The past week and a half has been unexpected for me. Malaysia has gone under a lockdown as a result, I don’t actually have any work to do. While I expect things to get crazy busy once we are back up and running at work, I’m currently facing the classic problem of: what can I… Read More Stay At Home Bakes: National Trust Baking Books Edition
Happy Chinese New Year! 祝大家农历新年快乐！ I’ll be spending the next few days eating and meeting up with family. Hopefully I’ll have time to read too – I will definitely be drinking tea because I bought Year of the Rat Tea which I intend to make everyone drink. My brother and I made pineapple tarts at… Read More Welcome the Year of the Rat!
While I was in Japan, I visited quite a few 100 yen stores (everyone does this, right?) and chanced upon Earl Grey Chiffon Cake mix. Since there was a chiffon cake mould just next to it, I decided to just buy it and try it. After all, what’s the worst that can happen from me… Read More Baking with 100 yen Chiffon Cake Mix
I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with Tafu’s Green Tea Powder because both my sister and I stopped drinking it after a while. We have other green teas that we prefer so this doesn’t come out much. But when I saw this recipe for Matcha Mochi Cupcakes from Tiny Urban Kitchen, I… Read More Green Tea Mochi Muffins
For some reason or the other, I ended up with two types of those baking box mixes. Since this is the weekend before Christmas, I thought it was a good time for some Christmas baking! This is what I made! The thumbprint cookie mix was bought… because I’m extremely bad at self-restraint in a Marks… Read More Christmas Bakes
I baked yesterday! And I noticed something interesting: in the past half year of work, I’ve baked 3 times, made non-baking sweet treats twice, and cooked a couple more times. This means my cooking is roughly the same as when I was in uni, doing stress baking (in fact, I was talking to a friend… Read More Strawberry & Raspberry Shortbread (Scones??)