Cake

Doggie Birthday Cake

A furry friend’s special day calls for a delicious surprise! Homemade delight for a #PawsomeCelebration! Wholesome doggie birthday treat with peanut butter goodness. No sugar or salt. Tail-wagging joy! Allow me to introduce you to a member of our family who holds a special place in our hearts – Coco,...

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Taisan

Taisan, anybody who grew up in the late 70’s and 80’s would know this classic cake popularized by Goldilocks’, a very soft sponge loaf cake that has close similarities to mamon, usually sprinkled with sugar on top and sometimes with grated cheese. This type of food reminds me of my...

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Yema Cake

Yema Cake is a type of chiffon or sponge cake infused with cream cheese then flavoured with yema, a type of milk custard candy popular in the Philippines. Yema cake is not a traditional Filipino cake but rather a new creation that most probably have been created less than 20...

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Persimmon Loaf Cake

Persimmon Loaf Cake is a sweet loaf cake made with persimmon pulp, chopped dates and walnut topped with a semi sweet cream cheese icing. Several weeks ago a friend of mine gave me a big bag of persimmon, not really a fan of this fruit but in order for it...

Matcha and Adzuki Bean Roll Cake

Green Tea or Matcha and Adzuki Bean Roll Cake is a Western inspired roll cake made out of popular Japanese ingredients, the matcha and adzuki. Base ingredients are similar to sponge cake with the addition of matcha. You have seen or ever tried green tea ice creams, green tea frappes,...

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Red Velvet Cake

Red velvet cake is a cake known for its dark red vibrant colour traditionally topped with cream cheese or cooked roux icing. The colour of this cake usually comes from beetroot but modern version uses red food colouring. It’s Valentines day tomorrow and I believe this is the best recipe that...

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Banana Split Icebox Cake

Banana Split Icebox Cake is basically a no bake cake made out of layers of graham / malt crackers filled with sweetened whipped cream, bananas and strawberries drizzled with melted chocolate. Before everything else let me all greet you a Merry Christmas, hope you are enjoying you day so far....

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Mud Mallows

For our base we will be using some mud cake hence my wife and daughter named it Mud Mallows, it is a good base as the thick ganache holds the chocolate wafers together which is very helpful when you are building those wafer sides having said that nothing is stopping...

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Lolly Cake

Lolly cake or lolly log is a New Zealand type of no bake cake which contains “lollies” (sweets / candies) as its main ingredient. These lollies used are Eskimo Lollies or Fruit Puffs which basically are firm and chewy marshmallows. Lolly cake or lolly log is a New Zealand type...