Special Occasions

Barbie Merliah Birthday Cake

February 6, 2012

Taking a short break from bento-ing, here’s a long overdue post from last year – C’s 7th birthday. This time she requested for a Barbie Merliah birthday cake. It’s a lemon butter cake with strawberry buttercream covered in marshmallow fondant.Everything is edible except for the top half of Barbie’s body which is the real Barbie [...]

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The Little Mermaid – Ariel Cake

May 9, 2011

It has been 3 months since I baked my last birthday cake.So it is time to get back into action with this sweet cake. The little 3 year old cutie pie had a hard time deciding between Ariel or Dora. In the end Ariel won. This was a fun cake to make. The cake is [...]

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2011 Chinese New Year Dinner

February 13, 2011

Chinese New Year this year was a pretty busy one because we had a couple of gatherings with friends to celebrate. It has been really hard to celebrate here on the actual day because we do not get a holiday like in the Asian countries. Instead we celebrated on the weekends and indeed we feasted! [...]

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Happy Chinese New Year

February 2, 2011

Fish is common displayed or eaten during Chinese New Year because the word fish in Chinese symbolizes surpluses or full of abundance for the year. So to all my wonderful readers who are celebrating, Wishing you a very Prosperous, Happy and Healthy Rabbit New Year!! GONG XI FATT CHAI, WAN SHI RU YI, NIAN NIAN YOU [...]

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Kuih Bangkit

February 1, 2011

My first attempt at making kuih bangkit – failed! Kuih Bangkit is a traditional cookie that is very common during Chinese New Year. It is made from tapioca flour, coconut milk and pandan (screwpine) leaves. It is a little on the dry side but when done right, it will melt in your mouth. Personally I [...]

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Bookmarking recipes for Chinese New Year

January 23, 2011

Chinese New Year is 2 weeks away and I have been spending way too much time checking out blogs for all the Chinese New Year goodies. A lot of people have already started baking their CNY cookies already. I really should get started soon too but this week will be a crazy week with all [...]

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Garden Fairy Cake

December 18, 2010

Lil’ C’s best friend, E loves horses. So for the last 2 years, I did My Little Pony cakes for her. This year, she decided that she wanted a fairy cake, not just any fairy cake but a garden fairy. As usual everything except the dolls are made from either marshmallow fondant and sugar paste. [...]

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Strawberry Shortcake House Cake

December 8, 2010

Every year, the last 2 months are always a crazy time for me because I go into a baking frenzy. Mainly it’s for Lil’ C’s birthday cake and also birthday cakes for a couple of her closest friends. If you have been reading my blog for a while, you would know that my whole cake [...]

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Rice Dumpling (Bak Zhang or Jung)

June 28, 2010

Dumpling festival was 2 weeks ago and I am finally posting my photos. sigh….when will I ever get back on track. Oh well, I guess I will accept the fact that as much as I like blogging, it will always take a backseat after the family. What about you? How do you balance family and [...]

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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 [...]