Spiced Banana Cake
There are a couple of things in life that I think you shouldn’t get enough of: croissants with beautiful feuilletage, sourdough bread that’s full of bite, and fail-proof chocolate chip cookies. And super delicious … Continue reading
Blueberry Shortbread
Buttery, crumbly, golden goodness – these blueberry shortbread squares are easy to make and hits the right spot. This was based on the recipe from the rollickingly witty Chef John … Continue reading
Breakfast Biscotti
Confession: I *love* biscotti. The biscotti I make over on The Midnight Baker are trans-fat free (no oil, no butter, no margarine whatsoever). This time, though, I thought I’d break tradition and … Continue reading
Matcha Spritz Cookies
Green tea is an increasingly popular beverage; some studies suggest the Camellia sinensis (the scientific name for green tea) has many health benefits. In a nutshell, green tea (via catechins, the major polyphenolic … Continue reading
Double Chocolate + Citrus Peel Cookies
Food has its own version of Project Runway; one moment you are in, the next, you are out. We’ve been pulled in all directions over the debates concerning butter, kale, … Continue reading
Rustic Herbed Shortcrust Pie
It has been dreadfully dreary these past few weeks. Talk about breaking one’s baking mojo. The transboundary haze pollution (which is just a romanticised euphemism for horrendous smog, IMHO) has us … Continue reading
Cheat’s Feta, Wild Rocket & Tomato Tartlets
It’s been a crazy first half the year, diverting my energies into running my one-woman-show home-baking business (The Midnight Baker Malaysia) while juggling the household needs. Crazy hectic, but am … Continue reading
Lazy Plum & Frangipane
It does seem like a hanging title, doesn’t it? “Lazy Plum and Frangipane”. The closing bracket of “tart” is common but this rustic, all-in-one easy (i.e. lazy, hurrah!) recipe is … Continue reading
Pumpkin Chocolate Bread
It’s almost into the second quarter of 2014! Where have I been? My conspicuous absence from nurturing BakeSlave has been largely due to another blog I have started, called The … Continue reading
Apple Walnut Slice
This recipe for a classic apple walnut cake was given to me by a dear aunt, who, in her younger days, was a prolific home-baker who made legendary double-chocolate cakes. I … Continue reading
Lazy Orange & Hazelnut Cake
This will be a brief blogpost because my brain is still in a butter fugue. (I heard that sigh of relief. You know who you are, heh!) And because, today I … Continue reading
Gateau L’Opera
The Gateau L’Opera (or Opera cake) is a decadent, sexy French invention. If you haven’t had it yet, the Opera is an almond sponge topped with coffee-infused buttercream and capped … Continue reading
Cheat’s Chook, Chives & Leeks Pot Pie
Truth be told, I have never scored my mum’s approval in the bake department. Never. Mum’s a tough cookie to please. So it was (as it always is) with great … Continue reading
Morning Glory Muffins
There was a cocoa crisis egg embargo sugar shortage massive case of baking inertia that afflicted yours truly. I haven’t a whisper of a whisk’s excuse for neglecting my oven for a month, … Continue reading
Golden Zucchini Lime Applesauce Cake & Zesty Frosting
Zucchinis are the new carrots, well, at least in cake-speak! Once grated, the zucchini – also known as the courgette – gives the cake crumb, muffin or bread, an extra … Continue reading
Chocolate Zucchini Cake {Guestpost}
My fellow pharmacist/part-time baker Juliana “Jules” Osman has been posting delectable crumbs on Facebook. Then one fateful day, she posted a visually-arresting photo of a devilishly delish dark cake which … Continue reading
Tat Nenas | Pineapple Tarts
Tat Nenas is a firm favourite among Malaysians! What’s not to like about aromatic and chewy, sweetly spiced pineapple jam that is encased within a buttery, melt-in-your-mouth pastry? The nenas (pineapple) … Continue reading
Candied Citrus Mini Cakes with 5-Spiced Glaze
Carrying on in the mode of my current coffee cake craze chase, this orange-infused mini pound cake has a topping of candied citrus peels and is finished off with a … Continue reading
Almond & Hazelnut Yellow Cake with Clover Honey, Almond Slivers & Pepitas
You yearn for a slice of cake, point it out to the barista and carry it back to your table. Then you carve into the thick buttercream……. and scrape most … Continue reading
Almond Pavlova
Pavlova oh Pavlova, what’s in a name? Pavlova, Pavlova, you octogenarian dame, – the dessert (not the dancer, let me clarify), is eighty six this year – and still is … Continue reading
Debut of BakeSlaveisms
Introducing BakeSlave’s captioned photos: BakeSlaveisms (a.k.a For When Bakers’ Block Hits). Mea culpa 😦
{Almost} Neapolitan Cookies
“Mama, what are you doing? Why are you baking ice-cream?” gasped a horrified Master Six. I could hear the indignation of three question marks in his palpable shock. He had … Continue reading
Grape Flaugnarde
Have you ever had one of those days, where you’ve gotten home from work all beaten, craving for some comfort food to right the wrongs of the world? Too much … Continue reading
Lemon Oreo Cheesecake
A lemon cheesecake is so sublime. If you need the recipe for the cheesecake base, I can orange that. (Please refer to Trio of Mini Oreo Cheesecakes which I posted the … Continue reading
Trio of Mini Oreo Cheesecakes
I had a hunkering for baked cheesecake that would not make me feel guilty – just let it brie right? – so happily enough, this was a recipe that did not leave … Continue reading
Kuih Puteri Ayu | Sweet Princess
Finally! After a month-plus of hibernation, the computer is up and running, and behaving. Sweeeeet! Having to shake off the cobwebs from my greying noggin, I thought I’d revisit an … Continue reading
Rose Sponge with Earl Grey Steeped Raisins
Note to self: Ease up on watching YouTube foodie channels at bedtime. Really. There is something to be said about the power of auto-suggestion when the mind is drifting. One … Continue reading
Chocolate Cloud Cake
“………… The cake itself is as richly and rewardingly sustaining: a melting, dark, flourless, chocolate base, the sort that sinks damply on cooling; the fallen centre then cloudily filled with … Continue reading
Savoury Tray Cake {Guestpost}
Savoury Tray Cake? (That is what you get when you attempt a direct translation of “Kuih Talam Berlauk“.) In Malay, kuih is what we generically call savoury or sweet morsels eaten … Continue reading
Raspberry Cream Vanilla Bean Cake
It has been a busy early November weekend in the BakeSlave household – Ms. Three turned, well, three! Despite my efforts at enforcing gender neutral toys in the house, she … Continue reading
Chicken Jumble in a Puff
This is one of the most painless bakes I have ever done. This recipe makes short work of leftovers. Flavour-wise, check that the combo works. This is the important first step … Continue reading
Lotus Roots & Mangetout Stir-fry
This is without a doubt, an outlier of a blogpost. The “bake” component has been largely absent lately as we three generations of bakeslaves have been battling a continuous vicious cycle … Continue reading
Chocolate Butterscotch Potato Chips
Okay. I must admit to having a slight obsession with Ms. Kir Jensen’s genius. (Get it: The Sugar Cube: 50 Deliciously Twisted Treats from the Sweetest Little Food Cart on the … Continue reading
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