I can’t remember when Portuguese egg tarts first came to Malaysia, but I do remember sampling some on a family trip to Macau way back in 1996. Portuguese egg tarts are recognizable from the uneven browning on the top of the egg custard in a flaky pastry, quite different from the smooth top that characterizes the […]

Decided to do a ‘simpler’ cake this time round, a marble cake. It’s essentially a butter cake with chocolate bits in it. Ingredients: 250 g butter 200 g castor sugar 250 g self-raising flour 4 eggs 2 tsp vanilla essence Milk Half a block semi-sweet baking chocolate 2 tsp cocoa powder Steps: Mix butter and […]

The invisible baker devil stirred awake one day and surreptitiously slipped in the idea of baking a cheesecake into my husband’s head. The result? Hubby: So, what cake will I be bringing into the office next Monday? Me : (Blah blah blah) …. er what? Hubby: You are going to bake a cake this weekend, […]

When I was thinking of an introduction to this recipe, an old childhood memory slithered itself into focus in my slow Monday morning brain. I think I was in Standard One or Two; in every school term, there was this report card where we had to write down 3 choices for ‘Ambition’. I, being a […]