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- 

Matcha Ice-Cream- eggless version 抹茶冰淇淋- 无蛋版（中英加图对照食谱）

Matcha ice-cream has always been my favourite ice-cream. Many readers have tried my blog's earlier Homemade Matcha green tea ice-cream recipe and given good feedback. As it requires more steps, involving the cooking of the egg mixture to 85 degree Celsius, I decided to work out a recipe without using any eggs. After several experiments, finally I am satisfied with this eggless version. It tastes just as good! 

抹茶口味的冰淇淋是我最爱的雪糕。之前做了也在部落格分享过，试过的读者们都赞好吃。这次想省略鸡蛋，试验了好几次，终于满意这自创无蛋版的食谱，强力推荐给大家！如果你像我一样喜爱抹茶口味的甜品，肯定会喜欢的！　

I often get enquiries regarding the Tovolo Glide-A-Scoop ice-cream tub which I used to contain my homemade ice-cream. This tub can store up to 1.5 quarts of homemade ice cream/gelato/sorbet. It's non-slip base steadies the container while you effortlessly scoop along the slender tub and it's slim design fits into any tightly packed freezer door too. Good news! It is now available in Singapore and exclusively online at www.tovolo.com.sg. 

Gem Candy Cookies宝石糖果曲奇（中英加图对照食谱)

This month is our local school exam period, I have made these Gem Candy Cookies to cheer my kids and they love it! I have used this set of Mastrad Cookie Cutters to cut out the fun shapes and fill the center with candies, don't they look like gems, pretty isn't it? You can made these for the coming Christmas and it will surely made a lovely gift for your loved ones and friends! 

这个月是本地学校的考期，我做了这些宝石糖果曲奇来鼓励孩子们，他们好喜欢！我用了这套Mastrad多功能饼干模具，切出有趣的形状，并在空中加了糖果，看起来好像宝石，是不是很漂亮？大家可以在即将到来的圣诞，尝试做这些曲奇，送给亲朋好友，一定会受欢迎的！ 

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！

Camouflage Breadmaker Loaf 迷彩面包机吐司 （中英加图对照食谱）

Bake this soft and fluffy all natural camouflage loaf to cheer my little one up as he has been suffering from frequent nose bleeding due to block nose caused by the haze. Wishing the haze to go away soon as I miss the sun, blue sky and fresh air!!! 

Purple sweet potato egg white butter cookies 紫薯蛋白奶油饼干 （中英加图对照食谱）

Using the purple sweet potato powder I made 2 weeks ago, I have baked these butter cookies and am happy that it turned out a beautiful purplish pink which is acheived by using all natural colouring and nothing artificial at all! These cookies used egg white only so if you have leftover egg whites from previous bakes, this will be a good recipe to consume it. :) 

用自制的紫薯粉做了这些蛋白奶油饼干，很满意用天然材料烘出来的紫红色，也刚好可以消耗在冰箱剩余的蛋白。;) 

Milo Ice-Cream (eggless version) 美禄巧克力冰淇淋- 无蛋版（中英加图对照食谱）

Hope you have enjoyed my creation of the Milo Ferrero Rocher Swiss Roll in my last post. This time I am gonna share another personal creation which also got the big thumbs up from my family. This Milo frozen treat can be made with or without an ice-cream maker and definitely cheers us up in this time of hazy condition in Singapore caused by the Indonesia fires. 

创作了美禄金沙巧克力卷后，又创作了无蛋版的美禄冰淇淋，家人一样赞好吃，好开心！即使没有家用冰淇淋器也一样可以做​的​出来！

Due to the deterioration of air quality, my family has been keeping all doors and windows shut (hubby even bought air-tight tapes to stick on the windows and doors to ensure a tight seal to prevent any air from coming through) and making our IQAir Healthpro air-purifier work extra hard. We are also diligent in donning our N95 masks when the PSI level hits unhealthy level.  

We are kind of disturb to see many people taking the haze too lightly and still do not wear N95 mask (surgical masks, tissues or handkerchiefs will not protect you at all!) at outdoors. According to Wikipedia, the PM 2.5 particles which made up the majority of haze particles is the deadliest form of air pollution due to their ability to penetrate deep into the lungs and blood streams unfiltered, causing DNA mutations, heart attacks, premature death and lung cancer, thus even short-term exposure can be damaging!   

Hence, I do urge my Singaporean and Malaysian readers to take good care during this haze period and be proactive in taking care of your own/family's health. 

Milo Ferrero Rocher Swiss Roll 美禄金沙巧克力卷 （中英加图对照食谱）

Last week was a hectic week for me, visiting the hospital almost everyday! (you will know why if you have read my last post.) I am glad that the week ended well with good celebration of the mid-autumn festival with the extended family. 

To support my blogger friend, Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids, who is the host of this month Little Thumbs Up - Milo theme, I have actually come up with this Milo swiss roll recipe two weeks back but have no time to blog about it until now. 

I love Milo since young especially the Australian recipe which is tastier and more fragrant. Do you know how I like to enjoy my Milo? I usually put a few heaps of Milo powder in my glass of fresh milk, give it a slight stir before scooping up the clumps of Milo to eat, it's really shiok! ('Shiok' is a common slang word used in Singapore and Malaysia to express happiness, strong pleasure or tingling taste buds with regards of food)  

AsI have a box of Ferror Rocher chocolate sitting in the fridge, I decided to use it for the swiss roll fillings. I am delighted that the crushed hazelnuts, chocolate and wafer cream fillings turned out to be super delicious and it blended so well with the Milo swiss roll! My fussy hubby and kids gave a big thumbs up for this new creation. :) 

I have also used organic extra virgin coconut oil in this recipe and here's sharing the health benefits of it. 

Cheesy Shanghai Mooncake 芝士上海月饼 （中英加图对照食谱）

I have actually scheduled this week to bake more varieties of mooncakes but due to unforeseen circumstances, my girl injured her toe and I had to bring her to the hospital to see the Pediatric Orthopaedic and more visits to the hospital as my boy has to see Pediatric Ophthalmology and mum has to undergo minor surgery. So, I am left with just one day to bake before the mid-autumn festival this Sunday. I have chosen to try out this cheesy Shanghai Mooncake which is so much easier as compared to the traditional Cantonese style mooncakes. It turned out to be fragrant and tasty. Do give it a try if you have some time. :) 

Wishing all a blessed and happy mid-autumn! 

祝大家中秋快乐，月来月开心，月来月幸福，月来月甜蜜。

Quick & Easy Breadmaker French Loaf 简易法式面包机食谱（中英加图对照食谱）

This is my first time using Baguette flour to bake and I love the taste and texture of the french loaf which this flour has yielded. The baguette flour besides suitable for making baguettes & french loaf, it is also suitable for sourdough and all types of crusty artisan bread as it is able to give a rich flavour, crusty outer layer and great inner holes. 

My hubby who loves artisan bread gave a big thumbs up for this french loaf using the baguette flour as he loves the texture so much more compared to the Breadmaker Wholemeal French Loaf which I have baked using bread flour previously. I foresee myself to be baking bread more with this baguette flour to please my other half. ;) 

Click 'HERE' for the list of stores where you can buy this baguette flour. 

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！

Source from Internet 来源自网络

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

Yuzu Jam Loaf 柚子酱面包 （中英食谱教程）

A nice and refreshing loaf of bread, simply love the sweet fragrance of citron tea! 

营养丰富的柚子茶，不只可以冲泡喝，也可以用来做面包。面包烤出来时还有股淡淡的柚子香味呢...

Watermelon Shaped Pastry Mooncake 西瓜造型月饼 （中英食谱教程）

Watermelon shaped bakes seems to be in the trend this year. You can find watermelon shaped bread, roll cakes and now mooncakes! This idea is from a bakery in Taiwan who hit the news recently with this creation. This is my first time using Ghee and I am surprise to find out that this cultured butter is full of health benefits. I love it as I am one who advocates using all natural, healthy and premium ingredients for baking! 

Source from internet 

Homemade Low-Sugar Mung Bean Paste 自制低糖绿豆蓉 （中英食谱教程）

This is my first time making homemade bean paste and I am glad that I am in control of the sugar level and have made these low sugar version. Mung bean paste can be used for making many types of desserts like Jin Deui (a type of fried Chinese pastry made from glutinous rice flour, coated with sesame seeds on the outside and is crisp and chewy), Ang Ku Kueh (a small round or oval shaped Chinese pastry with soft stickyglutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet filling in the centre), mooncakes etc. 
这是我第一次试做豆蓉，自己做的不但健康还可以控制糖份。绿豆蓉可以用来制作不同的甜点如煎堆/芝麻球（一种油炸的甜点，用糯米粉制成，外层沾了芝麻，咬下去酥脆又有嚼劲），红龟粿，月饼等等。

I have used the low-sugar mung bean paste to make a batch of watermelon-shaped pastry mooncakes (as seen below) using all natural ingredients and no artificial colourings or baking chemicals at all. Isn't it cute? 

我用了自制的低糖绿豆蓉，做了以下的西瓜造型月饼，用的是全天然材料，无人工色素或化学，可爱吗？

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！

Butter Cake (Famous Mrs NgSK) 奶油蛋糕 (中英食谱教程)

  

This famous Mrs NgSK butter cake recipe needs no introduction. It is so raved about in the bloggersphere and everyone who tried it deem it the best butter cake they have ever made. This recipe uses the egg separation method and yields a light, soft, moist and fragrant butter cake.

这著名的Mrs NgSK 奶油蛋糕不需要我太多的介绍，因为好多博友们试过了都赞不绝口, 也认为是做过最好吃的奶油蛋糕。 食谱的制做过程中使用了分蛋打发方式，做出来的奶油蛋糕轻盈, 柔软, 湿润又香气十足。

I have used this Mastrad mini bundt mould (made of premium silicon, easy to hold safety handles, easy to demould and odourless) to make some small and dainty cakes in different flavours using natural ingredients like organic vanilla paste, uji matcha powder and cocoa powder. This is my trial bake here and I intend to make this again for my kids' teachers for the upcoming teacher's day. 

我用了这款Mastrad法式优质硅胶的迷你蛋糕模，试做了一些小而纤巧的奶油蛋糕。用了三种天然材料 - 含有香草籽的有机香草糊，宇治抹茶粉和可可粉做了三种不同口味的，都很好吃。

Banana Nutella Pound Cake 香蕉榛果巧克力酱磅蛋糕 （中英食谱教程）

I don't know about you but I love Sara Lee's pound cakes since I was a child and would always eat it together with a cup of fresh milk. Three months ago, I shared my 'Marble Chocolate Pound Cake ' and it was super well received as many who have baked it feedback that it tasted exactly like Sara Lee's marble pound cake.

As I had some full ripe bananas sitting on my wet kitchen counter top, I was thinking if I should use it to bake my all time favourite 'Banana Cake' (this is another highly recommended cake which many of my readers have tried and feedback that it is so soft and fluffy) or try something new. Then that big bottle of Nutella caught my sight... and here you are a Banana Nutella pound cake which is fragrant and tasty! 

从小就爱吃莎莉蛋糕，前阵子做的“大理石巧克力磅蛋糕”很受欢迎，许多读者试了，反馈味道很像莎莉的大理石蛋糕。


因为看到厨房还剩几条熟透的香蕉，就在想，要不要拿来做我最喜欢又强力推荐的“香蕉蛋糕”（质感超柔软又蓬松!）或是尝试其他没做过的糕点。想着想着就看到那大瓶的榛果巧克力酱......就把香蕉榛果巧克力酱磅蛋糕给做出来了，味道又香又美味！ 

Homemade SUBWAY White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies 白巧克力夏威夷豆软曲奇（中英食谱教程）

My girl is a great fan of Subway White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies. I wanted to surprise her by baking some copycat version. I am happy with my experiment as the result is quite close to the store bought ones. 

女儿好喜欢吃SUBWAY的白巧克力夏威夷果仁软曲奇，我就在家试做了山寨板的，希望能给她一个惊喜。好开心味道跟Subway店还蛮接近的。

Before you start, may I suggest that you read the important tips given below on how to achieve soft and chewy cookies. Please do not reduce the sugar amount as it will also affect the cookie texture. 

在试做之前，建议您先看以下的重要提示如何才能做出软又有嚼劲的曲奇。请不要降低糖份，因为这也会影响曲奇的软质感。