This was a bit of a long weekend for me, in that I did so much stuff! Before we go on, let me just give you some context: I have the tendency to be a hermit. People don't know this, but I'm actually an introvert; I enjoy spending time with myself, doing things I like … Continue reading Best Chocolate Cake & lots of sugar
Here's something you don't like to see on a dessert recipe blog: I had my annual health check-up at work this morning, and the results were discouraging. Let's start with the hardest news to break, my BMI and waist circumference: My BMI classification is pre-obese. What an ugly way to say that I am worth … Continue reading White Chocolate & Pecan Cookies
This week our firm said goodbye to yet another one of our brethren, this one leaving for the greener pastures of the Food & Beverage industry! Tat has been making his own ice-cream for a while now, and he built quite the following here on our office floor; our freezer is constantly stocked with new … Continue reading Snickers Brownies & (yet another) Farewell
I have been incredibly lazy lately; between work and catching up with my long dormant social life, I've had little time to photograph my kitchen adventures. What photographs I do take end up shoddy and are mostly hastily snapped on my iPhone. My work front has been incredibly rewarding recently, what with a successful project … Continue reading Chocolate Caramel Shortbread
Chocolate was made to be eaten with oranges. At least, that's something I have always believed, considering how the flavour combination sort of explodes in my mouth. Chocolate and oranges, or chocolate and raspberries, just perfection. For some reason last week I was craving Jaffa Cakes, but since I didn't feel like giving into it... … Continue reading Favourite Flavour Combinations
I spent the majority of last Saturday's daytime hours in the kitchen, baking cakes, cupcakes and scones for several orders received from friends and family. I first baked two dozen chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache for my mother to take to her friends' do, low fat raisin scones for breakfast (recipe coming up in the … Continue reading Beet It! Chocolate Cake
I go through these phases of voluntary solitary confinement every few years, the last one being when I was doing my A levels. I had gone the entire summer holiday between AS and A2 not calling a single friend, read an average of 20 books a week, watched SO much tv, and spent most of … Continue reading Cheesecake, Oreos, Red Velvet, and me
I realize that is the most audacious title you might ever see on this blog, but I assure you I wasn't the first to make the claim, nor will I be the last. Trust me on this one, would I ever lie to you?It being Saturday, and my cousin having celebrated his 25th birthday last … Continue reading Best Chocolate Cupcakes Ever
I received an order (from my mother) to bake a cake for 100 people last week, and so I spent all week thinking up ways to make a cake that big... Big rectangular cake? Separate cakes? Cupcakes? And since I definitely did NOT want to go with cupcakes (it's so done, ya know?) I thought... … Continue reading First Stacked Cake
Here in Malaysia, the first quarter of the calendar year is usually fraught with public holidays and long weekends. For the first major one of this year - Chinese New Year weekend - I went on a beach island getaway with two girlfriends, one of whom I haven't met since I was six! Even though … Continue reading Rocky Road Brownies
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