Year: 2018

Coconut cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese frosting

Made these cupcakes for my friend’s baby shower. She is expecting a girl so I wanted to make her something pink, hence the strawberry cream cheese frosting. The best part about using strawberries is that you don’t have to add pink dye to make the cream cheese frosting pink. The colour comes naturally from the strawberries. Ingredients for the cupcakes 150g unsalted butter 100g caster sugar 150ml coconut milk 2 eggs 220g self raising flour 1 tsp vanilla essence 20g desiccated coconut Ingredients for the frosting 250g cream cheese (room temperature) 30g unsalted butter (room temperature) 40g icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla essence 4 whole strawberries Directions  Preparation time: 10-15min Baking time: 15-20min or when the skewer comes out clean  Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Prepare a 12 case muffin tin Using a whisk, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy Then add in the eggs one at the time and continue to cream. Add in vanilla essence Add in the flour and coconut milk, alternating between the two until a smooth …

Gluten free peanut butter Nutella cookies

It has been a while since I’ve posted a recipe. I was so busy with placement for the last five weeks that I could not find time to bake. It feels so good to be almost done with Uni and to be back in my baking therapy. I was experimenting with peanut butter and Nutella today. I’ve decided to marry two of my favourite ingredients to make cookies. This recipe is really simple. All you need is peanut butter (non-natural ones), Nutella, bicarbonate soda, egg and chocolate chips. Ingredients 250g peanut butter (I used Bega Smooth peanut butter) 100g Nutella 1 tsp bicarbonate soda 1 egg 50g chocolate chips or cashew nuts Directions  Preparation time: 15 min Baking time: 8-10min or when the cookie turns brown Using a stand mixer, whisk the peanut butter together with Nutella until a uniform mixture Turn the speed down to low and add in the egg and bicarbonate soda and continue to whisk for 1 minute Scrape down the sides and mix everything together until it forms a dough …

Sweet potato tahini brownie

Back on the sweet potato bang wagon. I have to say, sweet potatoes, dates and chocolate goes very well together. Ever since I’ve made my sweet potato chocolate cake, these three ingredients have been my favourite combination. Last week, Mayver’s products were on half price at Coles. I go all Singaporean when things go half price and I bought a few bottles of Tahini and peanut butter to be used in my baking. Today, I’ve decided to experiment on sweet potato tahini brownies. The recipe is very similar to my sweet potato chocolate cake except that I’ve added Tahini. Oh and did I also mention that it is gluten free as well? The Tahini added an extra moisture to the brownies and they turned out absolutely delicious! Yum! Ingredients 200g sweet potato (Kumara), peeled and cut into cubes 200g pitted dates 1 tsp vanilla essence 120g almond meal 80g cocoa powder 120g Mayver’s unhulled tahini spread 100g honey 2 eggs 1 tsp baking powder Directions Preparation time: 30min Baking time: 30min or when the skewer …

Passion fruit and lemon cheese tart

I love desserts with a tangy sour punch. Having passion fruits and lemon together into a dessert has got to be one of the best combinations. To make this dessert, all you need is a food processor. Simply put, place all the ingredients into the food processor and then fold through the passion fruit pulp and lemon juice and pour the mixture into the baking tray and off it goes into the oven. It is almost impossible to go wrong with it. For best results, make it a day ahead so that the dessert has time to set and rest in the refrigerator. Bon appetite! Ingredients  250g digestive biscuits (about 17 pieces) 80g unsalted butter melted 200g sour cream 250g cream cheese 80g caster sugar Zest 1 lemon 3 eggs 100ml passion fruit pulp (About 12 passion fruits) 80ml lemon juice (1 lemon) Directions Preparation time: 45min Baking time: 25-30min or when the dessert sets Place the biscuits in the bowl of a food processor and process until they resemble fine breadcrumbs Add the butter …