Egg Tarts + Apple Puff

Whew! Baked a lot today. I was using both of my ovens, so five tiers were being used all together. My brother wanted me to make egg tarts, so I did.

I was kind of lazy to make my own pastry for the tarts; I used puff pastry. It worked well too!

The custard was really yummy. I kept tasting it as it cooked, so I had to stop myself before there was too little left, hehe.

Warm, flaky crusts with smooth custard. Yum! Of course it can't compare to the professionals at Yum Cha, and it'll always be one of the things I regularly order, along with cha sui bao. *0*

Then my mum wanted to finish all the puff pastry, so we made apple puffs. =D

You can see the apples bursting out of the pastry. Oops, I didn't seal them up enough.

And lastly we had some left over egg whites from the custard. So I whisked it up, added some sugar and baked them, hoping it would come out as meringues.

It didn't. But what came out tasted like popcorn, and the texture is like cotton candy! It's amazing. I think I'll call it popcotton candy. LOL.

Today was so fun, even though I spend 4 hours baking...

Banana cake III: The One!

I think I've finally found it. A low fat, low sugar, actually healthy banana cake recipe. Oh em gee. About time too; my banana supply was rapidly diminishing.

Most of the sugar was replaced by honey, plus I used whole wheat flour and brown sugar.

I love the plump raisins scattered throughout the cake, it added sweetness to the cake.

This yielded a surprisingly spongy cake. It was moist, but still had some bite to it. Oh, and it smelled really good too because of the cinnamon I mixed in.

So the quest comes to an end! Mainly because I have no more bananas left Hahaha... Gosh I love this cake. It's a keeper. ^0^

Banana II (muffins)

Second trial of banana quest. In the form of muffins this time! I used one banana, but the flavour was still as intense. Not too happy with this recipe though. The texture wasn't crumbly enough to be anything like cake or bread. And the appearance reminded me of wrinkly corn muffins. Won't be baking this again.

I added some raisins and sunflower seeds to...well, make it less boring.

I have three more bananas left, just enough for one more banana trial. Will the third time work a charm? Hmm...

Banana Bread I

I am on the quest to find a good banana cake recipe that uses the minimum amount of oil or butter. I have a bunch of bananas ripening, a list of recipes to try and a determination to find the perfect healthy banana cake. This will probably take some time, as my family can only eat so many banana cakes a week, haha.

This first banana cake turned out more like banana bread. It really tasted like bread, with the taste of bananas. I think it would be good if I had baked it in a loaf tin, and cut it into slices.

Looks like banana buns! These are really nice with honey and jam though. I toasted it lightly and spread blueberry jam over it. So yummy!

There were bits of gooey banana dotted throughout, which was my favourite part.

Not as fluffy as I would have liked it, and it was sort of dense as well. But with no butter or oil, and using wholesome ingredients like whole wheat flour, it's really healthy. There is twice the amount of bananas in this recipe then other banana cake recipes, so it's still moist and soft. I ate three at a go, hehe.

Checkerboard Cookies

Wow it's been ages since I last posted, only because of VCE!! Finally holidays are here, and I have time to breathe. Anyway, I actually baked these a few weeks ago for my friend's birthday, but never got the time to post it.

Baking in oven...

These cookies are shortbread cookies, and they take quite some time to assemble, but they look so cute once they are out of the oven! My friend was really happy, because she had been wanting to try them for ages, haha. The pastry needs to be cooled when kneading and arranging, so I had to put it in the fridge at intervals. But they were so fun to make, and great stress reliever (for me) too.


After they have set, I take them out of the fridge. These cookies are pretty convenient to store for months, so you can cut and bake whenever you feel like eating cookies. So bake in bulk next time. =D Totally worth it.

The cookies were soft and buttery, with taste of chocolate and vanilla on your tongue...perfect with milk tea!