Matcha Cream Cheese Pound Cake & Hojicha Ice-Cream

 

Are you a Matcha or Hojicha lover? If you have been following me for long on my blog as well as on my Instagram where I share about food and recipes regularly, you will know that I love both Matcha and Hojicha! 

Valrhona Chocolate Cotton Cake Video Recipe + Mayer Stand Mixer Giveaway

 

Baked my family’s favourite Valrhona Chocolate Cotton Cake when I had the opportunity to try out the new Mayer Stand Mixer. 

Minced Meat Steam Sponge Cake 肉燥蒸蛋糕 （中英食谱）

Have you ever tried making a savoury steam cake? This is my first attempt making this minced meat savoury steam sponge cake and surprisingly it turned out to be deliciously good! I was shedding much tears while cutting up the shallots and it was worth it after all! 😂

Photo updated on 24 August 2018.
This recipe is featured in the “Gourmet Living - 食尚品味” bilingual magazine Aug/Sep 2018 issue.  

Hurricane Roll Cake - Bamboo Charcoal Matcha with Matcha Swiss Meringue Buttercream Recipe 飓风竹炭抹茶蛋糕卷 + 抹茶瑞士奶油霜 （中英食谱）

The hurricane or typhoon roll cake is baking up a storm at Instagram recently as many bakers have taken up the challenge to bake this pretty roll cake with hurricane-like swirls. Special thanks to Mary Ann San and Doris who have challenged me to bake this cake and this post is dedicated to both of you! 😘❤️💕

Matcha Castella Cake & CNY Giveaway! 抹茶长崎蛋糕与赠品活动！（中英加图对照食谱）

Photo updated on 5 October 2018 

This is an overdue post and I finally found time to share this cake recipe. 

Last October, my dear friend Bee encouraged me to bake this Matcha Castella (also known as Kasutera) cake using the home brewed sweet glutinous rice wine that she has given me as the cake will be more flavorful. Indeed, the cake turned out so delicious that everyone commented that it tastes exactly like the ones I brought home from Korea some time back. I had bought two boxes of Green Tea Castella Cake from the Paris Baguette bakery at Seoul-Incheon International airport before boarding the plane home. We love the taste of the cake and I am so glad that I can replicate and bake it at home now. I tried baking the cake again using store bought Japanese mirin and the taste is just as good!

This sweet dessert wine is love at first taste, it is a cross between Sake and Makgeolli and I love drinking it! 

Super Healthy Cotton Cake 超健康棉花蛋糕 （中英食谱教程）

This is my 2018 first recipe blog post and I would like to share with you this healthy Organic Masarang Arenga Forest Sugar which I was introduced to recently. It has so many health benefits that I decided to use it for my baking. I have experimented baking this cake successfully and it is now my new love ingredient. 

Taiwanese Traditional Sponge Cake - Cheese / Pork Floss 台湾古早味蛋糕 - 芝士 / 肉松 （中英加图对照食谱）

(L - cheese flavor, R - pork floss flavor)
（左 -芝士口味，右 -肉松口味）

This Taiwanese Traditional Sponge Cake has been on my to-bake list for a long time. I had experimented and baked it in three flavors - original, cheese and pork floss flavor. My family's favorite is the pork floss flavor as we find it the most delicious as compared to the other two. 

I've wanted to do a blog recipe post on this earlier but my beloved grandmother passed away on 8 October 2017 and I was in deep deep grief being very close to her. Those who have followed me on Baking Taitai's Facebook Page and Instagram would have known about it. I've baked two of her favorite cakes in memory of her as what better way to remember our loved ones through their favorite food. 

Valrhona Chocolate Cotton Cake- highly recommended! 法芙娜巧克力棉花蛋糕 - 强推!（中英加图对照食谱）

My son loves eating chocolate cake especially this light and cottony one! I have baked this cake for him to celebrate his admission to the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) next year. I am really proud of him as he got into the GEP without attending any GEP preparatory course nor have any tuitions too. 

Ondeh Ondeh Mini Cupcakes 斑斓椰丝迷你小蛋糕 （中英加图对照食谱）

If you like eating ondeh ondeh or kueh dadar, you will love this pandan cupcakes with gula melaka coconut fillings too! These delightful mini versions are so moreish and addictive! I have baked these cutie mini Ondeh Ondeh cupcakes about a month ago for a gathering with friends but yet to find time to do up a blog recipe post until this week. 

可爱迷你的斑斓椰丝小蛋糕，又香又好吃，真的让人欲罢不能！这是一个月前做了带去朋友聚会的，直到这星期才抽出时间整理步骤照片，翻译食谱打出来。

Ferrero Rocher Low-Fat Butter Cake 金沙低脂奶油蛋糕 （中英加图对照食谱）

I have 2 boxes of Ferroro Rocher chocolates at home which I have kept aside to use for my baking. The chocolate itself, consists of a whole roasted hazelnut encased in a thin wafer shell filled with hazelnut chocolate and covered in milk chocolate and chopped hazelnuts. 

I have modified this recipe from my 'Super Moist Low-Fat Butter Cake' which is super well received by my readers. Everyone who has baked the low-fat version butter cake gave two thumbs up as the cake texture is light, fragrant and moist. Best of all, it only uses half the amount of butter as compared to the usual butter cake! 

I have baked this Ferrero Rocher low-fat butter cake for my church cellgroup gathering recently and it was well received! The feedback given was the cake texture is light, moist, fragrant and not greasy at all. You will surely crave for a second helping after you have tasted one. I simply like the hazel nutty taste in each mouthful, so yummy and special! 

I highly recommend you to try this cake and hope you will love it as much as I do!

Thai Milk Tea Cotton Cake 泰式奶茶棉花蛋糕 （中英加图对照食谱）

How time flies, tomorrow will be my blog's 3rd anniversary! Thank you all my wonderful readers and followers for your support and encouragement all these while to keep me sharing here despite my busy schedule. 

时间过得好快，明天就是部落格的三周年庆了！在这要感谢一直以来支持我的忠厚读者们，谢谢你们给予的鼓励，使我在百忙中不忘来这里与大家分享我的烘焙心得。 

Matcha Marble Roll Cake 抹茶大理石蛋糕卷 （中英加图对照食谱）

My 8-year-old boy has arranged the pot of flowers in the background, isn't it nice?
照片里的那盆花是八岁的儿子插的，看着它就感觉很幸福哟！ 

Matcha and Azuki red beans are great combinations. Marry the two ingredients and ta-da...I have the perfect roll cake for a great afternoon tea time treat! 

清香的抹茶配上甜蜜浓郁的红豆 。。。好喜欢这美妙的滋味！悠闲的下午，喝杯茶，吃着自己做的蛋糕卷，也是一种快乐与幸福！

Low-Fat Almond Butter Cake 低脂杏仁奶油蛋糕 （中英加图对照食谱）

Finally, the kids are back to school today after a month of school holidays! I've not been blogging for the past weeks as the June school holidays have kept me really busy. With the kids around, I hardly have time for myself and also I'm involved in a new project and am so EXCITED about it! (it's a secret now but I'll tell you when the time is right, ok? ;p)  

已将近一个月没在这儿与大家分享了。六月的学校假期，孩子们没上学，全职妈妈的我特别忙碌，几乎每天都安排一些活动与孩子们互动，没什么个人时间。同时，也参与了一个新项目而感到非常兴奋！ （暂时是个秘密，时机成熟会告诉大家的！）

Today I'm sharing one of my three recipes which was published in the 'Gourmet Living Magazine' April/May 2016 issue.
今天要与大家分享在‘食尚品味’四/五月杂志刊登的其中之一食谱。

Non-Bake Cendol Cheesecake 免烤煎蕊芝士蛋糕 （中英加图对照食谱）

My hubby is a great fan of Chendol. Thus I have experimented and created this non-bake Chendol cheesecake to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary last Friday. Glad it is well received! 

孩子的爸好喜欢吃煎蕊(chendol)，我就摸索自创了这免烤煎蕊芝士蛋糕来庆祝上星期五的16结婚周年！好喜欢这美味又简易的蛋糕，因为不需要用到烤箱或电动搅拌器喔！

Gateaux Chocolate Classique 经典巧克力蛋糕（中英加图对照食谱）

This rich and moist chocolate gateau is so deliciously good that even the weight watchers would not resist it!  

味道浓郁柔和的巧克力蛋糕，人人都喜爱！

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cheescake 花生酱曲奇面团芝士蛋糕 （中英加图对照食谱）

Do you love eating peanut butter, cookies or cheesecake? I love it all and by combining these into one cake can satisfy my cravings all in one go, isn't it wonderful? It's a delicious baked cheesecake that you should try! Have a blessed weekend!   

　
花生酱, 曲奇和芝士蛋糕我都爱！把这三样结合成一个蛋糕，一次过满足我的渴望，最适合不过了！这蛋糕的口感丰富美味，你一定要试哦！祝大家周末愉快！

Banana Blueberry Yogurt Pound Cake 香蕉蓝莓优格磅蛋糕 （中英加图对照食谱）

I haven't bake a pound cake for quite some time and decided to try a new flavour. Since I've got honey greek yogurt, bananas and blueberries at home, I decided to combine these ingredients to bake a healthy one, at the same time try out my new Mastrad Savarin Cake pan. This cake turns out moist even though butter is cut substantially. This is due to the generous amount of Greek-style yogurt and mashed bananas which are healthy substitutes for fat in this recipe. 

好久没烤磅蛋糕了，也想尝试新口味， 就做了这健康的香蕉蓝莓优格磅蛋糕。这食谱用了大量的希腊式优格和香蕉，所以即使奶油的份量减了许多，蛋糕的质感依然湿润。 

Super Moist Low-Fat Butter Cake 超湿润低脂奶油蛋糕 （中英加图对照食谱）

I used to think Mrs NgSK's butter cake is the best and nicest butter cake I have ever made until I tried this butter cake recipe which uses about half the amount of butter and yet so moist, fragrant and light! 

这奶油蛋糕食谱用的奶油比平时做的少了一半，吃起来不会油腻，又香又湿润。一个八寸大蛋糕才用125克奶油呢！

Chocolate Eclairs 耶克蕾亚泡芙 （中英加图对照食谱）

A happy and blessed 2016 New Year to all my readers! 

Sharing my first bake of the year - my first attempt to bake Chocolate Eclairs. Eclair is a french word meaning lightning, rumor has it that it came about because a pastry chef would joke that this cake is so good that it is gobbled up as fast as lightning! It is a hollow, log-shaped shell of choux pastry that is filled with vanilla, chocolate, or coffee flavored pastry cream. The top of the pastry is usually dipped into a vanilla, chocolate, or coffee flavored glaze or fondant. 

Highly recommended Bailey's Chocolate and Coffee Roll Cake 强推百利巧克力咖啡蛋糕卷 （中英加图对照食谱）

I'm back from a wonderful family winter vacations and having experienced freezing cold temperature at -9 degree Celsius as well as highly polluted air quality of PSI 500, am I glad to be home! My oven has rested well too for the past one month and it is all ready for moi to work it hard again...lol!

Here's sharing my new experiment and recipe of a roll cake which I have transformed into a Christmas log cake for my church Caregroup gathering last weekend. My friends who were my 'guinea pigs' gave thumbs up for it and they love the smooth, soft and bouncy cake texture. They told me that they have not tasted such nice roll cake texture before and they also love the chocolate and coffee cream fillings which is light and not too sweet. My hubby who hardly praises also commented that this is the best roll cake I have made so far!

As I was rushing to attend the gathering, I didn't have time to take out my DSLR camera to take some nice shots of the cake, only manage to snap one photo of the completed cake with my mobile phone.

I highly recommend you to give this cake a try and here's wishing everyone a Blessed and Joyous Christmas!

分享出国游玩回来的第一个作品，也是我做过最好吃的蛋糕卷，质感柔软又有弹性。把它装饰为木材蛋糕，拿去参加聚会，朋友们吃了都赞不绝口！强力推荐给大家！在此也祝大家有个愉快的圣诞！