Bagels

Which flavour do you fancy? Kumquat or Blueberry bagel? I love both! =)

Recipe adapted & modify from here

Kumquat Almond Tea Cakes

Kumquat Almond Tea Cakes

(Recipe adapted from Wendy)

Ingredients:

Kumquat compote
240g kumquats
120g Sugar
240g Water

1. Half kumquats & remove seeds. Cook kumquats, sugar & water into a saucepan until the kumquat looks glossy & soft. Remove 18 pcs of halves & puree the rest with some of the syrup. 

35g plain flour
50g ground almond
½ tsp baking powder
60g butter
50g caster sugar 
2 eggs
65g kumquat puree
  
poached kumquat halves 

Method:

1. Sift flour & baking powder. Mix with ground almond, set aside.
2. Cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy. 
3. Beat in eggs one by one, beating well after each addition.
4. Put in (2) in 2 additions, mixing well after each.
5. Mix in kumquat puree.
6. Divide batter equally into prepared tin & top with a kumquat half
7. Bake in a preheat oven @ 180 degrees for 15mins.

Chocolate Chips Cuppies

Chocolate Chips Cuppies

(Recipe adapted & modify from Jane's Corner)

Ingredients:

(A)
2 eggs
100g sugar

(B)
80g oil
100g milk

(C)
150g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
20g cocoa powder

(D)
1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Method:

1. Whisk (A) together.
2. Add in (B) & mix till combined.
3. Sift (C) & add in (2)
4. Stir in (D).
5. Bake in a preheat oven @ 170 degrees for 20mins.

 I used my leftover lemon curd butter cream to pipe the roses *^_^*

Jelly Noodles

 Its Monday again! I had a pack of agar agar powder sitting in my cupboard, so I gotta put that into good use. Tada.... see my two bowls of jelly noodles. Yes, the eggs & vegetables are made from jelly as well *^_^*

This bowl of jelly noodles is mine as I don't take any chilli ;P

My hubby's jelly noodles with chilli added! hehehe ;)

Happy Birthday!

Made this cake for a gal who is a Hello Kitty fan & is celebrating her 21th birthday

Made this Lemon Curd Mango cake for a gal's 20th birthday

Awfully Sinful Oreo Cheesecake

Its Monday again! Time to clear my fridge to use up left over ingredients. Let's see... what should I bake? Hmm, I have some chocolate butter cream, fresh cream & vanilla cinnamon syrup. I had recently bought a box of Oreo cookies & cream cheese. Oh well, I'm making an awfully sinful Oreo cheesecake!
 
Oreo Cheesecake

(Recipe adapted & modify from Baking Library)

Ingredients:

Base
200g Oreo cookies finely ground
80g melted butter
*Mix together & pressed into an 8" tin. Chill in fridge until ready for use 

Cheesecake filling:
500g cream cheese, softened
100g chocolate butter cream
50g castor sugar
200ml sour cream (2 Tbsp lemon juice + 200ml whipping cream)
2 Tbsp vanilla cinammon syrup
3 eggs, lightly beaten
100g oreo sandwich cookies with peanut butter cream filling, coarsely chopped 

Method:
1. Beat cream cheese, chocolate butter cream & sugar until creamy.  

2. Add in eggs & beat until combined. Add in sour cream & vanilla extract till cheesecake filling is smooth.

3. Fold in the coarsely chopped cookie bits & pour filling onto biscuit base.  

4. Bake @ 150 degrees C for 1 hr 15 mins in a water bath. 

The Oreo crumbs in the middle of the cake look a bit too plain for the cake, so I added a 'Happy Birthday' cake topper (top photo) when taking photos. It does looks better =)

Can't resist this sinful cheesecake.... I am already 'sampling' it while taking these photos!

Curry Buns

Bun recipe here

Made some Chocolate Chip Cookies Dough Cupcakes as well.