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！

Healthy Wholemeal Cranberry Almond Cookies 健康全麦蔓越梅杏仁酥 （中英加图对照食谱）

The Lunar/Chinese New Year (CNY) is less than a month away. Have you started making CNY goodies? Most traditional Lunar New Year goodies are packed with sugar and fat, with little nutritional value at all. Thus, I am determined to come up with a healthier cookie recipe this year. I have tweaked and modified greatly an almond cookies recipe found on 孟老师's cookie recipe book. 

农历新年快到了，您开始做年饼与零食了吗？多数传统的年饼与零食热量和脂肪含量高，几乎没什么营养价值可言。所以，我就把在孟老师手工饼干食谱书上，看到的杏仁酥食谱，大大地改良成健康，营养丰富的全麦蔓越莓杏仁酥。

Healthy Honey & Oatmeal Bread 蜂蜜燕麦片面包 （中英加图对照食谱）

-Wordless Wednesday- 

Nutella Ogura Cake 巧克力榛子酱相思蛋糕 （中英加图对照食谱）

My first attempt of baking an ogura cake - Ogura Colour De Quad cake was few months back and I like the way it turned out with four different colours using all natural colourings like blue pea flower, beet root powder and matcha powder. This time I decided to try Nutella flavour as I was craving for a chocolate cake. It turned out to be soft, super moist and chocolatey. I am giving myself two thumbs up for this cake as it is super delicious and I highly recommend you to try it!   

几个月前第一次做相思蛋糕，用了全天然色素（紫蝶豆花，甜菜根和抹茶）做了四色相思。 这次用了巧克力榛子酱做了这超柔软，超湿润，超好吃的巧克力榛子酱相思蛋糕，强力推荐给您！

Healthy Purple Sweet Potato Snow-skin Mooncake 健康紫薯冰皮月饼 （中英食谱教程）

In my earlier post, I shared my homemade purple sweet potato powder and I have used it to make this healthy snow-skin mooncake skin which uses olive oil instead of shortening. I have used quite a bit of this all natural food powder to achieve a vibrant purple and I am beyond happy with the result...of course as purple is my favorite color! :)  

上个帖子分享了自制的紫薯粉，用了它来做这个健康， 用橄榄油代替白油的冰皮月饼。我相当满意做出来的成品，觉得颜色很漂亮，当然...因为紫色是我最喜欢的颜色嘛！:)

Purple sweet potatoes also known as Okinawan sweet potatoes are richly nutritious. 

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Homemade Purple Sweet Potato Powder 自制紫薯粉 （中英食谱教程）

It is not difficult to make your own fruit or vegetable powder at home. I am one home baker who avoids using unhealthy artificial colorings or artificial ingredients in my food preparation and advocates using healthy, natural and premium ingredients. Hence, to achieve my favorite color purple, I have made a pot of purple sweet potato powder which can be used for making bread, cookies, macarons, mooncakes, cakes etc. 

喜欢用全天然材料来烘焙与烹饪的我，自制了紫薯粉，打算用它来做紫色的月饼，饼干，马卡龙，面包等等。自然色素肯定比人工色素健康许多！

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This afternoon, I have used my homemade purple sweet potato powder to make these healthy snow-skin mooncakes (no shortening) which I will share in my next post. 

今天下午，用了自制的紫薯粉做了这些健康无白油的冰皮月饼，下一个帖子再与大家分享！　

Click 'HERE' for updated recipe.
食谱已分享了，点击‘这’看食谱

Super Healthy Scones 超健康司康 （中英食谱教程）

My family loves to eat scones. This is the healthiest scone I have ever made. With the use of wholesome ingredients like brown sugar, organic wholemeal flour, oatmeal etc., it's super nutritious, healthy and yummy!

我和家人都很喜欢吃司康。這是我做過最健康的司康，用了健康的食材如黑糖，有机全麦面粉，燕麦片等等， 營養又好吃！

Almond Honey Bread (Breadmaker Recipe) 杏仁蜂蜜面包机食谱 （中英食谱教程）

This loaf uses ingredients like ground almond and honey and is healthy and nutritious. 

A good and simple breadmaker recipe to try! 

这款面包机做的面包用了杏仁与蜂蜜，营养丰富又美味! 

Blueberry Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcake (cooked dough) with Blueberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream 蓝莓北海道戚风杯子蛋糕 (烫面)- 蓝莓瑞士奶油霜（中英食谱教程）

My second attempt using the cooked dough method to bake the Hokkaido chiffon cupcake and first attempt to whip up Swiss meringue buttercream (SMBC) and in Gula Melaka flavour last week was super well received. Many of my readers have tried and given big thumbs up for both cupcake and SMBC recipes. I have fallen in love with this cooked dough method* cupcake which yields softer and delicate cake texture and also fallen in love with the Swiss Meringue Buttercream which is very stable and can be left in the room temperature for many hours and still hold its shape without melting away. 

*Cooked dough meaning 烫面 in Chinese. The flour used in the chiffon cake recipe is cooked in warm oil before mixing with the meringue prior to baking as it will yield a softer and delicate cake texture. 

上星期做的北海道戚風杯子蛋糕加椰糖瑞士奶油霜非常受欢迎，许多读者尝试了都给好评！喜欢用烫面法*，因为做出来的蛋糕质感超柔软又细腻。喜欢这款瑞士蛋白奶油霜，因为不容易融化，容易造型，外形比较美观，可塑性强。

* 烫面解释 (来自君之) ：烫面戚风，最关键的是“烫面”的过程，所谓“烫面”，从名字上理解，就是被烫过的面粉。最简单的解释是，面粉里的淀粉和蛋白质，在高温下改变性质后，产生很好的增稠力。也因为有烫面的存在，我们能够在戚风的配方里加入更多的液体，使我们做出的戚风在原本就细腻柔软的基础上更进一层楼，变得更柔更软更可口了。将面粉“烫”熟，使面粉内的淀粉发生糊化，进而吸收更多的水分。不过面粉不能直接用煮开的液体来烫，那样温度太高面粉会过度熟化，只需将液体煮热就可以。

My kids love this Hokkaido chiffon cupcake so much that they asked me to bake it again. As I have a few boxes of fresh blueberries in my fridge, hence the decision to modify my earlier recipe to make this Blueberry Hokkaido Chiffon cupcakes and Blueberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream. It is so scrumptious that I had 3 servings at one go! My kids couldn't stop eating at one too! 

两天前，家里的小朋友吵着我再做这款蛋糕，刚好冰箱里有几盒新鲜蓝莓，就尝试做蓝莓口味的。也做了蓝莓瑞士奶油霜来搭配，真的是太好吃了！我一口气吃下了三个呢！ 

Beet Root Ice-Cream 甜菜根冰淇淋（中英食谱教程）

Ice- Cream is my all time favourite after dinner dessert and I am sharing this healthy and yet delicious beet root ice-cream with you this week. Do take a look at the health benefits of this highly nutritious root vegetable below.   

冰淇淋是我饭后最常吃的甜点，用了高营养的甜菜根制成的，健康又好吃！

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Blueberry Chiffon Cake 蓝莓戚风蛋糕 （中英食谱教程）

I am beginning to enjoy baking chiffon cake as it is really versatile and one can make it in a wide variety of flavours using fruit puree, jams, juices, extracts, citrus zests, liquer, etc. Here's sharing my 3rd chiffon cake using fresh blueberries shortly after baking a Gula Melaka flavoured one.  

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Blueberry Frozen Yogurt 蓝莓冷冻优格（中英食谱教程）

I am using the Tovolo Ice-cream scoop which provides the perfect scoop and keeps the counter clean. 

A super healthy dessert to chase away the hot and humid weather blue! Joining in the fun of making frozen yogurt together with my blogger friends and posting in our blog today. Thanks to Zoe and Fion for initiating this in support of LTU yogurt theme and BREE dessert theme. Let's chill together! Cheers! 

Little Thumbs Up Event May 2015: YOGURT 小拇指说好：优格之旅

I am so excited....for the month of May I will be the host for 'Little Thumbs Up' event and the theme is YOGURT. I would like to thank my blogger friends, Zoe and Doreen, for giving me this opportunity to host my first LTU baking/cooking activity. 

Why did I choose YOGURT? Simply because I love Yogurt especially the Greek-Style ones and it is also one the most commonly used ingredients in my bakes. You may click HERE to view all my past recipes using yogurt or you can click the photos below to view some of my favourite ones.    

Vanilla Bean French Macarons & Vanilla Bean Sugar Recipes 香草豆荚法式马卡龙与香草糖 （中英食谱教程）

As mentioned last Friday, besides receiving a box of Mastrad cupcake pops kit to make these almond cupcake pops below,

Click Here to view Almond Cupcake Pops recipe

 I have also received a box of Mastrad macaron kit to try out. 

Using this kit, I have made a batch of French method Macarons and I am so glad that it is successful on my first attempt! Though it is not very tall, it is close to the ideal macaron which should have a perfect circle with solid smooth bases, have a ruffled “skirt” or “feet” along the edges where it has risen in the oven, taste slightly chewy and yet crunchy! 

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! 

Smooth and Creamy Vanilla Custard 柔顺又滑腻的香草卡士达奶油 （中英食谱教程）

Here's a nice, smooth and creamy vanilla custard which I have made 2 days ago and would like to share it with you. It is also my first time using vanilla bean. Yes, no kidding, I have only used vanilla extract and vanilla paste in my bakes so far. 

这是两天前做的香草奶油，觉得口味很棒，跟大家分享。这也是我第一次使用香草荚。烘烤至今只用过纯香草精和香草糊。

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. 

Baking Taitai's 50 mins Amazing Pumpkin Bread 烘焙太太的50分钟神奇南瓜面包 (中英食谱）

This is my last pumpkin post of the month. In support of the LTU October pumpkin event, I have the opportunity to try out these pumpkin recipes - Pumpkin Tofu Cheesecake Jar, Pumpkin Ondeh Ondeh and Pumpkin Hokkaido Chiffon cupcakes for the past few weeks. Today I am going to share with you my latest successful experiment of this 50 minutes Amazing pumpkin buns. About half a year ago, when I discovered the 40 minutes bun recipe, I thought it was really amazing as you can churn bread out in such a short time. However, this 40 minutes bread recipe uses too much yeast and those who have tried find the texture to be dense and sticky by the next day. My experiment 2 days ago proved to be a champion over the 40 mins bread recipe as I have used the super food pumpkin to recreate a new quick bread recipe which uses much less yeast and is healthier too. This quick bread recipe takes all in all less than an hour to churn out homemade bread compared to normal bread making which requires more than 3 hours, amazing isn't it? 

这是本月的最后一个南瓜食谱。为了支持‘小拇指说好’的十月南瓜活动，我有机会尝试了这些南瓜食谱 - 南瓜豆腐芝士蛋糕瓶，南瓜椰丝球和南瓜北海道戚风小蛋糕。今天，我要与大家分享最近试验成功的50分钟神奇南瓜面包。大约半年前，我第一次尝试了40分钟面包食谱就觉得非常神奇了，因为在这么短的时间就可以把面包做出来。不过，这40分钟面包用的酵母也实在太多了，让许多人无法接受。而且面包放到隔天，咬下去还会粘牙呢！前两天的成功试验跟40分钟面包食谱比起来健康许多！除了用南瓜，酵母也大大的减少，面包的质感也有进步，不会粘牙。大家快来试一试吧！ 

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Pumpkin Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcake 南瓜北海道戚风杯子蛋糕（中英食谱视频教程）

I am sure the Hokkaido chiffon cupcakes are not unfamiliar with many. My first attempt of these light cotton small chiffon cakes with a cream centre was a couple of years ago. I remembered making them for a family gathering and it was well received. This is my second attempt and I am making them in pumpkin flavour. This is made specially for my little boy who has just passed his ABRSM Grade 2 violin exam with a Merit result. You know, the night before the exam, he was so fearful and cried as it was his first violin exam. I took almost an hour to calm him down and assured him that everything would be fine. Moreover, mummy here would be accompanying him into the examination room to play the piano accompaniments for the three tested pieces. Thank God that he did not back out of the violin exam the next day and we played a good duet for the examiner. Well done boy!  

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Fruity Chocolate Cake 鲜果巧克力蛋糕 （中英食谱教程）

In support of my blogger friend, Fion of XuanHom's Mom Kitchen Diary, who is hosting the Chocolate Wonderland theme this month, you will see more chocolate recipe from me. Those who have been following me will know that besides a matcha lover, I am also a great chocolate lover especially dark ones, I love dark chocolate to the extend that I must have at least a bite a day or I will feel that something is missing or not right! :))