Celebrated my dad's birthday with a home-made fruit cake. Like my mum, my dad doesn't fancy those sinful and creamy layered cakes. He prefers those cakes which more traditional and old school. He is a great fan of raisins. He walks to me whenever i am baking and asks me "Why don't you add some raisin?"  Since he...

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Summer has ended and school has started. When school work kicks in the following weeks, i guess i wouldn't have so much free time to bake as i did in summer. So this is my first bake of the fall, Banana Cranberry Cake. This is no doubt one of my family's favourite recipe and i am definitely going...

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I am a great fan of tarts. I love fruit tarts, especially the mini tarts from Delifrance. Tarts always look so pretty with a splash of different colours. The instagram photos are making me craving for lemon meringue tarts badly and i have no idea where i've gotten the courage to bake a lemon meringue tart because the...

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I've never eaten a meringue cookie before i baked this. Even until now, this is my first meringue cookie i've tasted in my entire life. I see colourful pretty meringue rock buns sitting on display whenever i walk past Canale. I don't know what meringue cookies should taste like but these so called 'meringue cookies' i made are...

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Finally a cafe that is in the West and the best thing is I have direct bus from where i lived. It's a relatively new cafe and we decided to have our lunch there! It was a pretty good cafe to spend my slow afternoon catching up with friends. Unfortunately, their 30% Off Total Bill Opening Special Promotion...

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How do you spend your slow Sunday afternoons? My usual Sunday afternoons are spent experimenting recipes. This week is no different! I've a few slightly overripe bananas and they are perfect for baking. I was trapped in a dilemma whether to call these cupcakes or muffins. Well, I decided to call them cupcakes because my idea of muffins...

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What can be better than hot piping fried sweet potato balls for your mid-day snack? If you know me, you would have probably known that I am a huge huge huge fan of sweet potato!! I could eat that  everyday for all my meals! I have a little dream to grow my own sweet potato plant at my...

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I have been wanting to make these little babies since the first time i saw it online. I used to love doughnuts a lot. In fact, I still love it but i hardly eat them now because these pretty looking devils are actually deep fried. Upon seeing "baked doughnuts", I know i definitely have to give this recipe...

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I am a great fan of starchy vegetables like pumpkin, sweet potatoes, yam etc... They keep you feeling full for longer on fewer calories. Besides, they are a great source of nutrients and beta carotene which helps to fight cancer. Unfortunately, I notice that pumpkins aren't that popular among asian dishes. I remembered my mum and aunt used...

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A little headache when it comes to making salad because i always run out of ideas of what to make. Apart from one of my favorite rosemary balsamic chicken, I am sick of the usual oyster sauce marinated chicken and my steamed salmon (I really love this but it is too expensive) for my salad. So, I decided...

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What could be more perfect to spend my Friday night catching up with old friends over comfort food? It has been 4 years since all of us go to the same school. I really love how we have endless topics to talk about, reminiscing old jokes and our inexplicable proximity with one another even though we have gone...

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July was Tropical Spiky month. I was pretty excited to discover that the theme for Aspiring Bakers for July was one of my all-time favourite, DURIAN! Unfortunately, my July was really packed as i have been going for camps almost every week. Although I did bake this cupcake in July, i was 1 step too late from posting...

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