Quick & Easy Moist Gluten-Free Brownies 简易湿润无麸质布朗尼 （中英加图食谱）

It's been a long time since I last shared a recipe here. These days I'm busier guiding my boy who is in the Gifted education programme (GEP) on top of doing my endless household chores. 

Well, this doesn't mean that I've stopped baking or sharing recipes. I'm still active in sharing recipes as well as my food adventures but over at Instagram (IG). So do click 'HERE' and follow me on Instagram if you would like to see more frequent and active updates from me. :) Now and then, I will share videos of my food preparations in IG stories which last for 24 hours after posting, you can also find the past IG videos at the highlights where my Instagram bio is.

Here's sharing a really simple brownie recipe which I've baked last Friday for my boy's 11th birthday. A gluten-free and fuss free recipe as no mixer is required at all! 

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. 

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！

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！

Charcoal Chocolate Chiffon Cake 竹炭巧克力戚风蛋糕（中英加图对照食谱）

My last post on the Cream Cheese Chiffon Cake was very well received. Many readers have baked it and feedback that they love the delicate, moist and melt-in-the-mouth texture. They even commented that it tastes like the Japanese cotton cheesecake after chilling it in the fridge. Some have called it a white beauty because of it's pale and smooth colour. Here's how it looks if you haven't seen it and you can find the recipe 'here'. 

Today I shall share another chiffon cake recipe which I have created based on my knowledge learnt from the last chiffon cake. 

After this post, my oven will take a break as I'll be going off for my holidays soon. See you again when I am back in mid-December!  

分享最新创作后，我家的烤箱可以暂时休息了，因为主人要去旅行游玩咯，十二月中旬再回来! :) 

Marbled Cream Cheese Brownie 大理石乳酪布朗尼（中英加图对照食谱）

These marbled cream cheese brownie are so moreish that you will fall in LOVE with this dessert at the first bite! It is also baked in my favourite Mastrad silicone 12 heart-shaped muffin pan. I LOVE this pan as it is so easy to unmould and every piece came out so lovely that you can't help falling in LOVE with it!   

Homemade Matcha Kit-Kat 自制抹茶巧克力Kit-Kat （中英食谱教程）

My kids and I really love eating Matcha kit kat. The love started when I bought a few cartons of this sweet treats back during my Japan trip 2 years ago. We are glad that it is available locally and buy it often to satisfy our cravings. Few days ago, my girl asked me if I could replicate this at home and I thought it would be fun to give it a try! So, here's sharing with you my copycat version, the first three steps are similar to making Matcha Nama Chocolate which I have shared earlier on (Click on the name or image below for the recipe) and the end result tastes amazingly close to the real Matcha kit-kat! 

家里的小孩和我都很喜欢吃宇治抹茶巧克力Kit Kat，前几天女儿问我是否能在家自制这款零食，我就尝试做了这山寨版的 ，做法的前三个步骤跟之前做的抹茶生巧克力相似。(可点击名称或以下的照片看食谱)　味道还蛮像真的宇治抹茶巧克力Kit Kat，好开心喔！

Matcha Nama Chocolate 抹茶生巧克力 （中英食谱教程）

It was almost 2 years ago that I made the Royce copycat Nama Chocolate. Yesterday, I attempted to make another Royce's copycat - Matcha Nama Chocolate which has the aroma and bitterness of green tea. If you ask me which one taste better, it would be difficult to make a choice as both are equally good! This quick and simple recipe is definitely worth trying!   

Chocolate Marble Pound Cake 巧克力大理石磅蛋糕 （中英食谱教程）

I was a huge fan of Sara Lee pound cakes before I picked up baking 4 years ago. I have tried baking several pound cake recipes like the Blueberry Whipping Cream pound cake, Cream Cheese pound cake and Orange Yogurt pound cake and thus far this Chocolate Marble pound cake gives the best taste! With the addition of yogurt, the texture is moist and not greasy too. Thanks to my dear friend, Lois, who highly recommended this recipe to me. My hubby gave a big thumbs up when he ate it and I am so pleased! You see, he is rather critical and not one who praises easily, if he says good, it must be so...LOL!!!   
   
四年前，还没开始玩烘焙时，就好喜欢买‘沙莉雪藏蛋糕’。试过好几款磅蛋糕如‘ 蓝梅鲜奶油磅蛋糕’，‘奶油奶酪磅蛋糕’和‘ 柳橙优格磅蛋糕’，还是这‘巧克力大理石磅蛋糕’最好吃！因为加了优格，蛋糕的质感又湿润又细腻，而且吃起来也没那么油腻。 真的感谢好友Lois强力推荐她收藏多年的食谱，我才能够吃到这么好吃的磅蛋糕。老公吃了也竖起拇指说好。哇，这下我可high了，因为他不轻易给于赞美的喔！所以他说好就是好。。哈哈！　 

Quick & Easy Double Chocolate Yogurt Muffins 简易双巧克力优格玛芬 （中英食谱教程）

I have been using this quick and easy muffin recipe all these while especially when I am super busy and do not have much time to bake. This recipe is really a life saver to me as all in all it takes only 30 minutes to churn out a batch of delicious and moist muffins. In this recipe, I only used one single baking tool - the Tovolo dough whisk, to do the job. Yay, less washing to do...especially if you are like me who do not have the luxury of having a helper at home to do all the washing. 

每当超忙碌时，这简易又快速的食谱是我的救星。因为在短短的三十分钟就能烘焙出又湿润又好吃的马芬。

For those who are new to the dough whisk, it is also known as the Danish Dough Whisk or Brotpisker in Danish. It is an essential tool for all bakers as it can do chores like mixing muffin batter, mixing heavy dough prior to kneading and other batters which you don't want to beat for fear of toughening your bakes. This specialized baking tool is also easier to wash compared to a hand whisk. 

You may click on the following links to check out my youtube videos how this tool was used: 

1. Cranberry Yogurt Muffins - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxZ4sjnObs8

2. Wholemeal Cranberry Cream Cheese Non-Knead Buns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrL6ztD2kkU

在这你会看到我用了好特别的面团手搅拌器也被称为丹麦面团手搅拌器或Brotpisker(丹麦语)，是烘焙者的必备工具。它可以迅速地把材料混合成面糊，不怕面糊搅拌过头而出筋，也可以把面包材料轻易的混合成面团，再进行搓揉，跟打蛋器比，容易清洗多了！

想看搅拌器的实际操作过程可按以下的连接到Youtube观看我的视频。
1.蔓越莓酸奶玛芬 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxZ4sjnObs8
2.蔓越梅奶油奶酪全麦免揉面包 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrL6ztD2kkU

Zebra Yoga Cotton Cake 斑马瑜伽棉花蛋糕（中英食谱教程）

Last Friday, I posted my first attempt of the Yoga Cotton Cake, the response was so good and many people are interested to bake this soft, moist and flexible cake. In fact, I have received more than one thousand Facebook private messages and questions regarding this cake. It was certainly not easy going through every single messages and I must admit that I 'see till I blur blur'...haha! My apologies if I have missed out any of your questions and seek your understanding. 

上星期五，在部落格分享了第一次做的瑜珈棉花蛋糕，反应出奇的好。很多人都想挑战做这柔软，滋润又有弹性的蛋糕。在短短的几天，我就收到了超过一千的脸书私人讯息和蛋糕问题。要一个一个地回答还真不容易，光看每一个讯息都看到我头昏脑涨了！在下如有错过您的问题，还请多多包涵呢！　

Here is my first attempt.
这是第一次做的瑜珈棉花蛋糕。

Chocolate Hot Cross Buns 巧克力热十字面包 （中英食谱教程）

Have not been baking bread using the oven for quite some time (been relying on my breadmaker to churn out loaves on alternate days though) and I wanted to bake a batch of chocolate chips hot cross buns for Good Friday. However, it turned out to be chocolate hot cross buns instead! As I have added cold Hershey's chocolate chips (left half a pack and was kept in fridge), it must have melted during the kneading process in the breadmaker. Despite this, the buns turned out to be so soft and delicious and my girl commented that it tasted like Petite Provence chocolate wassants! 

好久没用烤箱烤面包了，（不过每隔一天还是会用面包机来做面包的），昨天的受难日正想烤一批巧克力豆热十字面包来吃。谁知道竟然烤出巧克力十字面包来！应该是用了从冰箱拿出来的Hershey's 巧克力豆（剩下半包所以保存在冰箱里），在面包机搓揉阶段时融化了，变成巧克力面团。即使这样，面包做出来很柔软又好吃！女儿说，吃起来味道很像Petite Provence 面包店卖的巧克力小面包呢！

Homemade Leopard Print Tokyo Banana- 自制豹纹东京香蕉蛋糕（中英食谱）

The first time I heard of Tokyo Banana was before I went for my vacation in Osaka in 2013, my nephew Darren had asked me to buy it if I see it in Osaka. Unfortunately, I could not find it in Osaka, not even at the Kansai International Airport.

Tokyo Banana (東京ばな奈) is a Japanese souvenir sweet of Tokyo, a banana shaped sweet full of banana custard wrapped in a fluffy sponge. It is considered a top souvenir and must buy when one visits Tokyo. 

I happened to see a homemade version of the Tokyo banana at a chinese blog recently and decided to give it a try. Please pardon my not so nice drawing of the leopard print on my first attempt. Nonetheless, the taste is good and not too sweet like the original version. The kids love it and we finished the 9 pieces all in one go! 

Melt-In-Mouth Oreo Chocolate Chip German Cookies​ ​ 入口即化奥利奥巧克力豆德国酥饼 (中英食谱教程)

How's your Lunar New Year so far?  I have a great time spent with family visiting relatives and close friends during the first 4 days of Chinese New Year (CNY). We had a long weekend to celebrate this year as the first and second day of the Lunar New Year fell on Thursday (19 Feb) and Friday (20 Feb). It was great catching up with one another over sumptuous meals and CNY goodies. 

The CNY lasts for 15 days and we've got another week before it ends but my homebaked goodies are already running low in stock. (Click here to check out my CNY recipes) Today, I created another flavour of the melt-in-the-mouth German cookies since my family just can't get enough of it. Here's sharing another great flavour which you MUST try, I guarantee you will love it just as much as my other sweet and savoury ones!  

Homemade Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice-Cream 自制黑巧克力花生酱雪糕 (中英食谱教程)

Pardon my photo taking as it is really not easy to capture nice ice-cream shots in our hot humid weather in Singapore. I am using the Tovolo Ice-cream scoop which provides the perfect scoop and keeps the counter clean.   

Ever since I have an ice-cream maker at home, I have been making ice-cream almost fornightly. I enjoy experimenting new ice-cream flavours but my family's favourite is still the Matcha ice-cream which you can find the recipe here. 

Besides Matcha flavour, we love dark chocolate (see the benefits below) ice-cream too especially the premium dark chococolate 'Hei' (黑) ice-cream from Awfully Chocolate. I am still experimenting and hope that I will achieve close to the 'Hei' (黑) chocolate ice-cream one day...hei hei! ;p Meanwhile, let me share this new creation that I tried yesterday which satisfied my craving for dark chocolate and peanut butter at the same time! 

Racoon cut-out Cookies - Valentine's Special 浣熊造型饼干- 情人节特定 (中英食谱教程)

Two weeks ago, my blogger friend, Fion invited me to join in the fun of posting Valentine's cookie together with a few other bloggers on Valentine's Day. Here's sharing these Racoon cookies which I have baked specially for my dear hubby. The racoon holds a special meaning for me as the first gift I received from my other half during our first date was a stuff toy racoon. (you'll see it on the left in the photo below) Hope these racoon cookies will bring him fond memories of our courtship days. 　

Chocolate Cheesecake - Highly Recommended! 巧克力乳酪蛋糕 (中英食谱教程）

This cake was made specially for my dear hubby's birthday last Thursday. He is one who does not like cream on cake and I recalled baking him a Molten Lava Cake last year. This year I have used two of his favourite food (mine as well), Dark Chocolate and Cream Cheese for his birthday cake and he loves it! This cheesecake is highly recommended and you can make it for the coming Valentine's Day or after meal dessert for reunion dinner!

这是上星期四做给老公的生日蛋糕，有他最喜欢的黑巧克力和奶油奶酪，他非常喜欢还赞好吃呢！ 这强力推荐的巧克力芝士蛋糕，在来临的情人节或年除夕做饭后甜品吧！

Rich Chocolate Cake (Highly Recommended) 强力推荐浓郁巧克力蛋糕 （中英食谱教程）

I just returned from my vacation in Australia. It was a wonderful time spend with my family. 

Shortly back from my trip, Tovolo sent me these interesting and functional tools, some are from the 2015 range and are not available in our local market yet. I am so happy and excited with my new kitchen toys! You will see some of it in action in today's tutorial photos. 

Cookie Cutter Recipe 造型压模饼干（中英食谱教程）

Yesterday was the last day of school term for my little boy. When he came home, he was kind of sad as he would not be going back to the holding school where the Primary 1 and 2 students are attending this year due to the school construction of an indoor sports hall and classroom blocks at the main school campus. I know he would miss the Chess corner most as that's where he and his good friends would play chess (moving giant Chess pieces which are slightly shorter than the children but light weight) every morning before lessons starts.