Chocolate Muffins with Walnuts & Chocolate Chips

It's the usual chocolate muffins.. added walnuts that my mum bought overseas (imported nuts! haha..) and chocolate chips!! i haven't tasted it yet.. but i find it looks good.. hehe.. :P

Happy Birthday Bun!

A bit delayed in posting this up.. hehe..

For Jasmine

Happy Birthday Jasmine!!! Er.. sorry.. can't squeeze your full name in as there are only 6 holes in the tray.. hahaha..

Enjoy!

Chocolate Cupcakes with Misc Toppings!

i really do have quite a variety of toppings.. eePz!

For Deslyn

Farewell and Keep in Touch!

Jane's Cake Station - Durian Cake/ Chocolate Cake

2 words: Simply Divine!!!

Jane's Cake Station 8" Durian Cake for $38 = Money well spent!

Their chocolate cake was really disappointing... I didn't like the chocolate fudge/ icing... it tasted like those cheap chocolate where the milk taste's really gross.. On a brighter note, the texture of the sponge cake was really good!! soft and fluffy...

The 8" chocolate cake costs $30.

I don't think I will buy the chocolate cake again.. but the durian cake.. YES!! :P~~~ tastes 10 times better than the chocolate one.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

The icing looks orange but it's actually a little pink..

Still trying out with icings...

For Auntie Mei

Happy Birthday to you.. Hope your guests enjoy the muffins.. :)

Nando's???

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nah! it's just my "fudge" cake.. think the mixture was a little too wet.. quite crumbly this time... taste still there though..

my sis ate it! so it has gotta be good.. :)

Chocolate Cupcakes

My usual chocolate cupcake topped with nutella frosting and bits of deco.. The second picture is topped with bits of strawberry chocolate.. the strawberry smell is really quite fragrant.. doesn't taste artificial and is really yummy!

CAW Muff

CAW=Carrot, Apple, Walnut

Muff=short for muffins

More like cupcakes.. resting nicely on the 3-in-1 muffin carrier.. a gift from my colleagues!

Decorated some with icing.. topped with strawberry chocolate bits..

I like the flavour.. it has a tinge of cinnamon.. and sounds healthier than chocolate ya?? haha.. :P

Strawberry Top Cheesecake

Looks familiar? Yup, it's the same as the Digestive Cheese Whatever Jelly thingy again.. except this time, I put an entire layer of Strawberries on the top... I think it looks nicer.. think I'll give this recipe a rest in the meantime.. :) have been doing too many cheesecake stuff recently..

Banana Cake

Digestive Cheese Strawberry Jelly

Mango Yoghurt Cheesecake

Found the recipe in the December 2008 issue of Lifestyle magazine.. I tried to get fresh mangoes but Giant didn't have any, so I left it out..

Personally, I don't eat cheesecake.. I never like the taste of it.. too rich and overwhelming.. so i guess the rest will have to finish it!!! :P

CNY Day 2

My dad's side will gather at my house for the second day of Chinese New Year...

Usually, my mum cooks mee siam and some finger food for this occasion but this year, she decided to cook rice and other dishes instead... here's what we had:

Appetiser

French beans with mixed nuts and those tiny oranges commonly found during CNY (sorry i don't know what's the proper name for it.. :P)
Done by yours truly.. receipe from Miss Wong (a.k.a. Peiying)



Main Course

From bottom left (clockwise), century eggs, ngor hiam (made by my mum), fried chicken wings.
In the middle, we have satay chicken sausages.


Prawns stir fry with garlic and black pepper (by Chef mum)


Fish in some chilli kinda sauce (by Chef mum)



Chicken in black sauce (by Chef mum)

Chap Chai - or at least that's what i think it is... (by Chef mum)

Radish soup (by Chef mum)

Dessert

White Fungus with Gingo Nuts (by Chef mum)

Chocolate Muffins (by yours truly)

Peach in Agar Agar (by mua...)


That's about it really.. as you can see, i made the foolproof dishes :P Those complicated dishes are left to my mum... well, i bet she wouldn't want me to get involved too.. haha.. anyway, i was a little too ambitious.. i wanted to write Chinese characters on each muffin, like the one that's sold in Crystal Jade.. the result was disastrous!

See for yourself:

I gave up after writing this 财 word.. i had my sis eat this muffin so that the rest could savour the cuter ones...

it was pretty much a tiring day.. the last lot of relatives left at almost 9pm.. and i went to bed at 9.30pm!!! zzzzzzzzz....

Pineapple Tarts

mum did everything... i just rolled the pineapple fillings and placed them on the pastry...