Black sesame is a seriously underrated flavour for desserts. It has a beautiful roasted aroma that brings depth to your baking. This black sesame sponge cake is topped with a fragrant black sesame mascarpone cream to really kick the black…
Cornflakes Cake
This cornflakes cake is absolutely delightful. The cornflake clusters give it the moorish crunch. And better yet, each bite is coated in a special cornflake cream. And let me tell you, the cornflake clusters ain’t just regular cornflakes stuck together….
Edible Rocks
Edible rocks add so much character for cakes. It creates an instant wow factor – especially because they are so realistic looking! I’ve bought candy rocks before but they can be very pricy. They’re often hard and not very nice…
Mascarpone Whipped Cream
Usually I use Italian meringue buttercream for piping cake designs but I MUCH prefer eating mascarpone whipped cream. It’s got such a lovely creamy consistency that melts in the mouth with a soft sponge. Unlike meringue icing recipes that need…
Coffee Sponge Cake (tang mian method)
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…
Matcha Boba Pudding Cake
This cake version of my favourite boba order uses egg pudding and pearls to really bring on the meaning of a boba cake (see original boba cake 1.0 here). Being a big fan of tea-inspired desserts, I used both matcha…
Soft and Fluffy Vanilla Cupcakes
This is one recipe you want to keep. Work smarter not harder in the kitchen right?
Avocado Icing Recipe
Avocados..who doesn’t love them?? To my shock and horror, many actually. But they wouldn’t know if it was used as a thickener for smoothies..or icing! Recipe 3 very ripe avocados 650g icing sugar 200 cocoa powder Blitz the avocados until…
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…
Cotter House High Tea
There used to be a high tea craze a while back because well, who can resist the cuteness of mini sammies and desserts on silver tiered towers? It’s the overdone lavishness and perky pinkies up while you delicately sip from tiny…
