Brown sugar, Cinnamon Chiffon Cake 红糖肉桂戚风蛋糕

My friend introduced to me this new flavour of chiffon cake. If you like anything with cinnamon , then you will like this chiffon cake. Even brown sugar is used, but i still come out with this recipe which is less sweet. I was so happy found these edible flowers, so quickly bake this cake and decorated with these flowers, look lovely !

Butter Cake 牛油蛋糕

Just to share here the butter cake that I made for Pai tin kong prayer 拜天公 and also my mom’s favorite cake. She said this is the best butter cake that I made for her. She likes the buttery taste and fine texture. This time I modified my old recipe on my blog (old fashioned butter cake updated in 2010, egg separation method) by reducing egg and sugar ,

Marble Chocolate Cheddar Cheese Cake 云石车打芝士蛋糕

Whenever i have extra cheddar cheese , sure remind me to bake a favourite Light cheddar cheese cake . But this time, added cocoa powder and create the marble effect, still taste very good!

Durian Magic Cake 榴莲魔法蛋糕

Finally i also done this popular Magic cake. One cake batter create three layers with difference texture after baked, top layer is sponge cake, middle layer is custard layer and bottom layer tasted like kuih (local steamed cake). I was not planned to make durian flavour. My first tried was pumpkin flavour, but i have under baked it and it was not cooked. Since i have durian, so the second attempted i tried with durian, and glad that it turned out ok even i can't really see the 2nd and 3rd layer clearly, but tasted with three difference texture.

Purple sweet potato chiffon cake 紫薯戚风蛋糕

After I baked some purple sweet potato burger buns for lunch the other day, I use the leftover mashed purple sweet potato to bake a purple sweet potato chiffon cake yesterday. I was quite surprised that it has quite strong sweet potato taste if compare to burger buns which we couldn't detect the taste.

Banana Caramel Cream Cheese Butter Cake 香蕉焦糖乳酪奶油蛋糕



Just realized that the name of this cake is sooo long ^_^. Because this cake has banana, caramel, cream cheese and butter. With all these ingredients, sure it will not go wrong, a rich and buttery cake!

Chocolate Marble Chiffon Cake 大理石巧克力戚风蛋糕

I have so long didn't bake this chocolate marble chiffon cake. This cake reminds me of the first chiffon cake I made, it was a failed chiffon cake with layers of tummy ^_^.

Wacky cheese cupcakes 巧克力芝士小蛋糕



Frankly, after updating my blog for so many years, I started to feel lazy to keep up the same pace like last time. And seeing many of my blogger friends slowly quit the blogging world, I feel a bit lonely here....maybe I need to take a break from blogging one day..
Back to this post, I bought a 500g of cream cheese the other day due to better price if buy more. After use half to make a Japanese cotton cheesecake for my mother's Birthday. I have to search for a nice recipe to use the leftover, and found this old recipe.

Walnut Butter Cake 核桃奶油蛋糕

I started to feel lazy to update blog after rest for few days. But I have few recipes still pending to update as per my Instagram reader's requested. One of the recipe is this Walnut butter cake, and this cake is one of my favourite butter cake. If I could recall, my old recipe was way back in 2009.

Strawberry Chiffon Cake 草莓戚风蛋糕

This is not the first time I bake a strawberry chiffon. But this time I bake an all natural strawberry chiffon cake upon request by my son (his favourite chiffon cake). And I can tell you that using fresh strawberry to make this chiffon cake, the strawberry aroma is strong and taste naturally.

Nutty Chocolate Chiffon Cake 榛果巧克力戚风蛋糕

I always love hazelnut with chocolate combo. After made the Nutty Blueberry muffin, love the nutty cake base, and inspired me to use the nutty cake base to make this Nutty Chocolate chiffon.

Spongy Banana Cupcakes 香蕉海绵杯子蛋糕

I have many cupcake liners haven't used. I bought some and some given by my cooking & baking buddies.  I took out this floral design and I decided to bake them with banana sponge cake, they look so lovely! And this was a faster way to prepare cupcakes, I still use my prefer cold eggs method, don't need egg separation, and only need 5mins beating time, quick and good!

Banana and Pine nuts butter cake 香蕉松子牛油蛋糕

I have quite some time did not bake a butter cake. Since I have overripe bananas sitting on the island top, perfect to make a banana cake. But I also wish to have some bite of nuts in this cake. So I added some pine nuts (leftover from earlier Basmati Rice with Pomegranate Seeds and Pine nuts ). And I love this combination!

Chinese paper wrapped cupcakes 紙包蛋糕

We just went to Macau for few days short visit. It was a last minutes plan, booked quite a low air fares but later only realized that the hotel rate there was quite high. Anyway, we were enjoyed many nice foods there but also tasted some foods that we don't like. This time, I have a chance to try this famous cake in Hong Kong and Macau, paper wrapped cake or cupcake 紙包蛋糕. The first one I tried actually not as nice as expected. Anyway, I found a good one at an old Char Chan Teng (local coffee shop) which they bake freshly paper wrapped cupcakes daily. Their cake was light, fluffy and full of egg aroma.

Orange and Passion fruit Gateau 香橙百香果蛋糕

I received few readers asking me whether they can use Golden sponge cake to decorate with whipping cream as they scare whether or this light sponge cake can accommodate the weight from the cream. To find out the answer, I decided to bake this cake again and decorate with orange and passion fruit curd which using leftover oranges that bought the other day ,and last minutes also decided to add in passion fruit which my sister sent over for me.

Chocolate Mousse Cake 巧克力慕思蛋糕

I have quite long did not make a Birthday cake,. Sometime I just feel lazy to make one ^_^. Like my Birthday, I just bought one from outside. I made this cake for my son Lucas' Birthday, also last minute decided to make this simple chocolate mousse cake. I did not frost the whole cake, sometime I feel naked cake look pure and sexy, an excuse for a lazy mom like me,LOL.

Orange Chiffon Cake 香橙戚风蛋糕

I have quite a while did not bake an orange chiffon cake. Since I have some oranges that bought from Cameron highlands trip the other day, quickly use it to make this " no artificial substances" chiffon cake.

Golden Sponge Cake 黄金海绵蛋糕

When my daughter first tasted this sponge cake, she told me this cheesecake is so light and good. But I told her that this is not a cheesecake but just a normal sponge cake. She just couldn't believe it! I am regret that I didn't make this good sponge cake much earlier.

Mandarin Oranges Decorated Chiffon Cake 橘子心型威风蛋糕~~欢喜过马年



Today is Western's Valentine Day and also Chinese's Valentine Day (Chap Goh Mei), double happiness. I made this cake which has both West and East elements. Mandarin orange represented Chap Goh Mei, and heart shape chiffon cake represented Western Valentine. Wishing all have a lovely celebration today!!

Japanese Strawberry Shortcake 日式草莓蛋糕

The other day, my daughter complaint that I have quite a while did not bake a cake. So I ask her to suggest an easy cake, she suggested Japanese Strawberry Shortcake. Since I have all ingredients on hand , quickly search for a recipe and immediate bake this cake for her. Japanese Strawberry shortcake is a layered sponge cake with strawberry and whipped cream filling and frost with whipped cream, and this cake is very famous in Japan.