfberries.
4. Lower the heat and let it simmer over low heat for about 20 – 30 minutes until the spare ribs are tender.
5. While boiling the soup base, pre-heat a small frying pan with about 1 tablespoon of boil, sauté the shredded ginger till fragrant and golden brown, removed and set aside for garnish.
6. Blanched the marinated fish slices in boiling water for about 1 minutes till cooked, remove and set aside.
7. Using the same saucepan, bring some fresh water to boil then cooked about 1½ bundle of the mee suah for about 30 seconds or so, stir occasionally.
8. Remove and place it in a big soup bowl top with some of the remaining wolfberries, 2 spare ribs and some blanched fish slices.
9. Scoop the hot herbal soup over it and serves with some extra garnish of shredded ginger, coriander, spring onion and soft-boiled egg.
10.If you prefer, you can drizzle a few drops of sesame oil over it for extra fragrant.