Peppa Pig Chocolate Cookie Mix

We bought a box of peppa pig chocolate cookies mix some time ago. We just managed to get it done two days ago. It was very easy. Just followed the instructions on the box. The taste was ok but a bit too sweet for my liking. My daughter enjoyed stirring and mixing it. She likes to eat the peppa pig and George wafer pieces that were put on the top of the cookies. She is the big fan of Peppa Pig. There is a Peppa Pig theme park which I'm thinking of bringing her there one day. I'm sure she will enjoy herself there.

Not-so-authentic kompia (bagel) with braised pork

My not-so-authentic kompia (foochow bagel)

The original kompia (picture taken from www.thelex.com/sibu/food.html).

Can u see the difference between my so-called kompia and the original??

Braised pork with kompia

I made this yesterday out of the blue. I obtained the recipe of braised pork from My Wok Life. I didn't use the pork belly as it is fatty. Pork fillet was used instead. The braised pork turned out to be quite nice. You can give it a try. And for the kompia, I used the bagel recipe and shaped them like kompia (tho they still didn't look alike.. hehe..). Overall, it was a good try.

Birthday cakes...

(1) 2nd attempt birthday cake (2010)

(2) 1st attempt (2009)

(3) Nothing compared to store bought ;)

My first time baking a birthday cake was a year ago and it turned out to be err... messy. My second attempt was a month ago... hmm.. maybe there was some minor improvement in decoration.. haha.. and the texture not too bad. (Hint hint... My DH likes it ;)) But again, nothing compared to the store bought cake. I will try to improve again next time but maybe with some proper tools.

It is almost 12 a.m. and I'm thinking of food here.. I want ba gui (flat noodles.. don't really know what it is called in english).

Blackfriars Spring Market

Blackfriars Spring Market was held last saturday at the churh hall. It is an annual event to raise fund for the church. My friend and I set up an asian food stall. She prepared fried rice and jellies while I prepared cakes and noodles. We went to church early to prepare and cook our dishes. There were some other stalls too, selling other miscellaneous things such as cards, toys and books. There were also raffles and DH won a packet of shortbread. We enjoyed ourselves very much although we didn't sell all the food.


Photos taken together with Fr. Isidore and Fr. Peter. They are twin brothers who have a beautifully written and interesting blog.

Bread and buns

I'm really satisfied with these bread and buns. They were really soft and fluffy. They stay soft the next day without any artificial ingredients to make them stay soft and also without the need of reheating them. This method of making the bread is called 65 degree tang zhong bread @ water roux bread. Recipes adapted from here and here. Try it and you will know. :)

A story of a box of instant cake mix

I went for groceries shopping at Everwin yesterday with my 3+ years old niece. As usual, I put her inside the trolley and push her around. When we passed by the baking and confectionary section, my niece saw a beautiful cake box and she put it inside the trolley.

Val: Gugu, I want this.

Me: This is not a ready made cake. We go and buy ready made one.

Val: Don’t want. I want this.

She put the box into the trolley. I pushed her to another section and showed her the ready made cakes like Apollo layer cake.

Me: Gugu buy this for val, ok? This is ready made one.

Val: Don’t want. This is nicer. (although she hasn’t try it before.. maybe because the picture of the cake attracted her)

At the end, we bought this instant cake mix. I couldn’t persuade her to change her mind.

At home, my mum asked me why I bought this instant cake mix.

Mum: Why do u buy this instant cake mix?

Me: Val wants it.

Mum: Maybe she thought it’s a ready made cake.

So, I opened the box and showed my niece that there was no cake inside the box except the flour and batter.

Me: U see, Val… There is no cake inside. Only got these (I showed her the flour and batter)

Val: (without hesitation) Gugu makes the cake lo.

Even small kid knows that it’s a instant cake mix. Never thought that small kids don’t know anything. Kids are smarter nowadays. So, last night I baked the cake for her. This is my first time trying out this instant cake mix. It turned out fine – soft and fluffy but a bit too sweet for me. I got add extra coffee + milo to make it look like a marble cake.






(altho it's called pandan cake but not greenish enough)

Simple and yet delicious cornflake cookies

Actually I didn't have any intention to make cookies for cny this year. However, didn't know why this cornflakes cookies suddenly got into my mind yesterday afternoon after chatting with my friend. So straight after work yesterday, I went to buy the ingredients. I started to make them after my dinner and finished baking in less than 2 hours. I gave away some to my cousins. Here is the outcome of my cookies. Have a look.. Do they make your saliva drooling? If you want the recipe, don't hesistate to ask me. :)