When I was a child, my family’s breakfast was Bread and Hot Drink. Some mornings, when my mother realised we didn’t have enough Bread, she often made steamed Bread. If she’d had a rice cooker that cooks Cake, she would have used it. This Carrot Bread was cooked in the rice cooker. The top side …
Lorna is my husband’s Great-Auntie. You might know Lorna’s Scone recipe, which is now known by many people globally. Lorna left some great recipes for the next generation. This is another Lorna’s recipe for ‘Boiled Chocolate Cake’, that is the most moist and delicious Chocolate Cake I ever baked. However, this is a huge cake …
Sponge for Roll Cake should be moist and soft, otherwise it tends to break OR crack when rolled up. I always bake it at higher temperature for about 10 minutes to avoid the Sponge get dry. Today I added Coffee to my basic Roll Cake sponge, and made this yummy Tiramisu-inspired Coffee Roll Cake. Makes …
‘Kinako’ is finely ground Roasted Soy Beans, and it is a popular ingredient for Japanese sweets. I regularly purchase a bag of ‘Kinako’, but it is not easy to use it up. Today I wanted to use up the leftover ‘Kinako’. I baked my ‘Rice Flour Pound Cake’ and replaced 1/2 of Rice Flour with …
Rum Raisins go very well with Cream Cheese as we know Cheesecake with Rum Raisins is delicious. It is good to have a jar of Rum-Steeped Raisins OR Sultanas in the pantry for always. Today I added some Rum-Steeped Sultanas to Cream Cheese Cupcakes. It couldn’t go wrong, could it? Of course cupcakes were delicious. …
I have been trying to make a recipe for ‘No-Egg Tiramisu’ on my daughter’s request. My first challenge was making No-Egg Sponge. After several attempts, I was happy with the result of No-Egg Sponge. Next challenge was the Filling. I made the first No-Egg Tiramisu with the Filling made with just Mascarpone and Cream, as …
No-Egg Sponge can be baked using a shallow pan such as Swiss Roll Pan OR Brownie Pan. Then cut into fingers in the required size. If you want them dry like commercially available Sponge Fingers, leave them in the warm oven until desired dryness is achieved. Makes 24 Fingers OR more *depending on the size …
The other day my daughter asked me if I had a recipe for ‘No-Egg Tiramisu’. I though the cream can be made without Eggs, but how could I make Sponge Fingers without Eggs? That’s the beginning of my challenge to create ‘No-Egg Sponge’ recipe. I got a hint from ‘Theo’s Sponge’, that is made with …
My husband’s great auntie Betty’s Belgian Shortcake was absolutely delicious. I made the same shortcake with different filling today. I used Stewed Apples and Lemon Curd. Why? Because I had Stewed Apples that was getting old and I needed to use it up. This happens frequently since my family’s fruit consumption dropped after my daughter …
When I was a child, there was a sweet treat which I was very fond of. It looked like a large biscuit, but the texture was softer and it was almost like a dry sponge cake. I recently discovered a recipe of something that was very similar to that biscuit. The recipe says Bi-Carb Soda …
My Basic Pound Cake recipe is easy to remember. You would need 125g of each Butter, Sugar, Eggs and Self-Raising Flour (OR Plain Flour & Baking Powder). By adding extra ingredients to it, you can make a variety of Pound Cakes. Today I added Matcha Powder and Rum. White Chocolate Chips OR Walnuts can be …
A large amount of Yoghurt was getting old in the fridge and I needed to use it up. I found a Baked Yoghurt Cake recipe on the internet and I tried it. The result was BAD. The cake looked like Baked Cheesecake but it didn’t taste good at all. I tried another recipe and I …