heart-shaped steamed banana cake

Valentine Day's round the corner.  How about some heart-shaped cupcakes?

After placing liners in a regular cupcake tin, place a marble or small ball of aluminum foil in each well between the liner and the tin to create a heart-shaped indent.  Fill it up with batter and starts baking/steaming your cake.

Happy Valentine's!

apple chips

Recipe courtesy of sally's baking addiction

糖水 dessert - tāng ​yuán (汤圆)

Winter Solstice (冬至) is here and we tried out this Granite Tāng Yuán (石头汤圆) from Table For 2..... or More.

As I can't get bamboo charcoal powder, I substitute it with green tea powder instead.  My girls have much FUN as they get to "help" out in making the tāng ​yuán.

 

snacks for girls' kindergarten graduation

I made these graduation caps for Zhen's classmates in year 2010 for her kindergarten graduation.

Three years later, is Min's kindergarten graduation.  Min and Zhen helped me in making these little teddies in cars for her classmates.

pancake

Ingredients
> 2 cups flour
> 3 tbsp sugar 
> 2 tsp baking powder 
> 1 tsp baking soda 
> 1/4 tsp salt 
> 2 cups (400ml) milk 
> 2 eggs
> 1 tsp vanilla extract
> 4 tbsp vegetable oil

Method
[1]  Mix all the dry ingredients with milk, eggs and vanilla extract.
[2]  Add in oil to mix well and keep aside to rest for about 20-30 minutes.
[3]  Scoop and fry pancake in a non-stick pan.
[4]  Roll pancake with your favourite jam and serve.