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Peanut butter cupcakes

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Peanut butter and chocolates are my nemesis. I love peanut butter so much that I eat it by the tablespoon straight from the jar – so much for being a dietitian. This is why I banned myself from buying peanut butter unless absolutely necessary. Two weeks ago my friend gave me a jar of peanut butter and to save myself from “inhaling” it, I’ve decided to make peanut butter cupcakes with chocolate ganache. Because peanut butter are quite dry and very dense, the tricky part is for the cupcakes to remain moist. So I’ve turned to one of my favourite ingredients – buttermilk. You can get buttermilk from the store or you can make your own. I don’t see much difference honestly so I usually make up my own buttermilk using full cream milk and white vinegar. When the cupcakes were baking in the oven, the whole house smelt like peanut butter – absolutely divine. Once the cupcakes were cooled, I made chocolate ganache and spread it over the cupcakes – an absolute matchmake in …

Chocolate banana muffins

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I bought some bananas last weekend and was waiting for it to overripe to make some banana muffins. Now that Lent is over, I can finally stuff my face with chocolate. So I decided to make chocolate banana muffins today. As much as I love my Kitchen Aid, but I  find it really heavy and troublesome to use. Thank goodness, most banana muffin recipes uses the mixing method which makes my life so much easier. Baking has always been a therapy for me. I like how it is systematic and that I get to add my favourite ingredients into my own baking. Also, I enjoy watching television while baking. With the Commonwealth Games ongoing at the moment, I basically spent my whole Sunday baking and watching the different events happening – my kind of Sunday! Nutrition per muffin (one batch makes 12) Ingredients for the muffin 3 ripe bananas 125ml olive oil 2 large eggs 100g brown sugar 225g plain flour 40g cocoa powder 1 tsp bicarbonate soda Ingredients for the chocolate topping 150g dark …

Christmas snowman decoration

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One last bake before Christmas! I’ve decided to make a snowman decoration for my cupcakes and brownies. You can choose to use either whipping cream or cream cheese for the snowman body. However due to the hot and humid weather in Singapore, it is easier to work with cream cheese instead of whipping cream. This snowman decoration is super easy to make and I had a lot of fun building my snowman. It looks so cute that I cannot bear to eat it. Plus it makes a delightful party dessert that is bound to impress. Ingredients Marshmallows 1 small piece of dark chocolate Pretzel sticks or pretzels broken up Raspberry 250g cream cheese 30g unsalted butter 1 tsp vanilla essence 40g icing sugar Directions Melt the small piece of chocolate in the microwave oven Using a skewer, dab a tiny bit of the melted chocolate onto one side of the marshmallow to create the eyes and mouth Leave it to cool Using a mixer, whisk the cream cheese, unsalted butter, vanilla essence and icing sugar …

Reindeer cupcakes

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With less than two weeks to Christmas, I’m getting into the holiday season and trying out some new baking decorations for this festive occasion. I remember coming across these reindeer cupcakes on instagram and I’ve always wanted to try it. So I went down to the shops, bought some pretzels for the antlers, m&m chocolate chips for the nose and white chocolate chips for the eyes. I was hoping to find some small plain biscuits or ritz minis for the muzzles, unfortunately, I couldn’t find any so I made my own plain vanilla cookies. Putting the ingredients together to make the reindeer is super fun and I felt like a kid again. For the cupcake, I made a moist chocolate cupcake with Nutella filling and a chocolate ganache to coat over the cupcakes. Not the healthiest dessert but definitely the cutest and it tastes superb! Nutrition per cupcake (without decorations) Ingredients To make the cupcakes (one batch makes 12) 100g plain flour 40g cocoa powder 3/4 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp …