For Cake's Sake!

Healthy Cheesecake Hi baking fans! As from today, I will be creating and testing low fat desserts because a sweet tooth and a trim body are not irreconcilable! By trying to be healthy, some people unfortunately skip dessert to avoid ruining their diet... But those days are over! Let's start by this reduced fat cheesecake. It might not be the best cheesecake in the world but it helps to satisfy cravings! Ingredients: 1/2 pack crushed Digestive Biscuits 1/2 cup melted trans-fat free margarine 3 packages of reduced fat Philadelphia Cream Cheese 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon Cornstarch 500g fat-free Sour Cream 2 tablespoon vanilla essence 2 large eggs 2 large egg whites Method: Preheat oven to 325 F Degrees. In a cheesecake pan, stir in the biscuit crumbs with the butter until moistened and firmly press mixture onto the bottom of the pan. Bake for 7 minutes until golden.  Meanwhile, in a large bowl, with mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese until smooth. C

Almond and Raspberry Bakewell Tart Hello baking fans! This recipe is my all time favorite tart! Being a huge almond fan, I just love the combination of the soft ground almonds and the crispy flaked almonds on top. This is definitely a wonderful tart to try at home! Ingredients: Short crust pastry -175 g plain flour -75g unsalted butter or hard margarine -2-3 tbsp cold water Filling -1 tbsp Raspberry jam (Or your favorite flavor) -125g unsalted butter or margarine -125g caster sugar -125g ground almonds -1 egg -1/2 tsp almond extract -50g flaked almonds Method: 1. Prepare the short crust pastry: Cut the butter into pieces, sift the flour and combine both. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until you get a mixture that resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the water slowly and mix until you get a soft dough.  2. Roll out the dough in a lightly floured surface and line a 20 cm cake tin. Refrigerate for 30 mins. 3. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F. Line the pastry

Hi people It's been quite a long time since I haven't updated my blog. I guess you will all agree when you work full time and live on your own, you don't really have much time left. Anyways, I decided to bake a rolled cake I wanted to try since last year and the result was better than expected! This rolled chocolate cake is very simple to make, requires only 10 ingredients and is a crowd-pleaser. So, why don't you give it a try?! For the white chocolate ganache, you will need: -1 1/2 cup white chocolate -1 cup heavy/whipping cream -1 cup quartered strawberries For the pattern: - 1 large egg white -30 g granulated sugar -40 g plain flour -20 g room temperature unsalted butter - Red food coloring For the cake: -4 eggs, white and yolk separated -1/2 cup sugar -60 g melted butter -1/2 cup flour -1/4 cup cocoa powder Utensils required: Baking pan (11'' x 17''), Parchment paper (not wax paper), Piping bag with smallest nozzle

Hello people! Since Christmas is only 18 days away, I decided to come up with some cute Christmas treats you can offer to your family and friends. Christmas for me is all about chocolate and strawberry (my favorite combination). Hope you will enjoy! Brownies-strawberry Christmas Hat Here is what you will need: Your favorite brownie recipe (Here is mine ) About 20 fresh strawberries Whipped cream Round cookie cutter Piping bag with round tip Method: Bake your brownies as instructed. Leave them to cool. Start by cutting your brownies using your cookie cutter.  Whip your whipping cream using either an electric mixer or a hand one. Make sure it is fluffy and doubles in size. It should hold in the bowl when tuned upside down. Pipe the brownies by going around them in a circular shape and then fill the middle.  Cut the head of your strawberry. Gently top the whipped cream. End by just piping the top of your strawberry creating the hat effect. You can serve with a wh

M auritian Goodies: Napolitaine What is Napolitaine? Napolitaine is a very popular pastry biscuit in Mauritius . It is basically 2 shortcrust pastry biscuits sandwiched together with strawberry jam in the middle and then glazed with an icing.  I still remember long time ago I used to go to the nearby shop to buy some napolitaine and I would enjoy it while watching movies and sipping my tea *good memories*. Below is the recipe of this fabulous biscuit. I would highly recommend you to bake it if you never tasted it. It would be my pleasure to bake some for you guys (if we live close of course) cause I really want to promote Mauritian pastries as well. So let me know how you liked it and if possible post pictures :) It can be really fun to make especially if you have kids or nieces/nephews. Kids can decorate the napolitaines as they want, using edible glitters, sprinkles, food coloring or even draw some smiley faces using edible colour markers. They could also be cut in differ

Keyk na keso, gateau au fromage, Cheesecake , torta di fromaggio, tarta de queso, чизкейк   (This post was requested by two wonderful and amazing ladies ~ Sonia and Orina) My all time favorite desert is by far the Cheesecake. As we all know, Cheesecake is basically a layered cake, where the bottom layer is either made of graham crackers, digestive biscuits or even cookies, pastry or sponge cake ( I should try to make it with soaked boudoirs, like a Tiramisu-style cheesecake). On top of the base comes the cream cheese, flavored and gently mixed with heavy whipped cream and finally on top, you commonly have fruits, whipped cream, nuts, jelly and so on.  There are two different types of Cheesecake - baked ones or no-bake cheesecake.  The way of preparing a baked Cheesecake is almost exactly the same as a no bake one. The only difference is that you should mix your cream cheese with eggs and the chosen flavor and of course bake it! However, the difference of a bake cheesecake is