From the category archives:

Cakes and Cookies

Super Mario Yellow Toad Cake

August 2, 2010

When the birthday boy requested for a Yellow Toad cake, I had no idea what he was talking about. I thought I knew all about Super Mario when I made the Super Mario cake but I guess I was wrong. There are so many new characters in the Super Mario world that I never knew [...]

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Super Mario Cake

June 1, 2010

Hello… yes, I am still around. Hope everyone had a great weekend. We had a long 4 day holiday and decided to hold a garage sale with a couple of friends. Even though it turned out to be a very rainy weekend, I was really glad to be able to get rid of a lot [...]

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Teacher Appreciation Cake

May 24, 2010

As the school year is on its home stretch now, I am finding that I have no time to make bentos anymore. There are so much going on in Lil’ C’s school as everyone is trying to wrap up the school year. Field trips, concerts, birthday parties for those summer babies, sports days, teacher appreciation [...]

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Lily Cake

May 11, 2010

It has been 6 months since I made a birthday cake. There were a couple of cake request in between that I had to turn down due to time and health constraints. But all was well last week, so I made a birthday cake for sweet little M who turns 2! It seems just like [...]

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Carnival Lollipops

April 21, 2010

This is what i have been busy working on these couple of weeks. What do you think? They are made from candy melts and molded in the candy molds. These will go into the centerpiece for Lil’ C’s school auction. They are having a carnival theme auction this year and we will making cute popcorn [...]

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Angel Food Cake

April 13, 2010

I have to admit that I was not a big fan of angel food cake. My preference is chiffon cake but after this cake, I might just be a angel food cake convert. When my friend S wanted to make the Angel Food Cake, I went to her place and helped her out since angel [...]

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Mom’s Banana Muffin

March 21, 2010

On our recent trip to Malaysia, Lil’ C ate really well. I was so proud of her because she was so willing to try local food and actually enjoyed them. She even tried durian! She didn’t care of it but at least she tried it. Besides local food, she also loved the banana muffin that [...]

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Chinese Peanut Cookie again!

February 12, 2010

Rounding out the Chinese New Year bakes is this peanut cookie. One of my favorite! Seems like I made this last year and the year before too. Made this using last year’s recipe. If I ever have to make only one cookie for Chinese New Year, this is the one that I would make. It [...]

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Pineapple Tarts

February 8, 2010

I am on a Chinese New Year baking mood now, so for the past few days, I have been busy in the kitchen. Among all my bakes, I would have to say that this one was the hardest and took the longest time – the Pineapple Tart.

The pineapple jam was the most tedious part of [...]

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Cranberry Peanut Butter Bliss Bar

December 30, 2009

Hope everyone had a great Christmas. I wanted to post this up earlier but didn’t get the chance because I am on vacation!! I am halfway around the world and enjoying some awesome local food in Singapore. I was planning to post some local food but so far my growling tummy has the upper hand [...]