This was my first time making sugar-free ice cream and I prepared the base on New Year’s Eve, hoping it to be my first treat for the new year. It was a total failure as my ice cream was as hard as an ice brick. I had to flip the entire thing out on a … Continue reading Sugar-Free Chocolate Ice Cream 無糖朱古力雪糕
This Keto Japanese Cheesecake is just as fluffy and creamy as the regular ones. The entire cheesecake has a net carb of 12.3 g. I am not on a ketogenic diet though. All I want is to develop more sugar-free recipes. If you are interested in more sugar-free recipes, check out my special section here … Continue reading Keto Japanese Cheesecake 生酮日式芝士蛋糕
Happy 2021! Last year went by pretty fast as our family had been staying home most of the time due to the lockdown. Hope that the pandemic mode and lockdown will be over soon and everything will slowly get back to normal. This was the first sugar-free treat I made for myself this year. Both … Continue reading Sugar-Free Sponge Cupcakes with Espresso Swiss Meringue Buttercream 無糖海綿杯子蛋糕配咖啡瑞士蛋白奶油霜
This is the cake I made when we celebrated my dad’s birthday. I decided to make individual cakes for everyone as this would be more convenient and much safer during the pandemic. This year my sister’s family could only video-call us during cake time because the City of Toronto was still under lockdown. I hope … Continue reading Chocolate Mousse Domes 半圓朱古力慕絲蛋糕
These are the kind of soft cookies that, when devoured warm freshly right out of the oven, are super gooey in the middle. When completely cool they are crispy on the outside with a very soft center. I like to shape them on the thicker side for more of a contrast when you bite into … Continue reading Double Chocolate Chip Cookies 雙重朱古力粒軟曲奇
I made these soft and tender matcha cookies for my aunt in September. This is actually a variation of my Vanilla Bean Cutout Cookies. I add more sugar to balance out the bitter flavor from the matcha powder. These cookies are soft and tender because of the cake flour and icing sugar. Egg yolk will … Continue reading Matcha Cutout Cookies (Soft and Tender) 抹茶印模曲奇(鬆化口感)
Here is the cupcake version of my Chocolate Genoise (Dairy Free) that is made with milk. This is not the traditional way of making separated eggs method sponge cake. It involves beating the egg whites into a stiff meringue first before beating in the yolks. And then followed by the folding of flour, liquid (milk), … Continue reading Chocolate Sponge Cupcakes 朱古力海綿杯子蛋糕
This was the cake I made for my friend’s mom on her birthday and I used an entire 400 g pack of frozen durian with seed for the filling. You could add more or less sugar according to the sweetness of the durian. If the durian is s fibrous, pass the mixture through a sieve … Continue reading No-Bake Durian Cheesecake 榴槤芝士凍餅
This is the second flavor that I developed for my nerikiri mooncakes this year (read about my first flavor in the blog post, Sugar-Free Matcha and Red Bean Nerikiri Mooncakes). These no-bake mooncakes are similar to Japanese confectionery but a lot less sweet. Both the crust and filling are made with sweet white bean paste. … Continue reading Chocolate Espresso Nerikiri Mooncakes (Egg-Free, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Nut-Free) 朱古力特濃咖啡日式練切月餅(無蛋、無奶製品、無麩質、無果仁)
I’ve been making sweet red bean paste for my homemade mooncakes (read about my blog posts Sweet Red Bean Paste and Sugar-Free Sweet Red Bean Paste for more details) and this is the first time that I flavored it with Chen Pi. Everything is basically the same. I just dumped in some chen pi when … Continue reading Sweet Red Bean Paste with Chen Pi (Dried Mandarin Peel) 陳皮豆沙餡
