http://decadenze.com/blog - all about the sweet decadent world of cakes, pastries and more! - Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:22:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://decadenze.com/blog/2008/01/01/happy-2008/ Hello everyone!  Decided to update this blog with a post just in case some of you are getting really worried about what happened to me. I'm still well and alive... well, maybe not as well as I claim to be.  I've actually settled down in the new job quite nicely, and ... http://decadenze.com/blog/2007/09/13/confessions-of-a-klutz/ I am back, but there's no saying that I might 'disappear' once in a while again. :P Just a little update which is befitting since we are coming to the end of July and I've been away from the blog for almost a month.  I started on my new job about ... http://decadenze.com/blog/2007/07/31/salutation/ There are wedding favours, and then there are ROM favours. For the benefit of non-local readers (if any), I shall explain what ROM refers to.  In the strictest sense, ROM refers to the Registry of Marriage in Singapore but we Singaporeans who are fond of abbreviating everything have taken to calling ... http://decadenze.com/blog/2007/07/07/rom-favours/ Hello folks, I am back after a long break and  I apologise for the absence.  Apart from fulfilling some orders I have been receiving from friends and readers of my blog, we have also taken a short trip to Phuket to celebrate my birthday.  On top of that, I've also decided to ... http://decadenze.com/blog/2007/07/06/non-bake-baileys-cheesecake/ ... is a very painful wrist! I apologise for the lack of updates recently; I'd somehow hurt my wrist last week while working hard at fulfilling some orders and have been avoiding doing anything which requires me to use it, including baking. It's on the verge of recovery, so I shall be ... http://decadenze.com/blog/2007/06/18/the-aftermath-of-a-broken-wrist/ Why "funky", was the question The Hubby asked.  Because I would like to think that these two new flavours I concocted are original and unconventional, that's why! The idea to use matcha (green tea powder) and cocoa powder with the fantastic biscotti recipe I obtained (from a baking class I attended) came up ... http://decadenze.com/blog/2007/06/09/my-funky-biscotti/ What happens on a 'happening' Friday night when the hubby abandons the poor wife and two dogs to go enjoy himself outside? Tit for tat? Nah... the wife finds a nice recipe which uses her favourite ingredient to occupy her time. :) I googled, and found a simple and sweet recipe.  There's ... http://decadenze.com/blog/2007/06/08/matcha-cookies/ (This post is for pinkconfetti and other readers who are interested to know a little more about my dogs.)  I have 2 , no I have 3 shadows at home, especially when I'm baking in the kitchen.  Needless to say, 1 of the shadows belongs to me, and the other 2 ... http://decadenze.com/blog/2007/06/06/a-golden-experience/ Strictly speaking, this post isn't a soliloquy (but it will be long) because I do have an intended audience - my blog readers. So do pardon me for the lack of a better title. It's been almost a year since I started this baking blog. In the course of this 11 months ... http://decadenze.com/blog/2007/06/04/soliloquy/