This is a beautifully moist coffee sponge cake that is a perfect base for any occasion. My favourite way of making sponge cakes uses the tang mian/cooked dough method, which coats the flour with fat before adding anything else. This…
Pandan Cake Recipe
I love experimenting with different cakes but my preference always comes back to a lighter cake crumb. Growing up in Hong Kong, the typical birthday cake would be a light sponge filled with chanchilly cream and fruit. Simple and not…
Baking Science – Dry Sponge Cakes
No recipe has told me this. I have always marvelled at the simple but cottony soft and moist sponge cakes that taste delicious on their own. In the past, I’ve used a chiffon cake recipe as the basis for my…
Matcha & White Chocolate Cookie
Matcha & white chocolate cookie mania. Two of my favourites – matcha and cookies. The white chocolate balances out the otherwise bitter tea flavour. I always use a heavy hand when adding the matcha powder, it’s all or nothing! If…
Baking Science: Egg-free Baking
With the new era of allergy-filled children, eggs which are the basis of many delicious baked treats, are now crossed out with a big fat marker. I love eggs. Poached eggs, scrambled eggs…Eggs are especially important in baked goods like…
Celebrating Baking Imperfections
Another year has come which means toasting to another year of procrastibaking, being overly expressive while eating..and being bribed with good food. As a teacher, one of the hardest lessons is not to be a perfectionist. There’s a fine line…
Baking Science: Cake flour
When a recipe calls for cake flour..they mean cake flour. I made this mistake when I was following a recipe from a Youtube video, and being the super efficient (lazy) person I am, I scrolled down the comments to see…
Matcha Chiffon Cake Recipe
This is light sponge that would go great with chanchilly cream or a red bean/custard filling. Delicious! Ingredients 150g self raising flour 8 egg yolks 120g castor sugar 6 tbsp coconut cream 2 tbsp oil 2 tbsp matcha powder 8 egg…
