Raspberry Douceur

This is another awesome cake which I have never made or tasted before...its called the Raspberry Douceur. We had to make the almond dacquoise and chibouste cream.

Here's how the base looked like which is the almond dacquoise.

This is how it looks like after it came out of the blast chiller.

Here's the final outcome of the Raspberry Douceur...we blow torched the top...nice!!!

Basic White Bread, Vienna Loaves, Buns, etc

Our bread making class is just awesome!  We made a basic white bread and our lecturer even showed us what happens to the breads if its not full fully proofed. Here's a photo of it. You can see that the colour is different and I can tell you, the smell is also different...yes siree!!!

Besides the basic white bread, we made vienna loaves, buns, etc. Here's some photos which I took in class:

You know the best thing about our bread classes, we can take home our goods!!! Wohoo....

Oyaku Donburi

My whole family loves donburi especially oyaku donburi. This time around, instead of cooking for each individual person, I decided to cook for a giant (family of 4). My prince asked me before what is oyaku donburi and I explained to him that its a japanese one bowl meal which consist of chicken and egg over rice. However, instead of an oversize bowl, I used a rice pot...cooking for a giant..ha!ha!

Guess what? I still taste as nice and its a hit in the family...wohoo!!!

Passion Fruit Gatteaux

It was another exiting class...passion fruit gatteaux.  This is the first time I tried using a spray gun filled with shiny icing...it was exciting.  We had to make the coconut haystack base, the passion fruit mousse and passion fruit curd to complete the assembly of this gatteaux.  Here's a photo of all the gatteaux that my classmates made and the next one is made by me, myself and I.

We tasted one of our cakes and boy and boy...its quite yummy!!!

Cheesecakes (Baked and Unbaked)

Who loves cheesecakes?  I guess almost everyone!!! Some people loves baked one and others love unbaked ones...and the rest, it does not matter...its cheesecake, baby!!! It seems that baked cheesecake has been around for hundreds of years, believe it or not. Here's some of the cheesecakes that we made in class...Ricotta Cheesecake, White Chocolate Cheesecake,Vanilla Cold Set Cheesecake and Lime Cold Set Cheesecake. Here's some photos which I took in class.

You know, after that class, I could not eat anymore cheesecakes for a month...ha!ha!

Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel Swan Lake Theme

I was pondering what I should do for my marzipan plaque and since my kiddos love Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel, I thought I might as well kill 2 birds with 1 stone...ha!ha! My princess love ballet and my prince loves drama...so tadaa...Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel Swan Lake Theme. Here's the result of my plaque.... I forgot to take some photos before putting it into the box...oophs!!!

I was over the moon when one of my friends wanted to use my plaque as a cake topper for her cake...wohoo!!!

Macaron or Macaroons?

Macarons or Macaroons? Does it really matter....these babies taste delicious. Having said that, Chef Zumbo did commented that these 2 are indeed different... "He said a macaron is characterised by a dome-shaped biscuit made of egg whites and almond meal, hard to the touch with a chewy interior and a macaroon is a small meringue cake, typically made of coconut and often dipped in chocolate"

We had a ball of a time making macaroons in class and not forgetting eating one in every 10-15 mins...ha!ha!

Tadaa....that's it...lovely macaroons for your eating pleasure!!!