Join me on my quest of making homemade treats with less sugar!
Mid autumn festival is already over but I still have several purple sweet potatoes and half a carton of coconut cream lett in my fridge after making my mooncakes (read about my blog posts, Coconut Purple Sweet Potato Snow Skin Mooncakes and Crispy Coconut Sweet Potato Mooncakes). I turned the leftover ingredients into mochi in... Continue Reading →
This is my last snow skin mooncake recipe of year 2017. I added a small amount of pandan juice to the dough for color so that the pandan flavor would not be too overpowering. The filling was made solely with durian and I bought frozen durian since fresh ones were way too expensive here in... Continue Reading →
Here’s another snow skin mooncake that I made today. I’ve come up with a more efficient way to flatten the dough and you will see a video demonstration at the end of the blog post. 這是今天製作的冰皮月餅，EC拍了短片示範包餡及印模過程，亦在片中分享了心得。 Make sure to have your dough and filling both thoroughly chilled before you begin wrapping and shaping. Chilling makes... Continue Reading →
Making homemade filling has been a breeze ever since I purchased my electric pressure cooker. I used to cook the beans and lotus seeds in my rice cooker and prepare sweet potatoes either by roasting or steaming. With those you need to frequently watch for the water level and make sure that there is no... Continue Reading →
Lava mooncakes have been so popular recently and here I’ve joined the trend to create snow skin mooncakes with similar chocolate lava filling. At first I made the lava filling with sweetened condensed milk and cocoa powder. I thought I could make it the same way I prepared my soft-centered chocolate ganache filling by freezing... Continue Reading →
This is another chocolate bundt cake recipe that I came up with (read about my blog post, Chocolate Bundt Cake with Chocolate Ganache). It is an American-style butter cake in which leavening agents (baking powder and baking soda) and dairy product (sour cream) are included. In order to compensate for the moisture loss due to... Continue Reading →
I am not a drinker and usually use alcohol only for cooking and baking. A splash of Kahlua liqueur definitely adds an unique flavor profile to any cake, and this chiffon cake is one of the liqueur-infused cakes that I (as well as other coffee lovers) would enjoy. This recipe is written specifically for the... Continue Reading →
Osmanthus flower has a light and refreshing aroma that is reminiscent of sweet apricots. The flowers are often added to dessert and tea to enhance flavor. My childhood acquaintance with Osmanthus came from the Chinese legend about Mid Autumn Festival in which Wu Gang, a woodcutter, was made to chop down a magical, self healing... Continue Reading →
I made this chiffon cake as my afternoon snack last week. The cake had a light black sesame scent and was not overly sweet. I’ve made black sesame chiffon cake several times before by tweaking the recipe of Vanilla Chiffon Cake. The vanilla bean paste was omitted from the recipe and a quarter of the... Continue Reading →
Here is another mirror glazed cake I made for my mom’s birthday. The mango mousse recipe was taken from Mango Gâteaux. I paired it up with Vanilla Chiffon Cake as well as a mirror glaze that contained mango puree and white chocolate. The addition of white chocolate turned the glaze into a creamy yellowish color so... Continue Reading →
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