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Strawberry mirror cake!

2012-02-20T06:28:00.000-08:00

Layered with strawberry mousse..

This cake is similar to the strawberry hearts cake which many have attempted before. Strawberry Hearts is usually has a cream cheese/marshmallow base, layered with strawberries cut into the shape of hearts and then covered with a thin red jello layer.. Depending on recipes, some are non-bake, some are baked.

This little one over here is called a strawberry mirror cake and is slightly more complicated. Is is made of fresh strawberry mousse with 2 sponge layers.. A total of 2 boxes of fresh korean strawberries were used. Many steps were involved in this cake;

-baking the sponge cake

-extracting the juice out of the strawberries

-Making the custard & incorporating it into the mousse

-Cooking the jelly layer made from the juice extracted earlier

-assembling

and tadah! My, was it time consuming. BUT, it was definitely worth it. Nothing beats fresh strawberries right? esp, the jelly layer on top:) Nothing artificial was used, yumm!

Not a bake post but...

2012-02-06T20:25:00.000-08:00

Beef Alert!

Ever since I started watching MasterChef, I've been cooking pretty much. I love the way the contestants cook, simple yet nice. So, the other day while having lunch with mummy at coffee club, we found the best beef salad ever. The salad was plated up with slices of beef at the side and then topped with a fruit balsamic compote. It was really appetizing and I've been thinking of it ever since(;

As you can see, this is my interpretation of the beef salad. Attempt at plating up! The salad is composed of buttercup lettuce, wild rockets, asparagus and baby carrots with a balsamic salad dressing. Then, surrounded by pieces of beef topped with worcestershire black pepper sauce. I wanted to cook up a black pepper sauce initially but I had no chicken stock on hand :(

Then, comes the mash potatoes! This can be said to be the most awesome mash potatoes, everyone loved them. Got the recipe from masterchef australia where a celebrity chef actually taught the contestants the methods/ingredients into cooking a good mash potato. Unlike other methods, the potatoes aren't being mashed manually and actually, have to go through a sieve which eventually yields a smoother, fluffier mash.

Here is the beef steak for the boyf which he managed to cook it medium well-well done. I had a hard time controlling the heat and time needed to pan fry the beef and ended cooking mine to well done:/

Finally, a cupcake cake..

2012-01-24T07:06:00.000-08:00

Giant Cupcake!

My cousins have always been crazy over my cupcakes.. So, this time, when it was Joel's birthday, he requested for a giant cupcake cake. When I first heard about it, I was really excited as I have always been eyeing the wilton cupcake pan and also admiring other cupcake cake designs..

However, I decided not to get the pan in the end as it was rather pricey and my baking cupboard at home is already maxed out.. So, I decided to carve the cake out of 3 round cakes, 1 6.5", 2X 8" round cakes.. 3 cakes stacked up together, layered with choc cream cheese frosting = 6 layers of chocolate cake goodness.. It really was a v rich and moist cake. It was pretty heavy too, weighing approx. 4 kg!

As there were many layers, I decided to layer the middle layer of cake with choc ganache and also fresh bananas.. Some of the layers also had crunchy varlhona choc pearls in between them..

The easiest part of making this cake was definitely decorating the frosting of the cupcake cake. Sprinkle them with tons of sprinkles and tadah! I literally spend the whole morn-afternoon decorating this cake alone, plus making another strawberry almond cake for another cousin. (as seen below) It was a hectic, tiring day indeed..

Managed to take a pic of the inside of the cupcake cake! YUMM!

Really really pleased with myself that I managed to carve everything out without a specific cake pan and that I finally got to do a giant cupcake cake!(:

On a side note, wishing the readers of Batter Burps a Happy Chinese New Year, and to those who ordered our pineapple tarts, hope that you all liked them!

Batter Burps baked a total of approx. 50 tubs of pineapple tarts this year, all thanks to you guys and we hope to hear from you all soon again(:

Chinese New Year BakeSale!

2012-01-09T08:13:00.000-08:00

Pineapple Tarts!

What's your favorite snack during cny? mine's definitely pineapple tarts! For the past couple of years, I've been baking the open type of pineapple tarts (as seen in the pic below).. However, I decided to try something different this year..

The enclosed pineapple tarts actually calls for a different recipe, which you'll find to be creamier in a way, softer in texture, which melts more in your mouth as compared to the open tarts..

This picture was posted way back in Feb 2010.. Unless you prefer a more say, "biscuit-crumbly" texture, then opt for the open tarts..

These tarts over here are definitely worth a try! Not recommended to those who are on a diet though.. cny is the season for feasting, so get them now and share the love with friends and relatives!

1 tub alone contains around 28 tarts..

They're now on sale at..

2 tubs @ $20

3 tubs @ 28!

Email jollyobake@gmail.com for enquiries and orders now!

Cupcake Bake-athon..

2012-01-03T06:35:00.000-08:00

The Start of 55 Cupcakes..

Little cousin, Nicholas's birthday was nearing and my aunt initially ordered 30 cupcakes for his little birthday celebration at his childcare centre. Then, after confirming the order with me again, it amounted to 55 cupcakes! I've never baked and decorated so many cupcakes at one go before, which made me really excited!

I love accepting challenges and have never really liked doing the same cupcake/cake design. My aunt gave me the green light to just come up with my own design, saying that Nicholas likes Thomas and friends, bob the builder, barney... I went on the scout for any of these cartoon cupcake toppers till I managed to find Thomas and friends ones online. Phew...

As Nicholas is 2 years old, I decided on frosting the cupcakes with baby pastel colored cream cheese frosting.. Some of the few (as seen above) are the double chocolate cupcakes.. The little trains above are actually candle holders which I thought were pretty cute and suited the theme..

So here comes the Thomas and friends cupcakes!

I really love the colors of these little cupcakes..

The last box of cupcakes.. See how creamy the frosting is? (:

ps: so what did I bake for Christmas this year? Tune in to find out.. ... ..

Angry Birds part II

2011-12-18T07:05:00.000-08:00

Angry Birds Cuppies!

Baked this batch of chocolate cupcakes covered with chocolate ganache for my aunt's birthday.. According to my parents, during their hk trip together, my aunt was mass buying angry bird soft toys which explains these cuppies!

Comparing the angry birds cake, theres the addition of the blue and black angry birds.. My favorite cuppie is the king angry bird pig which is stacked on the 3 bricks..

As I've got many cousins and aunts, I decided to bake another batch of red velvet cupcakes which are my cousins' ultimate favorite cupcake!

With the rest of the cupcakes..

As usual, after the birthday song was sung, the cousins started snatching their favorite angry birds cupcake..

December Bake SALE!

2011-12-13T06:22:00.000-08:00

Welcome the launch of 3 exciting new cupcake flavors!

Enjoy this offer for the whole of December..

This bake sale also includes the other cupcake flavors which BatterBurps currently has in store namely;

Red Velvet (*popular)

Cookies n' Cream

Carrot Cake

About the cupcakes...

Double Chocolate: A chocolate cake recipe which i've been experimenting with for the past few years.. Many recipes out there makes the cake either too dense, too sweet or it just isn't the right texture.. This one here, is light and fluffy, moist too. Then to top it off, it is decorated with a light chocolate cream cheese frosting.. And then, sprinkled with varlhona chocolate pearls.. Friends have even commented that these little chocolate devils taste like chocolate ice cream!

Chocolate Beer Peanut Butter: Definitely a cupcake for those who love their booze. The aroma from the beer runs through this cupcake. Never knew peanut butter and beer made such a great pair till I chanced upon these reading a magazine and came up with my own recipe.. A really light and fluffy cupcake.. Mmmm..

Lychee: A hot favorite for desserts so why not put them in a cupcake? As there are lychee bits in this one, it is best that they're consumed within the day.. Concocted my own lychee buttercream which tastes like a lychee cream..

With all said about these cupcakes,

Email jollyobake@gmail.com for enquiries now!

Angry Birds cake!

2011-12-07T05:12:00.000-08:00

Red velvet Angry Birds cake..

Received a cake order for an angry birds cake.. This is my first angry birds themed cake that I've ever done.. Never liked the iPhone game which always made me pissed but apparently, I had a lot of fun molding these little figurines! It is one of my favorite fondant cakes which I really enjoyed doing, looking forward to more angry bird cake orders!

So mummy helped me out with this one.. She did the cute little bird nest as well as the the bricks and the white angry bird!

At first, it took me a whole half an hour to do up one green pig, then gradually, I got the hang of it and managed to do up the rest more quickly..

And yupp, it is another red velvet cake layered with luscious cream cheese frosting inside..

I really love the overall appearance of this cake!

- See, doesn't it make you smile to yourself? (:

Elmo cake

2011-11-27T06:03:00.000-08:00

Its red velvet again, but with elmo!

Received an order for an elmo red velvet cake around 2 months ago. As it was my first elmo cake (other than the cookie monster + cupcakes), I decided to google search for some cake ideas. Luckily for me, I've been doodling elmo since I was in secondary school..

So I drew some sketches of the elmo using my frosting before filling the entire image up. This whole cake was decorated using BatterBurps signature cream cheese frosting! It is an 8 inch cake red velvet cake (:

Couln't help but smile after looking at the completed version of the cake..

Want a cake like this for your birthday? Do check out BatterBurps "pretty cakes/3D cakes" links on the right of the site for more birthday cake preferences!

-Do check out our later posts on an upcoming bake sale in December as well as the launch of a few new cupcake flavors(:

Oreo cheesecake

2011-11-14T08:06:00.000-08:00

Oreo Cheesecake for the little sister..

Weeks before my sister's birthday, she asked me to bake an oreo cheesecake for her, or rather, she's always bugging me to bake oreo cheesecake. Not really a fan of cheesecakes myself, but decided to make some changes to my usual cheesecake recipe to bake this one as oreo cheesecakes recipe aren't as easily found online.

Alot of oreos was being used in this cake, around 1 whole box? Ideal for people who are trying to clear out their oreos at home! Then, I decided to pipe some whipped cream on the top for decorative purpose and to give the cake a lighter taste..

Sissy, family and relatives loved this cake. It's a really rich cake, however, after keeping it overnight in the fridge, the cake became more dry so it isn't really a perfected recipe yet.. Am thinking of ways to make it creamier too. But, still, not too bad (:

-Keep calm, and have a piece of cake. Till then (:

Red velvet, chocolate?

2011-11-08T01:29:00.000-08:00

It's another Hello Kitty cake!

A few months ago, my friend, yunyu, asked me to bake for her 21st birthday party. So, ever since then, we've been discussing on the design of the cake. This is my first 3 tier cake and I really had fun figuring out how to assemble/decorate them. It took me around an hour just to assemble and frost the cake layers as I wasnt as familiar with the whole structure compared to my other cakes.. Luckily, for me, my good friend, Gao Ya, came over to help me with this cake!

She didn't want fondant so I went for a cream cheese frosting. Top 2 tiers are red velvet cake while the middle one is a chocolate cake sandwiched with chocolate rum ganache. YUMM! Problem of baking a 3 tier cake in sg? there's no box of that height! sighh, so little sis had to join 2 boxes up for me.

As I only had minimal icing tips at home and did not really buy many of the same design tips, it was really time consuming trying to frost the rainbow colors. But luckily, everything managed to work out in the end. By then, my kitchen was in a real mess, I spent the longest time washing up dishes :/

Don't you just love the colors of this cake? For the words, I brushed some edible glitter over the fondant so as to make them "shine" among all the other colors. Really proud of this cake and I hope to be able to do more 3 tier cakes in the future!

Cake orders (III)

2011-10-11T07:08:00.000-07:00

Carrot Cake, this time!

My friend, Celine, ordered this carrot cake for her aunt's birthday.

I've been baking several versions of carrot cake and also cream cheese frosting, attempting to experiment till I find "the one". ^^ I've also been trying cupcakes from other cafes, restaurants, trying to figure out what went into their frosting. Some were creamy and light, some were just hard and laden with icing sugar. The perfect frosting to me, was something which was not too sweet, really creamy and not too buttery and something not too rich.

So around a month back, I finally came up with my own recipe for cream cheese frosting after improving based on much tasting and feedback from family and friends. I must say, I really like this one(: It's definitely not gratey but smooth (easy for me to decorate with too, hee), not too sweet and almost cream like.

Ever since then, I've been using this frosting for my red velvet cakes, cupcakes and carrot cake.. Right now, I'm attempting to come up with my own buttercream frosting before I venture out to other flavors. But I can assure you readers out there, that BatterBurps doesn't use essences, chemicals etc. just for artificial taste/smell, but real, fresh ingredients. No compromise on that one!

This is a layered cake. Decorated the cake with a light, pastel pink color. Pastel colors never go wrong, don't they? (:

Cake orders (II)

2011-10-06T07:20:00.000-07:00

It's another strawberry shortcake in another design!

After tasting my 21st birthday cake, my little cousin, Aidan fell in love with this cake. According to my aunt, he hardly eats cakes but during my birthday BBQ, he quietly sat down and had a few servings of the strawberry cake! awww. His mum ordered the similar cake for his birthday and since he adores Lightning McQueen, I went shopping a few days earlier for some accessories which serve as deco. and TA-DAH!

Sprinkled some icing sugar over the top and there it was! 3 layers of sponge soaked with earl grey tea syrup, sandwiched in between lightly infused tea cream(:

Birthday boy sitting happily with his cake at MacDonalds!

Cake orders

2011-09-27T05:46:00.000-07:00

Strawberry shortcake

Baked this strawberry cake for my ah mah's birthday(: First time coating the cake with baked sliced almonds and I must say, Im gg to do that more often! My grandma and aunts loved this cake. Soaked the sponge layers with earl grey tea syrup and I really like the combi..

A close up pic. This time, I attempted to coat the strawberries with gelatine syrup mixture but the effect was not as good as the caramelising idea.. :( oh wells, baking is all about experimenting!

Another strawberry shortcake order.. She wanted customisation as seen above so I decided to decorate the rest of the cake with my usual swirls.. Shall update this space with some of my other cake orders in the next few posts.. Till then!~

No-bake cake..

2011-09-12T05:28:00.000-07:00

Yakult yogurt cake

With leftover whipped cream left in the fridge from a previous bake, I decided to "bake" something using my sister's favorite drink, yakult. It is a fail proof recipe and really easy to follow.. I took the recipe from the blessedhomemaker.. It is a pretty small cake, measuring 6 inches wide but its just enough for my family.. (:

Nice, creamy cake where you can really taste the yakult in it.. Just remember to chill it else the whole cake will be all wobbly! This cake however, should be preferably eaten at home and not be brought out as it really needs "chilling".. Did not manage to do the jelllo topping for my cake though, as it was an impromptu decision to make it.. (:

Recipe adapted from here.

Chilled Yakult Yogurt Cake
(7" cake pan)

Chilled Yakult Yogurt Cake

Ingredients for the base

80g marie biscuits

40g melted butter

Ingredients for the filling

1 tbsp gelatin

3 tbsp sugar

150ml water

100g plain yogurt

150ml yakult (I used 100ml apple flavour + 50ml original flavour)

1 tbsp lemon juice

150ml non-diary whipping cream

Jello Topping

1/2 pkt Jello

240ml water

2 tsp gelatin

Method

Mix the biscuits crumbs with melted butter, and press firmly to the base of the cake pan. Chill for later use.

Dissolve gelatin and sugar with water. Set aside to cool.

Beat yogurt, yakult and lemon juice until well blended. Add cooled gelatin solution and mix well.

Whip the non-diary whipping cream till mousse state.

Add the yogurt mixture to the whipped cream and mix well.

Pour the combined mixture onto the cake base.

Chill in the fridge to set.

Boil all Jello topping ingredients using very low heat until dissolved. (Not supposed to bring to boil.)

When the cake is set, spoon the cooled Jello solution on the cake and refrigerate again.

pastry time!

2011-09-01T07:55:00.000-07:00

Eclairs...

Besides macarons, choux pastry is the other pastry which I have failed countless times.. Ive tried recipes from magazines, cookbooks, online ones and even youtube-d them, but couldn't seem to get the right consistency. And just last week, I found the perfect recipe! which gave me the texture I wanted for the cream puffs!

I was really excited about it. So, last week being my last week of holidays and having plenty of time on hand, I decided to bake something more complex. Initially I wanted to attempt a layered cake with different fillings, but decided to bake a dessert which my family likes alot.. So here it goes..

Cut the choux pastry into half, piped some cream in.. then, I whipped up some choc ganache for the topping and tadah! Mom and sissy were crazy over these little things. They're best eaten at night after chilling as the choux pastry is still fresh.. as it will harden up a little a few days later. If that happens, just take out the container which is stored with the eclairs out of the fridge for around 15 mins before eating (:

Cupcakes baby!

2011-08-28T06:19:00.000-07:00

Red velvet cupcakes

The 2nd batch of red velvet cupcakes I made was for my 21st birthday bbq. Baked them for door gifts. Modified the frosting, and I've since modified it again to be creamier and tastier! I guess good frosting recipes cannot really be found online as they tend to be very sweet, so frostings are really an experiment on your own.

These are another batch of cupcakes which I baked after my birthday as I had a whole tub of cream cheese frosting left.. I really liked this red velvet recipe which I found as it made the cupcakes fluffy and chocolatey at the same time..

After trying out different piping tips, I guess I'd just go for the round tip for my future cupcake frostings as I will not have any problems piping out chilled frosting (like the pics below :/)..

So these are the ones which I baked for my birthday.. I made the frosting the night before, chilled it, left it out in e open and it was still a little firm. tried my luck piping and this was what happened.. (notice the ones with the messy patterns?) By then, it was close to 5pm, and I really had to rush so I just squeezed everything out of the piping bag without waiting for the frosting to cool further...

However, family and friends still enjoyed them, some even went for 2nd helpings and all were finished up within the night!

2011-08-02T08:08:00.000-07:00

August Bake Sale

From 13-28 August

Orders for cakes, cookies and other pastries will be taken in..

However, slots are on a first come, first serve basis, so do email asap!
(;

Cheryl's 21st birthday cake

2011-07-30T00:20:00.000-07:00

Strawberry Shortcake

Originally, I planned to do a 3D fondant cake with a Hello Kitty theme for my 21st birthday cake. However, as a 3D cake is dense and I had a BBQ going on, I opted for a lighter cake version so that guests would not feel too bloated for dessert (:

This cake had to be perfect and of cos, be incorporated with my favorite pink! So I went with a strawberry shortcake which had been modified in many other ways..

The best strawberry shortcake I have ever tasted is the one from 1 Caramel which was originally located at the Cathay. After taking the first bite, I knew I wanted to make something like this too, so I went to ask the waitress they key ingredients. haha, I just had to try my luck. The taste was really amazing, light, not too creamy and the strawberries with all e misc stuff all combined really well. Luckily for me, the waitress was kind enough to tell me, so ever since then, I had been on a quest to replicate such a cake..

It took me around 2 days to complete this cake, baking the sponge layers as well as the decorations..2 boxes of big fat strawberries were used for this cake.. marinated them, colored my sponge pink, brushed them with earl grey syrup, concocting the strawberry cream, caramelising the strawberries, it was a mad rush!

But the satisfaction gained from seeing the end product was inexplainable. This was what I have been aiming for, I guess I can say I've finally perfected this recipe? everyone were amazed with the deco of this cake, some even went for 2nd servings!

Last but not least, enjoy the pink layers!

3 layers of goodness...

Cheese biscuits

2011-07-05T08:03:00.000-07:00

The alternative for cookie monster..

I've always been on the search for a good cheese biscuit recipe which was able to replicate the taste of crunchy cheese biscuits I had back in secondary school.. (the one which tastes like cheese biscuit sticks).. Then, I chanced upon auntyyochana's blog and decided to try this out..

I bought the block of cheddar cheese from ntuc, and yes, I've recently been hooked to Fairprice Finest which seems to carry a huge load variety of all kinds of food and ingredients! back to the topic, I was pleased with the way the cookies turned out, crunchy, color was more true to a yellow in real life and was just cheesy enough for me (since I'm not really a cheese lover). However, the mum and boyf said they werent as cheesy..

This recipe is definitely a keeper, but will make more adjustments to it for future bakes.. Another thing to notes, Ill probably wrap the cookie dough in cling wrap, refrigerate for approx 20 mins before baking as the dough tends to be a lil sticky to handle..

The difference in color of the above biscuits was due to the placement of cookies in the upper and lower deck in the oven..

Durian Mousse Cake

2011-05-24T04:06:00.000-07:00

Durian Mousse Cake

Baked this for my grandfather's birthday. As I have not tried baking a durian cake before, I had a trial run the week before where I experimented with the mousse. I decided to bake a rectangle sponge layer as I felt that the shape was easier to cover than a round cake. It is a pretty big cake which fed ard 20-30 people. I sprinkled some silver dust over, my mum said it was still a little too plain and wanted to add some red to the cake.. so the final design became...

this! I dug out all my sprinkles in the cupboard. Each heart in the above picture represents the 14 grandchildren my grandfather has, while the 2 big hearts in the middle represent my grandmother and grandfather. cool huh!

sorry for the poor lighting in the above pictures.. They were taken in the evening :( This picture shows the layer of mousse in the cake (the one the chat box is pointing to) The color isnt as obvious as no artificial coloring was added to the mousse (:

Everybody enjoyed the cake, some aunts even went for 2-3 servings!

Cookies N cream cheese cupcakes

2011-05-20T05:04:00.000-07:00

Martha Stewart's Cookies N cream cheese cupcakes

Lil sis had been bugging me to bake a cookies n cream cheesecake for ages. Went around searching for a reliable recipe but surprisingly, it wasn't a popular bake among bloggers out there. So I decided to settle for the famous martha steward's oreo cheese cupcakes. I liked the idea of placing a whole oreo cookie as the base and they look really cute, dont u think so? Martha Stewart's recipes never fail...

Popped them out of the cupcake casing, placed them on a pretty bowl, showed them to lil sis and was she pleased! Her reaction after taking the first bite was really classic tho(: Mom and dad enjoyed the cake too, and all said there was a pleasant after-taste. I was pleased with this and will try this recipe by baking them in a whole cake pan.

I replaced the sour cream with low fat yoghurt, and it did not affect the taste much.

After a first few bites.. Overall, the taste wasn't too rich as I reduced the amount of cream cheese and I prefer my cakes light else, the cake will be too filling..

Rum Cake

2011-05-10T22:31:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Rum Cake with Varlhona chocolate pearls..

A very overdued post. Been busy with school, thus the lack of updates. Rest assured I'll be updating this space more regularly from now onwards. Short announcement tho, Batter Burps will not be accepting any more cake orders from 24 May onwards all the way till August due to my hectic schedule from school. However, I'll be able to accept any orders which happen to fall during my holidays! Small bake sales will also be conducted during my holidays(: So do keep a lookout over here..

Back to this rum cake.. Baked this for the boyf as a valentines day present. Baked a rich choc cake, layered them with rum ganache, before topping it up with varlhona crunchy pearls. A very rich cake indeed but the addition of rum was really yum! then after this, was the deco.. sprinkled some silver disco dust over the top.. and it turned out to be shimmery on top like this!

Cut out fondant hearts in diff shades, tied a red ribbon round the cake and hee, was I proud of this cake! Of course, boyf loved this cake alot. As it was a rich choc base, the cake was rather filling.. I love tweaking my recipes(: will bake this cake again.. and its definitely for the choc lover.

Cream cheese chiffon cake

2011-03-22T21:50:00.000-07:00

A soft, fluffy cake..

Although this might be my first chiffon cake post, it definitely isnt the first chiffon cake I've baked.

My first was a pandan cake where it was a mind boggling process which turned out to be a pretty light cake. The story goes... It was late at night and decided to attempt baking the latter when I've got all the ingredients at home already. Part 2 of e recipe (egg yolks, flour, pandan juice, coconut lala.) was well mixed, then I proceeded to part I of the recipe(which is the meringue). After 10 mins of high speed whisking in my mixer, the mixture was foamy and couldnt rise at all!

I started to panic, daddy came along, panicked with me too, and we decided to drive down to a nearby coffee shop and ask the coffee uncle to sell us some eggs! it was prb ard 11, 12pm at that time.. Luckily for us, there was a shop n save which was opened for 24hrs! PHEWW! yupp, in the end, the cake was a success but did not manage to take any pics as it was finished up by the following day..

Chiffon cakes really do require much practice. Got this recipe from here, and it definitely is a keeper! A must try for all bakers out there! simple and easy, just rmb to cool it the right way!

This cake was finished by the family within a day!

*ps: always try to stick to a chiffon pan for even heating..

sesame street...

2011-02-24T06:03:00.000-08:00

Cookie monster and elmo cake

This is my first cookie monster and also my first customised cream cake. They are all chocolate and are sandwiched with chocolate ganache.. I love the way the cookie monster "fur" turned out (: and of cos, the customised wordings which were brushed with silver glitter.

Tip #233 was used to pipe the fur, but everything had to be done quickly as the tip was rather fine and cream gets wobbly quickly when not kept in the fridge. I had to alternate piping bags of cream in and out of the fridge at the time, but all's worth it!

Then, I divided the remaining cream into the various colors used here. washing up was a pain. But nevertheless, I was glad I managed to finish decorating the cake by night.

For orders and enquiries, do feel free to email me at jollyobake@gmail.com

yup, its the iPhone again(:

2011-02-07T03:33:00.000-08:00

Modified version of an iPhone4 3D cake..

Baked this for my cousin's birthday, yup, another cousin's birthday over here. I've got say, 12 cousins from my mom's side and still counting. (: So, recently, my mom has been baking and decorating with me and she was the one who did all the iPhone apps over here! thanks mommy! No stencils nor cutters were used on this cake and were mostly hand painted and cut.

Its a chocolate layered cake with ganache..

Have a closer looks at the apps, feel really proud of this cake, it looks more iPhone like compared to my first iPhone cake (:

Happy cousin, Joel cutting his cake!

Doraemon !

2011-01-18T07:53:00.000-08:00

A chocolatey 3 tier cake and cupcakes..

A Doraemon themed cake order I received. This time, the customer requested for a 3 tier cake stand which I had never assembled any of my cakes on before. Luckily, Ive got a sis who studies packaging and a dad who loves assembling things and figuring things out. Shopped for materials at Art friend including styrofoam dummies and this was what they came up with! awesome isn't it? plenty of hard work involved eh!

At first, I was worrying and trying to figure out how to mould a Doraemon character out of fondant. I even bought a round styrofoam dummy! BUT! I managed to find the figurine somehow and was I relieved!

They are chocolate cakes and frosted with very good chocolate ganache. All cocoa powder used is Varlhona, which ensures the quality of the cakes, I even had one leftover cupcake for breakfast!

I particularly enjoyed doing up these cakes and cupcakes. Enjoyed molding the little presents and lollipops, even brushed them with shimmery disco dust. I even cut out the oval shapes for the border myself, no cookie cutter involved! (:

Printed the doraemon pics on edible paper, pasted them onto the fondant which was pasted onto the ganache frosting. Then, piped the border with buttercream! Mom and dad helped me with the cupcakes too! so that I wouldn't have to work through the night (:

3D cakes..

2011-01-11T04:47:00.000-08:00

Harry Potter Book Cake

An order I received from my uni project mate! It's a cookies n cream cake layered with cream and more cookie bits! My virgin attempt in making a book cake. the book itself was a breeze but the scarf wasn't as easy as how it looks.

I think i added too much modelling powder, resulting in the fondant drying up more quickly and breaking more easily as a result. wanted to create more "bends" on the scarf but it was just too fragile then:(

However, I do love the brown, leather effect of the book. Without any template, or any alphabet cutter used, I managed to cut out the Harry Potter initials in lightning bolt effect free hand! hoho. and I'm falling in love with lustre dusts..

wishing wishing that I'll have a chance to create designer 3d handbags such as Chanel, Hermes, a 3D tiffany and co gift box cake and a guitar cake!

And finally, the

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iPad cake!

This is a much smaller size as compared to the iphone. and yupp, its carrot cake with cream cheese frosting again!

Fret not, yours truly has finally mastered my choc layered cake recipe for fondant cakes!

So from today onwards, flavors like the all time favorite carrot cake, butter, cookies n cream and the newly launched and delicious choc cake layered with ganache are available already!

*However, do take note the base for fondant cakes are slightly denser than your typical cake due to the weight of the fondant.

Back to the iPad.. received this order for my friend's friend's birthday and I have been wanting to do this all along! I have always loved painting and being able to paint on cakes are just 2 interests combined altogether for me! And so, I prepared the colors on a palette and began painting and blending the background of a typical iPad.. cut out the apps, painted on them and I really love the photos app!

bottom part of the cake..

I like the safari and videos app too..this time, it took me a shorter time to complete the whole cake. Practice practice practice..

Tune in to this space for more pretty cakes!

here comes another 3D cake!

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The wheels on the bus go round and round..

Baked this cake for my baby cousin, Nicholas 1 year old birthday party(:

Although I had no inkling of how a wheels on the bus character looked like at first, I thought it would be quite fun doing a bus made out of cake!

choosing my fav medium, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, I began stacking, frosting the cake.

Then I got the Lim family, to help me out with the deco early in the morning to rush the cake for the afternoon!

delegated the tasks to mom and dad and tah dah! this was the end result!

one of the characters which I moulded and painted a few days before..and my, was I glad that I actualy had this prepared beforehand. all figurines in the pic are all hand crafted and moulded!

Despite having a few cracks on the fondant, I was still pretty satisfied with the outcome. But definitely learned my lesson of not adding too much modelling powder to the fondant!

and there you go, another 3D cake besides an apple cake product(:

Brownies to die for..

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Dark, Fudegy Brownies..

choc chip walnut brownies which are fudgey and chocolatey

warm them up and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and they'll be purrrfeccctttt!

Email jollyobake@gmail.com for orders now!

strawberry and carrot cake!

2010-12-29T05:22:00.000-08:00

Christmas Cakes Part II
(strawberry shortcake)

My stalker friend, Sihui ordered these cakes for her christmas gathering..

Thinking of doing something special, as spreading whipped cream over a cake isnt as easy, I decided to pipe them onto the sponge cake!

I layered the sponge cake and sandwiched them between fresh whipped cream and fresh korean strawberries..

sprinkled them with silver disco dust, decorated with some christmas ornaments and woa, i was impressed with myself! magical...

and this was followed by...

Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting!

A simple cake yet a classic one.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas cupcakes

2010-12-17T05:18:00.000-08:00

Christmas BakeSale Part I

Chocolate Cupcake with choc peppermint ganache

sprinkled with speckles of silver dust, giving them a magical look..

Sinfully good...

Grab these cupcakes before e 24th!

(*limited no.of orders will be taken during this festive season)

9 cupcakes with decorations included at $30.

cupcakes will be decorated as shown and e rest with a marshmallow on top.

Email jollyobake@gmail.com for enquiries and orders now!

Here comes another Hello Kitty cake!

2010-11-30T19:31:00.000-08:00

Red themed 2 tiered Hello Kitty Cake

Another Hello Kitty cake order I received. This time, it was for a girl's 21st birthday. When I was told e cake has to feed around 30 people, I just had to come up with something spectacular and make the hello kitty face stand out. Thus, I decided to attempt my first 2 tiered cake!

It is an orange madeira cake with strawberry jam as filling. All piped by hand and it was really time consuming as compared to the previous post.

Mini cupcake spelling happy birthday! since there wasn't enough space on the cake(:

and they had strawberry jam filling inside too.

will try making my own jam next time!

hello kitty cake order

2010-11-29T21:09:00.000-08:00

Pink hello kitty themed cakes

My friend, Andrea, ordered this for her friend's birthday. Since my hello kitty cake pan was rather small, I suggested to surround them with mini cupcakes! I love the cupcake liners, polka dots with pink background, matching the theme of this order (:

Before decorating, its a cookies n cream cake which my sis simply loves and claims it to be her favorite flavor..

Side view. after the process of a messy kitchen, hours of piping and piping bags lying everywhere! i hate hate cleaning up frostingss... but aint the result great?

Under yellow lighting. Like this pic, giving my cake a vintage feel! (:

Strawberry souffle Roll

2010-11-13T20:55:00.000-08:00

Strawberry Souffle roll

Being amazed at how fun it is to make souffle rolls, I came up with this with whatever I had left in the fridge from a previous order of a strawberry shortcake.

I made a vanilla souffle roll, then marinating my own strawberries and whipping up the cream..

Ta-dah! However, I was too impatient and did not allow it to cool completely before applying the cream and chucking it into the fridge, resulting in a small part of the roll is to slightly chewier... It can't really be seen in the pic tho..

I whipped up too much cream too, making the roll kinda wobbly. but more cream= tastier (: what's more, the cream I use isn't too rich and no one complained about it (:

Matcha Souffle swiss roll

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Matcha souffle swiss roll

Having a packet of red bean lying in the cupboard, I started searching for match recipes which required the latter. and i found this! my first successful attempt in rolling a swiss roll! and my, it wasn't as easy when there's whipped cream inside..

After baking the sponge layer, I let it cool to roll temperature, then removing the parchment paper on top.. The sponge I used for this had more of a chewy texture, smthn like a marshmallow texture(:

whipped up the cream, and starting squeezing the red bean paste at the side!

Rolled it up and immediately covering up in cling wrap to retain its shape, and there it goes into the fridge!

Take this in small bites, then you'll be able to taste the matcha flavor! It complements well with the red bean too(:

Notice

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Hi all, Batter Burps will not be receiving orders from 2-16 December.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused

Do keep a lookout for the Christmas bake sale which will be on this space soon! (:

3d iPhone cake!

2010-10-31T07:24:00.000-07:00

iPhone Cake
(Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting!)

Around a month back, I got an order from my friend, Celine to make an iPhone cake for her boyfriend's birthday. Initially, I had second thoughts and even wanted to do an edible icing image for the apps as I wasn't really tt experienced with fondant back then. But, luckily, she convinced me to give this cake a try and ta-dah! THANKS CELINE! (:

and so, I began doing up the cake on thursday. grating the carrots, baking the cake..

and phew! it was a success with no unexpected hiccups.

friday- got back from school to do up the cream cheese frosting. sliced the cake into two before slicing them into 2 again horizontally as the cake was pretty huge. Kept it in the fridge for around 3 hourse before covering it with fondant. and my, I had to knead the fondant a few times (ard 700g?) before I could get the shape and size I wanted to cover the cake.

At night was where everything became hectic. Started to paint the borders (silver) and then the background of the cake black. I had to alternate the cake from an air con room to the fridge in case anything happens to the cream cheese frosting inside.

And then, finally the apps! got my hands inked with all sorts of colors. "Mugged" with sis through the night to complete all 16 apps..

Painted the details and words the following morning. By then, I was kinda concussed alr, dead tired from the previous week of exams.. BUT, I was really satisfied with what I had done. I never knew I could really come up with this and am really proud of it! (: Thank you mei mei (:

*ps: im glad ive got a sis who studies design

My first fondant cake

2010-10-14T05:17:00.000-07:00

Hermes Cake

Chocolate cake with mint frosting

After seeing many classes, blogs on fondant cakes, I decided to give fondant cakes a try
and it was really fun!
one thing I like about fondant? minimal washing up!
and it was so much easier to work with as compared to buttercream and other icings.

Before adding on the borders.

okay, there were many mistakes with this cake, I forgot to spread a layer of choc buttercream before placing the fondant over and it didnt really stick much :(

next, I kinda panicked while cutting out the "ribbons" and the proportions weren't that right

AND! i wanted to paint the logo in, BUT, I realised that I placed the top ribbon a lil too low =no space.

oh wells, I was pretty satisfied on how it turned out overall. (:

Never judge a cake by its looks..

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Chocolate fudge cake

looks like a jelly cake? take a closer look at the 2nd pic..

its the most awesome choc cake ever! has the same method of a kaya cake..where the fudge has to be cooked and poured directly onto the sponge cake.. am still figuring out on how to improve the outlook of it.. any ideas people?

It's my family's favorite cake! Chocolatey fudge with a soft sponge layer.. This cake was gone by the 2nd night and one good thing about it? it won't harden up in the fridge but in fact, tastier.

other than the looks which needs much experimenting and improving, the texture, taste and all of it were just perfecttt.. will be baking this again this week!

it'll be a month of baking with so many birthdays coming up.. one week after another...

ps: time to stock up on my baking supplies!

Wilton Course I

2010-09-20T09:02:00.000-07:00

Wilton Course One Cakes

yupp, and i'm finally posting these pics up..

Baked my own cakes for the lessons, madeira cake, simple and nice. but heavy cake! esp when I had to carry them to newton..

The rainbow cake was done in lesson 2 where we were taught basic piping skills such as star, clouds, wordings, borders and all. I wanted to do a 4 colored rainbow cake but my cake was too small! only 7 inches? but my finale cake was too huge!

and finally...

My wilton course one finale cake!

not quite what I had in mind tho.. my cake was too big, thus looking plain despite adding many roses in the middle already.. If only I had the time, I would hv added more pastel colors and probably fill the whole top with big roses.. and done a more unique border..

My friend said my cake had the vintage look while my sis laughed out loud, saying it was too "old", like it carried the design of those old bakeries..:( the color.. rahh.

so, ever since then, I've been experimenting on various colors, like different ranges of a shade and am loving those from americolor!

*I'm starting to venture into 3d fondant cakes~ $$$$

Cousin's Birthday Cake

2010-09-02T08:00:00.000-07:00

Strawberry Shortcake

I got an order from my aunt a few months back to bake for my cousin's birthday. She requested for strawberry shortcake which at that time, I couldn't even bake a nice soft sponge cake! As i had only a month of holiday left, I decided to go into full force baking, taking up a chocolate fudge cake class and wilton course one (: yupp, I completed all of that and really enjoyed myself..

(*a messy sight with lots of panicking..)

A few days before, I went googling, you tube, viewing how people actually make strawberry shortcakes.. As it wasn't really the strawberry season, I marinated the chopped strawberries with sugar for a few hours before laying them onto the sponge layers.

It was pretty amazing seeing how the strawberries had a gradual change in texture, from hard to soft and mushy. I even read somewhere that if they were kept like that in a fridge in a airtight container for probably a week, it'll become strawberry jam! cool huh?

I baked the sponge layers the night before. I even had a trial run where I did a blueberry sponge cake a week before. I can even memorise the whole recipe for sponge cake by now!
This is a 3 layer cake.. did not arrange the layers properly, thus the 2nd layer of cream can't really be spotted..

Wilton course one really taught me a lot. Layering a cake, crumb coating where all the proper methods of assembling a cake were shown. In the past, I never got a nicely layered cake (some parts of it breaking off, too much crumbs etc etc.) and I'd always leave that to daddy. HAHA. but! whoa, after the course, I think I'm a neater person! (:

After icing the cake with whipped cream and doing up the borders..

And tah dah! this is the afterworks of a great mess on my dining table, lots of used piping bags, piping tips, toothpicks. tskkk, dont remind me of the washing up..

I love piping roses! that is if i manage the get the type of consistency i want, which can be quite problematic.. I sprinkled some disco dust over them which were quite shiny just like its name says- pixie dust!

My aunts and grandma loved the way the cake looked and tasted. I'm pretty proud of myself as my wilton finale cake wasn't that great... Moreover, this one was way tastier and really soft!

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My very first Hello Kitty cake!

I went to Taiwan recently with my bunch of friends and we visited this Hello Kitty restaurant over there which had very pretty and all Hello kitty themed cakes! the restaurant itself was very pinky and almost all the utensils, even the menu and toilet had Hello kitty stuff! AWESOME!

But these cakes dont come cheap! each one of us spent around 15 bucks there just to have the dessert and enjoy the pretty atmosphere..

Sad to say, they didn't taste as good as how they looked. They tasted very average and we got bored of it after having a few mouthfuls. Too sweet and I got a headache instead of a sugar rush after dessert :(

A few days later, me and gy went around this market looking for dried goods and baking stuff. Finally, we came upon this pretty old shop where I found my hello kitty cake tin! the stuff there weren't that cheap tho, oh wells, I was really satisfied with my buy! (:

Apricot Cake topped with cream cheese frosting.

I reduced the sugar by half as I realised the cream cheese cant really be tasted if the icing is too sweet. This is my first time baking and decorating such a cake and I'm pretty glad on how it turned out eventually (:

*ps: all thanks to gy I was able to do this!

2010-08-05T09:07:00.000-07:00

Japanese cotton cheesecake

(original)

Another first attempt bake. But I'm very pleased with this!

it turned out just the way I wanted it to be, the one which I ate when I was still a toddler then at raffles city. (fiesta i think? some jap rest which was v popular for their cheesecakes)

Baked this for daddy's birthday. a small cake yet just enough for our family..

I know it looks kinda ugly on top. I was too impatient to unmold the cake from the pan and bam, it landed on top of my wire rack :(

The texture when served fresh was too fluffy and the taste wasn't quite there yet.

I kept it in the fridge overnight and hoho! the cake was denser and I had 2 slices for myself(:

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Sugar cookies.

My first attempt at making & decorating sugar cookies and it was so fun!

The cookies alone are buttery and taste like the ones sold in tins (y'know those sugar cookies in supermarkets, which my guinea pigs claimed to be.. haha)

then I started making royal icing, yes they were very sweet but since I cut down half of the sugar needed for my cookies, the icing and the cookies complimented well with each other(:

The thing with first attempts? a messy kitchen, trial and errors, panics, being at a lost when something happens.

what happened to me? i didn't flood the cookies correctly! resulting in an overflow (see the top left hand cookie bone?)~ I only took a picture of the better looking ones! hee..

ps: newly bought dress, star, ice cream, hearts cookie cutters sitting in the cupboard...

2010-08-05T03:42:00.000-07:00

Blueberry Thumbprint cookies!

Having a large tube of blueberry filling at home, I went online surfing for cookie recipes which requires the latter and I finally found an easy bake from lickthefrosting yet again.. hee

The recipe required me to bake the jam together with the cookies, and I thought" wouldn't the jam be all runny after baking?" I still tried tho, and to my surprise, the jam sort of became a light jelly and they actually stuck together!

Molded these cookies all by myself with no presser/machine used whatsoever!

They taste best when they're fresh from the oven. all crunchy and warm. buttery too! (:

but when kept overnight, the cookies were a bit soggy (i still haven't figured out why, prob due to the jam? idk). so the next time i were to bake these, Ill just bake the cookies plain with a small indent in the middle and when I'm about to serve them, I'll just pipe in the jam! hopefully, the cookies will remain crunchy..

*ps: 1 tub of leftover blueberry jam .. jollyobake will soon be filled with more blueberry jam posts~

cupcakes order..

2010-07-11T07:52:00.000-07:00

28 blue and orange cupcakes

My sec school friend, sze chieh ordered 28 cupcakes for her farewell and early birthday celebration.

This was really a challenge, it being the biggest order I have till date and I would not be able to do it without the help of my best friend, gy who came over to my place to help me with the frosting (:

Although I drew out a draft, I still kept forgetting how many color combis I have to make for each colored pattern. yes, if gy hadn't been there, I guess I would be in a deep mess..

Did these little bumblebees the night before, letting them dry overnight.. and yup, I was very pleased with them although some were slightly bigger than the other..

Did these butterflies using my patchwork cutters, sprinkled them with some shimmery dust and tah dah! but only a few survived as I rolled them too thin and many broke :(

Chocolate melting moments

2010-06-30T07:24:00.000-07:00

Also known as Chocolate Meringues~

A snack so chocolatey and sinful, yet you can't stop putting them into ur mouth.

They were like coco pops just that they were way more chocolatey, sweeter and bigger..

BUT! do not be deceived by the photos, they were only 50% successful...

take a look~

spot anything funny? observe the cracks...looks pretty hollow inside eh?

FAILED batch! the ugly ones.

they were like hats, I could actually remove the top and it had a marshmallow texture underneath (the dark brown ones)

I guess the temperature was too hot as this batch were placed on the lower rack of my oven while the successful ones were placed on the upper rack...

2010-06-21T00:51:00.000-07:00

Marble Cake

(*well, it wasn't really a well swirled marble cake)

Although I'm not a fan of the latter plus the amount of calories involved, I decided to attempt it as it's a general form of cake which many people love. My friend said she swirled the cake too much which made the cake look almost like a chocolate cake, thus resulting in me, the kiasu baker, swirling the batter too little!

The cake caused the whole house to have a buttery fragrance. and yupp, as usual, mummy n daddy kept on popping by the kitchen, taking a look at what's baking in the oven.

Other than the too little swirls and the big dome shape of the cake, I was satisfied with the cake especially my ah mah! (: Thing I've discovered; omit the vanilla extract, essence etc. when baking strong flavored cakes eg. butter cake, cheesecake, etc.. it wouldn't make much of a difference..

ps: the recipe's from this great magazine which is really worth buying.

2010-06-06T00:34:00.000-07:00

Banana Muffins

My sis and I have always been fans of banana cakes..

So when I asked her whether I should bake a banana pound cake or muffin, she preferred the latter.

I loved the appearance the way these muffins turned out.

The best time to eat them? when they're just taken out from the oven; fresh and warm.

and nope, they weren't dense but, fluffy..

Mummy, however, said she couldn't really taste the bananas? hmmm, oh wells, shall add more of them the next time..

what's next? Chocolate Melting Moments!

I wonder how mine will turn out like. I've always got problems with egg whites..

2010-06-05T00:52:00.000-07:00

Tiramisu cake for granny!

My top 2 most confident cakes; tiramisu and lemon cheesecake. baked them many times, modifying them each try and yupp, they can only get even better.

This tiramisu recipe can be said to be the easiest of all, a 100% success and probably the easiest and simplest recipe to follow to. less than 20 minutes preparation time and tah dah!, you get a professional tiramisu cake which can be compared to the ones sold outside. (*as said from friends and family who have tasted this)

why? because i buy the sponge fingers instead of baking them myself, aint that confident to slice such low sponge layers yet.

see how good this looks? (:

It isnt't filling but instead, refreshing after a heavy dinner..

sliced and ready to be served...

I baked another of this for my skinny, sweet gaoya's birthday a few days back!

She loved it and I hoped the cake managed to last during the long bus journey back..

thing to note: it can't be left outside for long tho..

Birthdays..

2010-06-04T21:21:00.000-07:00

Lemon Cheesecake

So ive been on a hiatus from jollyobake.. but I definitely haven't taken a break from baking (:

been busy baking cakes for cousin's, grandma's, grandfather's birthday... cookies and all.. will upload the pics every now and then.

This lemon cheesecake was baked for my cousin.. The sides were quite messy after removing the cake from the springfoam pan. I had no patience, was rushing against time, which resulted in a crumbly, patchy side. rahh. but! I managed to cover my mess by spreading whipped cream and wrapping it up with plastic siders! HOHO.

When the cake was served, aunts, cousins went "so sweet!", amazed over the pastel colored cheesecake decorations.. bought the skirts and dresses decorations over at biy during work the other day. The cake was indeed a success, it had a creamy, light texture and wasn't too rich with the help of lemons! Lemons really do wonders to bakes~

Choc chip cookies (II)

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The newly improved/modified recipe!

Chocolate chip walnut cookies.

After reading and browsing through cookie recipe books, plus my many trials in baking cookies, I decided to put together all the tips I've acquired into this batch of cookies!

This can be said to be one my of my most satisfying and pleased bakes. I sort of modified the recipe myself based on the feedback people have given me from the previous batches.

The cookies are crispy and light, what's more it isn't too filling which makes one want to eat one after another.

99.9% guaranteed by me! HAHA. but seriously, it's a must try.

To introduce these cookies to my price list, I'm selling them at a real steal!

100g for $3 (minimum order of 200g though)

400g for $11 !

The above picture is a packet of 200g.

*Do email jollyobake@gmail.com for orders!

delivery and meet ups depending on locations can be done as well (:

Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

2010-04-05T02:03:00.000-07:00

3 things: batter, lemon curd filling, meringue topping.

1 whole packet of lemon used altogether just to make the lemon curd and the batter.

My first time adding filling to cupcakes, of cos, more work involved, but resulting in a tastier treat.

It was one sour cupcake, but not literally to that extent.

The sweet meringue topping complimented well with the cupcakes.

At least, they were something different, aren't they?

This batch of cupcakes took me a few hours. (making the lemon curd, squeezing the lemons manually, cooling the cupcakes, whipping up the egg whites lalala.) many steps, many ingredients. rahhh

and it only managed to yield around 12 cupcakes.

nevertheless, they were finished up within 2 days (:

I guess I'll only bake these cupcakes on special occasions.

-the lazy baker signing off~

Cottage pie,

2010-04-02T08:30:00.000-07:00

I've always wondered how potato in shepherd's pie and cottage pie would be so smooth and tasty.

It isn't hard as a normal boiled potato and one bite seems to lead on to many.

borrowed a book from the library on all types of no-crust pies and woaaa.

it really was quite simple to make. milk, cream, seasoning to taste just does the trick. and not forgetting the seasoned minced chicken meat of course (:

this was finished up within 2 days.

mommy, sis and me were busy preparing this.. all 3 girls alone at home with nothing to do= whipping up some dish from the recipe book!

Thing to note: the potato was a little too creamy so we couldn't slice it up, have to improve on this the next time..

Lemon Cheesecake

2010-04-01T06:11:00.000-07:00

My previous non-bake coffee cheesecake kinda failed. the coffee taste was way too bitter, batter too thin for my pan. rahh, it just didnt looks good.

so, this is my 2nd attempt at cheesecakes. ingredients used are quite simple but lemon really does do wonders to bakes! it made this chesecake tasty, light and not too rich. what's more, the lemon taste wasnt overwhelming but just makes one want to eat more.

This is a baked cheesecake, requiring a baking time of 30 mins. Initially, I wanted to try out the kenwood cheesecake recipe till I saw this, with the original name" My mum's lemon cheesecake". My mum, though, doesnt bake but of cos cooks great food, which results in the latter.

Love this recipe and I will definitely bake this again! (:

According to sis, the cake was so damn good while mommy says it tasted professional. (:

my family are always my #1 guinea pigs.

It kinda tasted like New York cheesecake too. The layer on top is actually sour cream. I guess adding strawberry sauce or some jam on top would go well too.

Sesame Bread

2010-03-28T21:13:00.000-07:00

Baked this whole lot on my own. finally, a batch of successful freshly baked bread!

It took me one whole day, waiting for the dough to rise, punch the air out, and the process repeats again.

By the time the dough was done up, it was already midnight and I decided to roll them into balls, sprinkle them with sesame seeds on top. tts it!

shall try adding cheese and red bean paste in them next time.

I added some choc into 2 of the rolls, but idk why, the texture of e choc was kinda dry, prb I should add oil or water to it next time?

I simply loved the appearance of the buns when they taken out of the oven straightaway. the egg glaze on top made the buns look really good!

now Ive got 3 tupperwares of buns at home -_-"

Homemade bread

2010-03-23T08:03:00.000-07:00

Sauage, chicken floss, cheese bread

After having countless failures at baking bread, I attended a baking class at making sausage bread..

took around 4 hours, and my, baking bread really tests one's patience. but the product of freshly baked homemade bread was really good.

The instructor over there was very friendly and patient too..

the fees were reasonable, one on one session and I even brought home 4 big packs of bread which I baked in class! thumbs up!

Kaya rolled bread.

Cheese with chicken floss loaf.

my attempt at making different shapes and sizes. some were quite messy as you can see..
some of them had a glaze while others has a matt finish, due to the use of different glaze.. either a water or egg wash..
mummy suggested me trying cinammon rolls using the same recipe..
Pretty satisfied with myself. hopefully, I'll be able to bake a successful batch by myself during my next attempt! (:

Free breakfast for friends I'm meeting tmr. HAHA.

Chocolate Pie

2010-03-18T23:52:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I last baked this. My family loves this pie especially my younger sis who claims that the almond scent was pretty strong (:

family bought a whole lot of fresh almond ground from Taiwan a week ago. They were way fresher and fragrant than those in Singapore. tskkk

The pie is made of almond crust and dark chocolate mousse filling. Unlike others, this recipe takes quite a long preparation time but its definitely worth it.

It tastes as good as it looks!

oh yes, this pie is in my price list too.

quality and fresh ingredients such as dark chocolate, cream, milk, almond are used.

*1 big pie (26x3cm) would cost $18.

2010-03-04T20:24:00.000-08:00

Chocolate Chip Cookies

So I was busy baking from 11am in the morning till 2pm in the afternoon, which includes all the washing up and all.

2 batches of chocolate fingers and a batch of choc chip cookies!

as i ran out of brown sugar, I used muscovado sugar instead. texture of the cookies were definitely different, but they tasted even better, just that the dough was a lil damp and not as easy to handle.

the cookies were crispy and slightly soft in the inside. If only I had white chocolate chips and macademia nuts at home, they would be purrrfecttt.

condensed milk yum!

2010-02-19T02:55:00.000-08:00

Condensed Milk Pound Cake

Baked this the last time, mommy claims this is one of her favorite bakes from me.

I love recipes which require the use of the mixer. dump everything into the machine and here comes a sweet smelling bake! (:

Thing to note: I reduced the amount of condensed milk required to 1/3 cup as people who used this recipe before said it was way too sweet.

the portion was pretty small too, unlike other recipes.

The taste was buttery with a tinge of condensed milk. Texture was soft and fluffy which pleased me.

next on the list: a whole layered cake, which I have yet to master. wish me luck!

Viennese cookies

2010-02-14T22:27:00.000-08:00

Chocolate dipped Viennese fingers

Since its cny period, and I wanted to bake something simple after so long, I decided on these chocolate fingers. They just look so tempting and it was my first time piping cookies.

It wasn't so easy piping them, as alot of strength was needed to press them out neatly.

but, I still had fun making them! surprisingly, they weren't time consuming and were only took up around one hour of my time?

minimal sugar, bitter dark chocolate were used, so i guess they aren't as fattening as other cookies?

After baking them, I realised that they resembled marks & spencer cookies! the taste wasn't lacking either. (:

As there was leftover melted chocolate, daddy didn't wana waste any of it, which explains these! haha!

Macaroons

2010-02-08T06:44:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Macaroons

After having two failed attempts at macaroons, I decided to sign up for the valentine's macaroons class my aunt took earlier on.

and I finally knew where I went wrong so it was pretty satisfying!

green tea ones next? (:

shall come up with my own cream cheese cream in between next.

bread class next. that, I think Ive failed at least 5 times already? arghh. yes

its frustrating when you know you've followed the recipe throughout and not knowing what exactly went wrong. $%&*&^

anyway, these macaroons were a huge success! tasty, pretty, what more can one ask for? (:

imma happy girl now.

Chinese New Year goodies

2010-02-06T07:27:00.000-08:00

Pineapple Tarts

Bought the pineapple filling a couple of days ago. as I dont wana go to the trouble of chopping/frying the pineapples. If only I had a maid at home, then I wouldn't get so uptight with washing up after baking!
So, I began searching for a an easy recipe, hopped on to HappyHomeBaking and decided to use her recipe yet again! her recipes are always easy, foolproof and never fails (:

Mommy helped me with rolling the pineapple fillings.

The tarts on the other hand, were pretty crumbly and required lots of patience.

sat in front of the tv at the dining table, pressed out the tarts and it wasn't as easy as I thought for a first timer at these goodies!

Dad and mum said they tasted great, shall try some again tmr!

wanted to bake some valentine's day themed mini cakes with the new wilton valentines day products I splurged at biy the other day but I realised there's no more butter at home! TSKK.

i simply hate scenarios like these. When motivation comes, something stops you. argh. major stocking up tmr!

2010-02-01T19:01:00.000-08:00

Dark Chocolate chip cookies

Decided to try another recipe for dark choc cookies as I felt the previous ones were not chocolatey enough.

and yupp, this was better again.

added choc chips, blanched almonds and walnuts.

This time, I followed strictly to the baking time and finally my cookies were not too hard, but in fact, soft, having a "cakey" texture in the inside.

Mommy and sis said they they smelt like famous amos', tho they weren't as crunchy. but yet, this is one of my favorite recipe due to the dark chocolate taste!

Cupcakes order

2010-01-30T00:51:00.000-08:00

Cookies N' Cream cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

Another order I got for 18 cupcakes..

She opted for blue and white with the previous same design.

Baked from 10am and finally they were done an hour agoo.

Now, the hardest part, washing up! the whole kitchen is in a mess. with icings, blue n red colorings here n there.

but, I'm quite pleased with the cupcakes (: kinda neat aren't they?

All packed and ready to be collected!

tried some extras and they were definitely wayyy better than the previous batch.

cupcakes were sweeter but not too sweet, fluffier and all!

they went well with the frosting too YUMM!

(:(:(:

2010-01-29T19:57:00.000-08:00

Chocolate Truffles

melt, refrigerate, roll, refrigerate= chocolate truffles!

thats how easy they were to make except that rolling them were quite a mess.

imagine melted chocolate all over your hands!

For those who loves dark chocolate, as I didn't add additional sugar (:

As I was trying to get the mess out of my hands asap, the coat of cocoa powder was a lil too much.

But here goes the quick recipe..

Ingredients:

8 ounces (227 grams) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, cut into small pieces

3/4 cup (180 ml) heavy whipping cream

2 tablespoons (28 grams) unsalted butter

2 tablespoons alcohol (Cognac, brandy, Grand Marnier, kirsch, rum or Kahlua to name a few) (optional)

Method:
1) Place the chopped chocolate in a medium sized stainless steel bowl. Set aside.
2) Heat the cream and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil.
3) Immediately pour the boiling cream over the chocolate and allow to stand for 5 minutes. Stir with a whisk until smooth.
4) If desired, add the liqueur.
5) Cover and place in the refrigerator until the truffle mixture is firm (this will take several hours or overnight).
6) With your hands, or else a melon baller or small spoon form the chocolate into round or mis-shaped bite-sized balls.
7) Immediately roll the truffle in the coating and place on a parchment lined baking sheet or tray.
8) Cover and place in the refrigerator until firm.

**Truffles can be refrigerated for a couple of weeks or else frozen for a couple of months. Bring to room temperature before serving.

2010-01-25T04:53:00.000-08:00

Cookies N' Cream muffins

This has been on my baking list for v long. The recipe required one whole pack of oreo cookies.

Somehow, after baking, the white filling between the cookies seem to have dissolved into the batter, which I thought would sweeten the batter, but didnt. not sure why too..

Taste of the oreos was good, but it wasn't sweet enough. cut down 200g to 70g, which is quite alot.

I wanted to place the bumblebees on top of some cream cheese frosting for these muffins. but since it was alr late at night, i shall bake these prob somewhere this week again!

Fondant

2010-01-24T07:03:00.000-08:00

My first attempt with fondant

= edible play dough!

I was watching some youtube video with fondant bumblebees where they taught step by step.

but, my rose failed miserably although sis says it really looks like a rose. oh wells.

I still prefer these bees! great for cupcake toppers and they were quite easy to make.

Fondant tho, is rather costly, with the tools and all, the medium itself is alr 10 bucks per pack?

plus pathwork cutters aren't easy to find in singapore.

Went to Phoon Huat at Geylang, and it can be said to be the biggest and most well supplied outlet among all. I literally went gaga went I stepped into the shop. and I realised I'm always stocking up on my baking supplies every week. hee

I get amazed by everything quite easily, which makes me want to try everything all at one go.

fondant, candy making, cakes, thinking of signing up for wilton course one too, bread making and all. rahh.

cant decide which to focus on.

2010-01-21T05:43:00.000-08:00

Kueh Bangkit

My fav New Year snacks!
A simple, budget recipe which only required tapioca flour, pandan leaves, coconut milk, icing sugar, a lil butter and tah dah!

However, as I didn't know whether the cookies were cooked, I over baked them, resulting in the cookies turning a lil hard after cooling down on the wire rack for quite a while. Other than that, they were still quite tasty. My cookie cutters were too big too, taking kueh bangkits in small bites are still the best (:

*Tip: always follow the baking time, cool the cookies on the wire rack immediately. Always store in an airtight container.

2010-01-17T00:40:00.000-08:00

Fudgey Chocolate Brownies

I had a bad craving for chocolates the past few days. and despite popping cadbury choc into my mouth, I still couldn't seem to get rid of my craving. Then I decided to attempt baking the choc brownies which I made for my sister's birthday last year.

My previous attempt resulted in a hard brownie despite the name "brownie fudge"

I tend to over bake, thinking that the batter wasn't baked long enough. so I decided to follow the recipe exactly this time.

although it was still damp underneath, I cooled it, placed it in the fridge after that.
and after awhile, I popped it into the toaster, which became a warm choc brownie oozing choc fudge!
very very chocolatey!
simple steps, doesn't even require the need of a mixer. took a preparation time of at most 15 mins?

Matcha jelly

2010-01-14T18:52:00.000-08:00

Matcha Jelly

So I was browsing through food blogs again..till I saw this simple recipe posted by BlessedHomemaker
i've always loved matcha and there was a new bottle of green tea powder I bought from phoon Huat sitting at home.
If only I had an ice cream maker at home, I would definitely make matcha ice cream!

Mixture after adding the powder

It looks smooth, but I couldn't seem to get the lumps of green tea powder to dissolve in the warm mixture after sieving through twice.
It still tasted as good though (:

Matcha Milk Agar Agar (as adapted from the link above)
Ingredients
1 packet (12g) agar agar powder
1000ml water
180g caster sugar
200ml evaporated milk
1 tbsp matcha/green tea powder

Method

Dissolve one packet of agar agar powder in 1 litre of water.
Add 180g of sugar, stir and bring to boil over medium heat.
Add matcha and stir till all sugar has melted.
Sieve mixture and let it cool down slightly.
Add in evaporated milk and sieve again.
Pour mixture into moulds/tray. Chill well before serving.

2010-01-09T01:41:00.000-08:00

Little Xavier's Birthday

I wanted to do some cupcakes themed Thomas the train. but rahh, couldn't find any stickers/clips on them at the last minute. Decided to do colorful cupcakes for my 4 year old cousin since his mummy said tt his fav color keeps on changing (:

Found the candles really cute. Chanced upon them while stocking up on my baking supplies

Baked the cupcakes yesterday night, frosted them this morning till 2pm. They were pretty time consuming and I messed up the whole kitchen. rahh.

Then I decided to add the 4 extra cupcakes (actually I kind of screwed up, left out these 4 while frosting the other cupcakes with the various colors, thus they're all in green.)

anw, I still hope my little cousin will like them (:

Banana pound cake

2009-12-30T01:11:00.000-08:00

Was searching for a simple banana pound cake recipe & decided to use the one from Mywoklife.
very simple steps, minimal ingredients used. however, the banana taste wasn't that strong, but the family still loves it (: The texture was fluffy and soft which doesn't make the cake taste too rich. Will add walnuts and definitely more mini bananas next time.

Red, pink, green simple christmas cupcakes!

2009-12-25T01:41:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

Donna Hay's Chocolate cupcakes recipe, they were really tasty & chocolatey! (:(:

Cream cheese frosting; if I had the time, I would have added another layer of choc ganache below the cream cheese, then it would be perfect.

Notice that the green icing seems much lesser than the pink ones? ran short of them again halfway through piping, thus the result. the pink ones seem sweet for Valentines'.

2009-12-22T06:28:00.001-08:00

Double chocolate chip cookies, with walnuts

A recipe which I've been wanting to try for ages. Crazy 2 days baking non-stop, which includes a peach tart too. But then again, its the Chirstmas season, which makes me want to make christmas cupcakes!

red & green seems nice (:

2009-12-20T01:50:00.001-08:00

Another order..

An order requested by my sec school friend, roshini

yupp, its blue and white again, this time, with a little aeroplane (:

chocolate chip cupcakes

2009-12-18T08:18:00.000-08:00

Chocolate Chip cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

An order I got from my sis for her church friend's birthday
ran out of icing while after piping 7 cupcakes, thus the lighter shade of blue frosting which I made again later on. Somehow, the cream cheese tastes like white chocolate (:

I finally managed to make successful swirls after many tries and youtube videos. phew.

piping is really fun!

pooh, tigger cookies

2009-12-09T02:57:00.000-08:00

Previous batch of cookies were finished within a day, which explains these!
Before baking

Butter cookies!

2009-12-07T06:13:00.000-08:00

joined parents at the recent taka sale, and quickly grabbed some baking wares which includes this cookie cutters I've been eyeing for since months ago (:

the dough was pretty crumby and I had to roll it a few times in order for the dough to stay together

other than that, the cookie cutters were easy to work with. the stamps were really useful in helping to push the dough out, else they would break easily. Intended to decorate them with royal icing, but since its already 10pm, I shall let them be and watch my hong kong drama (:

Before

After

Mum and Sis said they tasted really great, commented that they tasted like the white chinese new year cookies without the coconut! will bake these again with my winnie the pooh cookie cutters.

Recipe as extracted from Happyhomebaking

Ingredients:
(makes about 36 pieces)

100g butter, softened at room temperature
80g caster sugar
1 egg yolk
180g cake flour
20g corn flour

Method:

Sift cake flour and corn flour together and set aside. Line baking tray with parchment paper, set aside.
With an electric mixer, add in sugar to the butter in 2 ~3 additions and cream till the mixture turns pale and fluffy.
Add in egg yolk and mix well.
Add sifted flour mixture in 2 ~ 3 additions, stir with a spatula to form a soft dough.
Place dough in a plastic bag and flatten with rolling pin.
Refrigerate the dough for about half an hour.
Remove dough from fridge. Roll out dough on slightly floured work surface and cut out with slightly floured cookie cutters.
Bake at pre-heated oven at 175 degC for 15 ~ 20mins.
Let cool and store in air-tight container.

Cupcakes

2009-12-04T06:55:00.000-08:00

Buttermilk with maple syrup cupcake

so my version of buttermik cupcakes= pancake cupcakes. yupp.

BUT, as I was rushing for time, I simply dumped all e cupcakes into e tupperware and when I came home, they stuck to each other and were a little wet. (before I added the icing)

Icing in the pic was one of the better done ones.. I can't seem to get a smooth, firm icing made from egg whites. rahh. I need to improve on my piping skills too.

Coffee Cupcakes

si hui made this earlier on, and they tasted so nice, I had to try baking them myself

same recipe as madeira cake, just substitute vanilla extract with coffee emulco.Within minutes, the whole kitchen was filled with the coffee aroma (:

My new toy!

Tiramisu

2009-11-30T19:36:00.000-08:00

Tiramisu Charlotte Cake

2nd attempt at this, where the sponge fingers are soaked even further

somehow, baileys couldn't be tasted although I added more than my first try

and I realised mascorpone cheese can't be kept long, wasn't as smooth when you first open it

Other than that, it was really delicious

simple, no bake recipe from happyhomebaking (:

it was really convenient too.

Mini peach tarts

2009-11-28T07:49:00.000-08:00

Baked a whole peach tart for my grandmother & family, there were leftover peaches and pastry dough which explains the 2 extra mini peach tarts (:

pretty ones

2009-11-28T07:41:00.000-08:00

Dark chocolate cupcakes from Cedele.

Daddy saw how pretty those cupcakes were, bought one from me even though they were priced around $4.50 each. tskk. cupcakes were nice, just tt the icing was just too sweet. soft chocolate fudge would be better.

The instructor from work at biy gave us this today. think its from the fondant cupcake workshop. sweet? (:

they smell like rose syrup. and I accidentally broke part of the leaf. argh. I wana try making fondant bumblebees! so cute.

sugar cookies next week? (:

Chocolate fudge cake

2009-11-26T06:17:00.000-08:00

My 3rd attempt at baking a chocolate fudge cake (:

looks nice, tastes nice, BUT, the taste sort of got affected by my self estimated recipe for choc fudge. HAHA! =choc bits, butter, whipped cream, butter milk lala. all aga aga.

Failed baking a chocolate sponge cake twice. Recipes were easy, followed closely yet, I still don't know what went wrong.

Probably I should stick with baking cupcakes.

Excited in using my newly bought cake leveler from b-i-y. yes, there's supposed to be a layer and yes, it's a layered cake.haha, oh wells, at least I finally managed to layer a cake without cracking/destroying it.

Mummy and sis says the cake was too rich, it was pretty dry too, guess its due to my "choc fudge" as the sponge cake tasted alright when it was out of the oven

Wont be attempting my self thought/on the spot recipe again. rah

cupcakes next?(:

Peach Tart

2009-11-23T19:51:00.000-08:00

Peach Tart with homemade custard underneath.

was loathing around at home, searching for recipes to bake with my low baking supplies at home

A can of peach had been sitting comfortably on the shelf for around a year and I had a new baking pan for tarts soooo.... I went around searching for a pretty peach tart recipe. and..

Ta Dah!

It turned out looking pretty good and tasted even better

very few ingredients were needed for this recipe.

However, the crust was not as easy to slice, cracks easily if not careful

Refrigerate overnight to let the custard set, so it wouldn't be as messy when sliced

Recipe from here.

finger lickin' good! :D

Chocolate cupcakes with ganache

2009-11-23T08:10:00.000-08:00

Baked this for a friend's birthday.
Definitely for the chocolate lover. Cake is not spongy, slight crumbs, chocolate is really intense, thus the need for the chocolate ganache & marshmallow on top so it wouldn't be too dry.
friends and mummy who's a really conscious eater enjoyed them alot.
will bake this with a different topping again (:

Madeira Cake

2009-11-23T05:05:00.001-08:00

An easy recipe which can be used for cakes, cupcakes and as a pound cake. The one in the pic has jam filled in between depending on one's preference.
Texture is really smooth and emits a strong buttery scent.

Makes around 16 medium sized cupcakes.
Recipe:
unsalted butter, softened 175g
caster sugar 175g
medium egg 3nos.
milk 2 tablespoons
self raising flour 250g
vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

Method:
1)Using a wooden spoon or electric whisk, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
2) Lightly beat the eggs with the milk in a separate bowl.
3) Gradually beat the eggs and milk into the creamed mixture, alternating with the flour
4)turn the mixture into prepared tin and level the surface.
5)bake in a preheated oven, 160 degree, gas mark 3, for 40 mins, until a skewer, insert in the center, come out cleanly
6)Leave the cake in the tin for 10 mins then transfer it to a wire rack to cool