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! 

Healthy Avocado Popsicles

This is my family's favourite avocado milkshake which I have turned into popsicles. It makes such a rich, creamy and refreshing treat to enjoy during this hot spell! Avocado is high in nutrients, full of vitamins and rich in healthy fats, protein, sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium. It has health benefits like making your skin glows, reducing cholesterol, anti-ageing, reducing blood pressure, maintains healthy heart etc.

炎热的天气来只牛油果冰棒，真的很不错！牛油果营养价值高，含有多种维生素、丰富的脂肪，蛋白质，钠、钾、镁和钙。它的功效能美颜，降低胆固醇，抗哀老，降血脂，保持心脏健康等等。

French Classic & Matcha Madeleines 法式经典与抹茶马德莲蛋糕 （中英加图对照食谱）

The Madeleine is a traditional small cake from France. It is actually a very small sponge cake with a distinctive shell-like shape acquired from being baked in pans with shell-shaped depressions. There was a saying that this french pastry was created in the 19th century by a lady pastry cook, Madeleine Paulmier hence it was named after her. 

I made these lovely french cakes together with my 8-year-old boy two days ago. He came home in high spirit as he is the only one in class who scored full marks for his Mathematics examination paper which he took on Monday. Mathematics is his favourite subject, thus he is overjoyed! We decided to make some madeleines. I did the cake batter for the classic Madeleine while he watched. When I am done, he did the cake batter for Matcha madeleines all by himself! We had to put the batter into the fridge overnight, this is necessary so that the bumps or humps will develop during baking. 

We have an enjoyable time baking, bonding together and eating these tasty french cakes. Do give this simple recipe a try and wishing you a lovely and blessed weekend. :) 

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

-Wordless Wednesday- 

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! 

Healthy Fruity Yogurt Popsicles 健康水果优格冰棒 （中英食谱教程）

The weather has been getting really warm and making these healthy and yummy popsicles seems to be the right and wise thing to do to beat the heat! I have used the below Tovolo Rocket and Star shaped popsicles moulds and my kids really love these fun shapes! My son loves especially the rocket popsicles and said "3-2-1- Blast off" before he popped it into his mouth...lol! 

 Tovolo Popsicle moulds  

Which will you pick?
你会选哪个？

Homemade Mango Sago Pomelo 自制杨枝甘露（中英食谱）

　

I have a pomelo sitting on my kitchen counter top since Chinese New Year. So, when my hubby bought some Thai honey bee mangoes last weekend, I quickly used both fruits to make one of my favourite dessert - Mango Sago Pomelo. It is a popular Hong Kong dessert which can be made easily at home. Just follow the simple steps below and you can enjoy it in no time. It is so delicious and refreshing that one bowl is simply not enough! ;p   

Easy Blueberry Honey Cupcakes 简易蓝莓蜂蜜小蛋糕（中英食谱）

This week is our local school break, I am usually busier with the kids around and I can't try recipes which take up too much time. I saw this simple honey cupcake recipe while browsing through a Chinese recipe book by 君之 and decided to give it a try with my 7-year-old boy. It's been a while since he bakes together with mummy, our last bake bonding session was when we baked the Number cookies using the Tovolo number cookie cutters last November. This recipe is rather easy, he could do almost all the steps except the whisking of the eggs using the electric mixer which I gave him a hand. We have also added blueberries to the batter for a fruity taste. He was really happy and proud to bake these delicious and soft honey cupcakes. 

Wholemeal Cranberry Cream Cheese Non-Knead Buns 蔓越梅奶油奶酪全麦免揉面包 （中英食谱视频教程）

Good news! The Tovolo Stainless Steel 12"Dough Whisk has arrived in Singapore.  Few weeks ago, when I did a video tutorial using the dough whisk to make the Moist & Smooth Cranberry Yogurt Muffins, some readers have asked me where they can buy this in Singapore. You can now find it at all Robinsons, Metro Centrepoint, Takashimaya, www.tovolo.com.sg and www.hipvan.com. I have done up another video tutorial, this time showing you how to use the dough whisk to make these delicious and healthy 'Wholemeal Cranberry Cream Cheese Non-Knead Buns'. 

No-cook Overnight Refrigerator Oatmeal 免煮隔夜冰箱麦片 (中英食谱教程）

Photo updated on 14 September 2018

This popular overnight, no-cook refrigerator oatmeal is a power pack nutrition and healthy breakfast which is really simple to make. It is made in individual glass bottles and serve cold. Well...you can actually use any container you can find at home, be it glass or plastic, best recycle!) 

Matcha Chiffon Cake 抹茶戚风蛋糕 （中英食谱）

I have never baked a chiffon cake in a tube pan before. (other than the Hokkaido chiffon cupcakes) I was told that the failure rate of baking a chiffon cake is rather high so I was a little nervous but delighted that it turned out alright on my first attempt. :)

A chiffon cake is a very light cake made using vegetable oil instead of butter and it is so versatile that you can come up with many variations of it.

Baking Taitai's Black Sesame Buns with Cranberry Cream Cheese Filling

This is another recipe which I use the Tahini Black Sesame Spread. This spread was first used in making Black Sesame Cupcakes in my earlier post here. When black sesame is used as one of the ingredients to make the bread dough, the nutritional value will increase, so why not give it a try?