Monthly Archives: December 2014

rum cake with rum-soaked mixed fruit

Call me strange but I have a yearly ritual. Well, two. The first is that I make a batch of vanilla extract using Madagascar vanilla beans and Vanilla vodka so it…

yuzu (유자) chiffon cake

I was chatting with a few mommy-cooking-baking friends the other day (you know how birds of the same feather yadda-yadda) and we were talking about yuzu. I mentioned that I…

nutella hazelnut chocolate chip cookies

The cookie tins are empty. That’s saying a lot since I have three of them. Sigh. Since I had to bake some cookies anyway, I might as well use the…

ham and cheese pinwheel rolls

Sometimes I need some inspiration. I bake almost everyday and I can be quite obsessed when I get hung up on something (like chiffon cakes) and when that happens I…

earl grey hokkaido chiffon cupcakes

These little Hokkaido chiffon cupcakes are really addictive. Firstly, they are really tiny. So eating one (or two) is, well, not too big a sin. Secondly, the cupcakes are served…

review of the Philips Avance Collection Pasta/ Noodle Maker and a recipe for zha jiang mian (炸酱面)

I confess. The first time I was asked to attend the launch of the Philips Avance Collection Pasta/Noodle Maker, I was terribly skeptical. I wondered why I would even consider buying…

japanese dark pearl chiffon cake

The first time I saw this chiffon was in Lena’s blog. I thought to myself then that I had to make this chiffon cake one day. So I printed the…

adzuki bean bread buns (豆沙面包) | red bean bread buns

I cannot start to tell you how happy I have been since I started making bread at home.  I actually look forward to munching on buns I have made and…

edamame with garlic, miso and crispy prawn chili

My fridge died last week. Granted it is kinda old. But still! It was a disaster because the poor old thing must have been losing coldness for a while but…

teba shio (鶏の手羽先 塩焼き) | grilled salted chicken wings

Today my world shifted. See, the LAM and I usually live in harmony because we like different parts of the same thing. For example, he’d happily eat the pineapple filling…