When you're frustrated but are not signed up to a kickboxing class, or punching your pillow gets tiring... bake bread. And don't use a bread maker, make it the old fashioned way. I find that the act of making bread, of kneading and punching the dough to be one of the most exhausting and, at … Continue reading Salt & Rosemary Focaccia Bread
One of my closest and dearest friends celebrated his 25th birthday last week, and I was asked to bake a seaside themed cake for him. He's a diver and loves the beach, so why not? The thing is, this turned out looking like a baby shower cake! Considering he's one of my babies, I don't … Continue reading Vanilla & Passionfruit Cake
Unlike the widely written about freakish winter that's hitting quite a few countries in the northern hemisphere this year, KL is suffering from a heatwave. We on the equator have learned to adapt to the generally high temperatures, but these past few weeks have been almost more than I can bear. So to those friends … Continue reading Watermelon & Parsley Popsicles
I seem to have a newfound obsession with passionfruit this year. Last year I couldn't get enough of raspberries, but it looks like 2014 will be a year of this gorgeous, tangy and tart fruit! My current favourite thing is this gorgeous passionfruit curd I whipped up in 15 minutes on a weeknight last week … Continue reading Passionfruit Curd
I am a baker. I may not expect candlelit dinner, a bouquet of flowers, and a heart shaped box of chocolates on Valentines Day, but I will bake for you. It's not even that it's for Valentines Day, I just want to bake for you! For no reason other than the fact that baking makes … Continue reading Baked Nutella Doughnuts with Nutella Glaze
It's Chinese New Year, and everyone's on holiday (or to be more precise, everyone has been on holiday since Christmas). I'm flying off to Switzerland on Friday night for a ski trip, the same one I went on last year with my brothers' school, and I don't know if I'm super excited about it or … Continue reading Orange Poppyseed Muffins
Do what you love and love what you do. That hackneyed mantra of my fellow Gen Ys rings in my head as I bake up my little treats, force feed my family and friends, and type up these blog posts. Sometimes I wonder just how selfish I can be when I do this, as most … Continue reading Orangey Passionfruit tarts
I initially wrote a blog post about friendship, loyalty, and honesty. But you lot don't really care about that, so I'm just going to go straight to this week's recipe share: baked raspberry cheesecake. Raspberry Cheesecake For the crust: 200g digestives 100g butter, melted Grease & line a 7" springform tin with parchment paper Combine … Continue reading Raspberry Cheesecake
The first thing I ever baked without mum's supervision, at the age of 18, were scones. Up until that point in my life I never took an interest to baking, but for some reason I was drawn to a picture of scones in one of my mum's cooking magazines and I just wanted to try … Continue reading Cranberry Orange Scones
I hate to admit it, but I'm a hoarder. Except my compulsion is in ensuring I have a sufficient supply of baking ingredients in my pantry (thanks, mum, for allocating an entire section of the pantry for me); I can't walk past a grocery store without buying a block of butter, a bag of flour, … Continue reading Fig Frangipane Tart
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