Doggie Horlick Cookies

The doggy cookies spotted on Happy Home Baking were soo adorable I had to make them for CNY! Mum decorated the batch featured in the 2nd picture and boy did we have a crackling good time. ;P

Brownies

It's Ms Gaye Kirby's birthday tomorrow and she has to come in to work cause our batch is getting graded for announcement! Hopefully this brownies will make her day wee bit brighter. :)

Update: I've forgotten about the candles... :(

Cute Disney Cookie Cutters

Saw these at Bugis BHG. Loved the chipmunks especially - had to get them!

Sponge cake & more madeleines

When I saw the sponge cake featured on Baking Mum's blog, I knew I had to try them soon. There were so many excellent reviews on the softness and they were very soft and fluffy indeed! I've got excellent feedback from my batch mates. There were however still a tad sweet for me, so I may further reduce the sugar to 80g on my next attempt. I've also used muffin tins to create the subsequent batches as they were too soft to hold the rose shape when removed from mould. I've reproduced Lee Lee's recipe below for ease of reference.





I've also attempted the madeleines once again, cutting down the sugar to 100g to suit my taste. For the chocolate variation, I've substituted 2 tbsp of Hershey's cocoa powder for 2 tbsp of flour. 1 tsp of orange flower water was added to both variation for additional flavour. Taste wise I think the chocolate-flavoured is inferior to the original one. Perhaps I should attempt a different brand of cocoa powder in future, maybe a non dutch-processed one. ;P


After experimenting with oven temperature, see how I managed to achieve the hump although it is a little distorted looking? Hee hee. The secret is to bake it at a high of 230C for 4 mins, followed by 200C for another 4 mins. Refrigerating the batter does make a difference. :)

Chocolate Cheese Layered Cake

I saw a couple of chocolate cheese cakes on blogs and came across Pusiva's recipe which I thought was simple to attempt. I had all the ingredients so I went ahead and gave my first cheese cake a shot. :)

I baked the cake for 30mins at 180 then covered the top with foil as it was getting burnt, then lowered it to 160 for the last 10 mins. My cake turned out like Pursiva's, wavy. Tastewise is yummy after refrigeration. Will definately attempt again, remembeirng to turn oven temperature down to 160 after 10mins to see if I can get parallel lines instead of wavy.

Happy Birthday BB!

BB did not get to try these previously. I think he will like the texture and flavour of the cake. Happy Birthday BB!

Update: He still finds them a little sweet for his liking.

Chocolate Cupcakes

I've recently acquired Nigella Lawson's HOW TO BE A DOMESTIC GODDESS Cookbook and thought I'll attempt something from there for Lyn's farewell dinner. I have never baked anything using muscovado sugar and thought I'll give this chocolate cupcake a go. Chocolate cupcakes usually will not go wrong with a crowd. *wink*

An additonal batch was baked for KL as his birthday coincidentally falls on the same day. Everyone loved the cake and I was delighted! :D

The original recipe asks for dark muscovado sugar, but I was unable to find it at major supermarkets. Thus I substituted light muscovado instead. I've also reduced the original quantity of 200g to 150g as I found it too sweet. The cupcakes are fragrant and delicious with a think crispy crust on the top. Will definately bake these again.

(Recipe from Nigella Lawson's How To Be A Domestic Goddess Pg168)