Sweet Decadenze

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Sponge/Lady Fingers

Lady Fingers are not the same as Lady’s Fingers.  Most of us Singaporeans who went through the MOE-controlled syllabus should be very familiar with Lady’s Fingers even if we don’t eat them.  We used them during art classes for their cross-sectional design, and we planted them during our Primary 4 science classes.
Now, if you use Lady’s […]

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Of Baileys and Lady Fingers

I made a total of 3 tiramisus over the weekend using this recipe from Vi, a very nice lady residing in the States - one 8×8 inch went to my cousin YL and her family, another 8×8 inch now sitting prettily in my office’s bar fridge waiting for the boss to cut his birthday cake, and […]

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Protected: MamaC’s Tiramisu Recipe

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I Love Tiramisu!

There are tons of recipes on the internet teaching you how to make a good tiramisu, or so they claim.  I even located a website totally dedicated to consoliating different tiramisu recipes from all over the world.  But till today, I haven’t had any desire to try any of the recipes listed there, simply because there aren’t […]

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Baking Class : Muffins

How time flies!  I’m already into my last lesson of the cake module.  And the last lesson, we will be baking muffins!
I’m quite a huge fan of muffins, and had been looking forward to this lesson for quite a while because I’m sure the recipe will be somewhat different from the other recipes I’ve tried so […]

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Baking Class : Chocolate Cake & Fruit Cake

The Hubby looked through the book for my baking class after my first lesson and declared that he will be looking forward to this class when I bring home a chocolate cake and a light fruit cake.  After all, he has a huge weakness for chocolate cakes.

- (top) The cakes without frosting; (bottom) with chocolate frosting topped […]

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Baking Class : Pound Cake & Utility Cake

We each brought home a total of 4 cakes in the size of a rectangular cake tin, like the Sara Lee pound cake.  Yes, you didn’t read it wrong.  It’s a grand total of 4 cakes, all in slightly different flavouring too!
The first two are pound cakes - one being the normal butter pound cake […]

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Baking Class : Emulsified Sponge Cakes

The first lesson of the cake-making class and we made 2 emulsified sponge cakes - Egg Sponge Cake and Swiss Roll.
The recipes were relatively easy to follow through as compared to the pastries’ recipes.  And I decided to partner with one of the other 3 classmates from the previous pastry-making class since both of our partners […]

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Review : Delectable Lemon Cheesecake

I think I’ve found the ‘perfect’ formula for a really sinfully rich cheesecake!  Well, at least to me, it’s perfect.  It’s everything I want in a cheesecake… smooth, rich and satisfying, to say the least.
Not that the other cheesecake recipes I’ve tried so far are not good.  It’s just that this particular one suits my palate better.
I […]

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Delectable Lemon Cheesecake

This recipe is provided by colleague J, who asked for the recipe from her church-mate after tasting the cheesecake made by her.
I’m not totally satisfied with the results of the cheesecakes I’ve been trying so far.  Lori’s Decadent Cheesecake is a little difficult to emulate for I cannot find the brand of condensed milk she recommended.  The […]

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