A financier, formerly known as visitandine, is a small French almond cake that is light but moist, with a crisp exterior. It is usually made in small rectangular loaves, which gives the cake its name financier, as it looks like a bar of gold. Though this mini cake cannot be sold for the same price as a bar of…
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Vanilla Granola [With Nuts & Dried Blueberries]
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I don’t have the habit of eating cereal since young hence after a few months eating granola for breakfast (see my peanut butter and chocolate ones), I stopped because I wanted a break from it. When the craving for granola came back again, I decided to make a different flavour of granola, just so I have new…
Vanilla Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes with Blueberry Cream
As promised, here is another Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes recipe! I wanted to bake a full Blueberry Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes but because my stash of blueberries is extremely precious (couldn’t find any blueberries here), I don’t want to use them all in these cupcakes, so I made some Vanilla Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes instead and incorporated the blueberries…
Blueberry Cheesecake
I baked this cheesecake sometime last year and posted the recipe only on Instagram. Since then, I’ve been wanting to rebake this for the blog and only managed to do so a few weeks back when I needed to clear my refrigerator for this 3-week holiday – I think I’ve never seen my refrigerator so empty before! Technically…
Sangria
Sangria is a beverage originating from Spain and Portugal. It usually consists of wine, chopped fruit, a sweetener, and a small amount of added brandy. Sangria is named after the Spanish and Portuguese word for “bloodletting” because of its typical dark-red color. (Source: Wikipedia) X and I had our first taste of Sangria during our…
THB #33: Holiday Berry-Nut Cake
Where did all the time go?! This is probably my longest break I’ve ever taken from blogging – and it’s not because I’m away on a holiday or something (well, I was away on a holiday for a short while…) work has been swamping like crazy that whenever I sat down in front of my…
THB #32: Blueberry-Almond Coffee Cake
Time for the The Home Bakers event again! All these baking/cooking events are what keep me going despite the busy schedule – it really motivates me to not neglect my blog too much! And it’s also motivating me to hit the gym / yoga studio more often… a moment on your lips, forever on your…
THB #23: Morning Glory Breakfast Cake
I’m quite late to post this bake, lucky the dateline is still not over yet! The bake this time round is chosen by Lena from Frozen Wings, and this is such a healthy bake! This is definitely not a difficult cake to bake – the toughest is probably the grating of carrot and apple! If…
The Home Bakers#18: Blueberry Almond Cake
It’s time for The Home Bakers again! This is supposed to be a marionberry (a type of blackberry) filled cake made with ground hazelnut, chosen by Janis of The Kitchen is my Shrink. Because blackberries are crazily expensive here, I substituted them with blueberries and decided to swap the hazelnut for almond as I already…
The Home Bakers #12: Apple-Walnut-Blueberry Mosaic Muffins
It’s time for The Home Bakers again! I know I’ve said it a lot of times, so I’m going to spare you guys the agony of reading all about it again. 😉 But, just in case you’re wondering what’s The Home Bakers, do hop over here for an introduction and on how to participate in…
The Home Bakers #3: Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake
This is the third bake for The Home Bakers (click on the link to find out more about us!), started by Joyce from Kitchen Flavours. This time the cake is chosen by Chaya from Bizzy Bakes and I absolutely love her blog because not only she shares mouth-watering recipes, she always has this linkie below…
Chocolate, Mousse, Meringue and Blueberry Curd Layered Cake
A Varlhona dark chocolate cake with Varlhona-Ghiradelli semi-sweet chocolate mousse and blueberry curd with a vanilla meringue center, coated with a Varlhona dark chocolate ganache glaze. Upon knowing that the theme of Aspiring Bakers this month is Layered Cakes, I’ve been dreaming about what kind of layered cake I should make… And one day I…
Strawberry Oatmeal Brown Sugar Cupcakes
The Bake-Along this week is supposed to be a Strawberry White Chocolate Chip Cake by Cake Keeper Cakes… but I made several changes and it turned out to be a totally different cake – a Strawberry Oatmeal Brown Sugar Cupcake – but they still tasted pretty not bad (thankfully)! There were several ideas I had…
Berry Blueberry Tarts
This is not an ordinary blueberry tart… … This is a berry blueberry tart. It’s not made with the I-don’t-know-what’s-in-there store-bought blueberry jam but it’s made with real, whole blueberries. Store-bought jams are excellent on bread, but they are way too sweet for me. So, as I still have some frozen blueberries, I decided to…
Perfect-Oh-Perfect Blueberry Muffins
Muffins are my new found favourites! Muffins are cup-shaped (and cute!) bread and are often served hot. Muffin is a term connected with “moufflet”, which means soft, and is it’s an old French word used to describe bread. Typically there are two types of muffins – American and English. American muffins are more common here…
Lemon and Summer Berries Mille Feuille
Last year somewhere during the holidays, I bought a packet of frozen puff pastry. It was already pre-rolled and has 7 sheets inside. I know I know, I should have made my own puff pastry because it’s actually pretty easy, but just a little more time consuming blah blah blah… Ummm, I don’t really think…
My Virgin Pie
Pies and tarts always scare me. It’s never about the filling, it’s just the crust itself. The rolling part of the dough just terrifies me somehow, as I’ve read reviews that over-rolling the dough will result in a tough pie/tart. I can’t imagine spending loads of time making the crust and ended up having a…