Merry Christmas !

Baked some Gingerbread man and Christmas cookies  ....

Enjoyed decorating the cookies with my children on Christmas eve.

Have a Blessed Christmas and happy holidays.

Baked this Passionfruit Lemon Curd Tart late last night due to busy schedule.

The lemon curd made with passionfruit juice and pulp is delicious and goes very well with toast and scones.

More blueberries....

Today's bake: Blueberry Breakfast Cake using dark brown sugar.

Baked a dozen of  blueberry muffins today. These muffins are best made with fresh blueberries.

A parade of chocolate cupcakes personally iced by the 

birthday girl herself. 

Happy Birthday.

My nephew visited us last Tuesday. We cooked lunch together and also made our dessert together-Black forest cookies.(Very densed triple chocolate cookies).My son requested for Cinnamon flavour so I sprinkled sugar cinnamon on top of some cookies. The largest cookie was shaped by my nephew. 

Taught my daughter how to made brownies today. We made double chocolate brownies with roasted pistachios. She enjoyed measuring and mixing all the different ingredients. Enjoyed baking with her.

Made curry puffs today. Fillings were curried potatoes with hard boiled egg. Instead of deep frying , I baked them.

Today is Deepavali-a public holiday for everyone. . Made these Triple chocolate muffins with my daughter. These muffins were topped with pieces of Valrhona dark bitter chocolate given by a friend.

My daughter put everything together under my instructions. She was thrilled to see the end product and happily enjoying the fruit of her labour. 

Hidden berry cheese cupcakes-My own version of cheese cupcakes. The base is biscuit crumb and dried cranberries were placed on the base before filling the cups with cream cheese.

A layer of raspberry puree was added onto bottom of the crust.Delicious!

Cream Cheese Torte.Cream filling is made with combination of  cheese cream and cottage cheese.

Baked some banana muffins with sunflower seeds and cinnamon for breakfast tomorrow.

These muffins will go well with  a cup of fresh milk or hot chocolate for the kids.(Not forgetting a soft-boiled egg too.)

It will be a great breakfast for the children.

These are the best macarons I made so far.

Baked another batch of macarons again.

"Feet" did not show up that well.

Baked some muffins with raspberries and blueberries. Pink icing was  made from raspberry juice and it tasted most delicious. No food colouring required.My daughter helped with the icing and decorations.

This is an Espresso walnut cake.I baked this for my brother's birthday.It is a two layered cake with chopped walnuts and flavoured with espresso.

Both the frosting and filling are  espresso cream using mascarpone.

Cross sectioned view.

Blueberries are in season.

My family loves blueberries and I have made a couple of bakes using blueberries like blueberry tart, muffins and this blueberry-lemon bundt cake.

I love bundt pans because they produce beautiful cakes of different shape and design.This bundt pan is just a simple fluted design.The lemon icing gives a very refreshing tangy taste.My husband loves this cake and this was a good bake.

My recent attempt on macarons.

The "feet"(ruffly stuff round the edges) did not show up this time round 

as compared to my last bake.

I will try again soon.

MY PHOTO GALLERY

CAKES

                     Sacher Torte Birthday Cake#1

                              Two layered Sacher Torte Birthday Cake #2

                                             (decorated with chocolate rice )

                      Black Forest Cake#1

                      Black Forest Cake #2

                             Fruit charlotte

                              Strawberry mousse cake

                             Strawberry mirror cake

                                      

     

                                                

                                             Cranberry Strusel Cake

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

                                             Yuletide log

                                             Carrot cake

                                             Classic Pound Cake

                                             

                                             Apple Crumble

                                             Pineapple Upsidedown Cake

CUPCAKES

   

                                             Carrot Cupcakes

      

CHEESECAKES

                        

                                             New York Cheesecake

   TARTS

                                        Strawberry Tart       

                                             Blueberry Tart

                                                                                                                   

                                             Blueberry Tartlets

                                             Chocolate- Cheese Tart ..... 

                                             (all decked up for Christmas)

                         

                                             Slice of tart showing layer of cheese 

                                             under the chocolate.

     

                                             Raspberry Tart

                          

ASIAN DELIGHTS

                                             Pineapple Tarts

                                             Egg Tarlets

        

                                             Lapis Kueh

         

                                             Kaya Cream Cake

QUICK BITES

                                             Souffle

                                             Tiramisu

                                             Baked Apple Pancakes

BREADS

                                             Hot Cross Buns

                                             Plain Loaf 

  

                                             Banana Loaf

COOKIES

                                             Gingerbread House

BROWNIES

                                             Chocolate-walnut brownies