Strawberry Mousse Tiara Cake

2 Tier Strawberry Mousse Cake finish with a ediable Tiara for the Princess.

Birthday girls's mummy let me design the cake, she is tuning 7. Having 4 girls in the family and I knew using Pink will never go wrong with her age. It turn the cake matched perfectly with the party theme ;>

Happy Birthday Aniston!!!!

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Christmas Dinner 2010 - Turduckengeon

This Christmas season, I took up this challenge posed by my new found "Si Fu", Karen. I asked her if she had any recipe to make the season’s favorite - turkey. She then proposed making a "Turducken" - a turkey stuffed with a duck and a chicken. The difficult part was to debone them. I went to You Tube and found some clips and learnt it online.

I then equipped myself with a meat craving knife and spent 2 hours deboning the 4 birds. I listened to my imagination and finally threw in a pigeon, since I have one in the freezer. Why not stuff it in also to make a "Turduckengeon". Not sure if anyone has done it before, so no harm trying.

I'll let the photos explain the rest. I skip posting the de-bone photos as I find them quite gross. All in all, the project took me about 4 hours to de-bone all 4 birds, stuff birds according to their sizes and then sew the big bird back up again. I baked it for 4.5 hours.

I enjoyed the process and the end results. Not sure if you would ;>

Some other pretty starter!

Festive Cookies

This is the 3 types of cookies that I'll be selling for X'mas and CNY, It'll be bottle in a air-tight plastic jar weight est. 300gm. Delivery will be reconfirmed upon order confirmation. Please write to me if you're interested to place order.

Chocolate Cream cake with Ganache & Fresh fruit

1kg Chocolate cream cake with Ganache & Fresh fruit

Halloween Cake (Soup of Horror)

My hubby woke up @ 3am to find himself wide awake when he saw this cake and decided to take some photos for me instead slumbering back to the bed.

It is a theory that has come true for this cake as I always want to make a delicious yet "good looking" cake without using fondant/sugar paste. It is also a good lesson that helps me conquer my fear of working on chocolate. It is not easy to temper it the right way and hot weather like Singapore makes it a no no for a home baker – I used to persuade myself!

I cast the chocolate on the surface of a aluminium foil placed and supported in a bowl. The "tempering" process was rather smooth this time compared to last year when I did the "Transformer Cake", partly due to the use of a newly purchased, “chef-grade” digital thermometer + many hours studying and reading the chocolate making book that I bought for myself. I was very happy to see the glossy finishing when it was done and hear the “snapping sound” as a small piece broke in my month while I tasted it – a simple way to test if the tempering is done correctly. It tasted good too as I used some 70% cocoa chocolate. The rest is filled with mocha cream and topped with Butter cookies fingers, lychee eye balls and last but never the least, the bloody raspberry coulis.

I must thank Karen who has faith in me to design this cake. She said in a FB message, "Hiyo, is for Halloween so, any Halloween design will be good.. Shall leave the design to you =) I dun mind surprise.. " The last sentence is a powerful one (the same pleasant challenge the food critic in Ratatouille engaged the chef rat in) as it pushed me on to search for the X factor for this cake.

The feedback: "We've enjoyed the disgusting cake.. they're saying indeed spooky just by looking at it, but yummy yummy delicious". Glad that even her mom who isn't a chocolate fan loves the texture and taste of the cake.

I'm proud to say that I've overcome some fear (of playing with chocolate) along the way. I carry on learning and mastering some new skills in the process of my cake making journey. The more I get into it, the more I find myself inadequate. Way to go…for now, a pat on my shoulder is most needed ;>

P.S Happy to see the smile on the Birthday "boy's" face!!!

Chocolate Cream Ganache Cake

Chocolate Cream Ganache Cake

Happy to see how much a little girl grown from 2 years old to 3 years old. I'm glad that in their special day I can be involved in making them once again a happy toddler!

Happy Birthday Ashlyn!!!

Mango Mousse Flower Cake

Mango mousse Flower cake!

Durian Cake

This was a special order from my brother who was in Singapore last week. He liked my durian puff very much and had been asking me to make a durian cake for his boss Joe.

I was hesitant to make durian cake knowing durian season had been way over. I told him I would not make it unless I could find good quality durian. In fact I checked out places like Jurong West, Still Road and Balestier Road for "Cat Mountain King" durian only to find none in sight. AL at the end helped me buy some from NTUC Fairprice.

So I hope Joe liked this durian cake and wish him a belated "Happy Birthday"