Archives of BAKING

Fig Tart with Vanilla Scented Frangipane

  So I did two adventurous things today: One – baked with figs, which I have never done before. And two – succumbed to my aversion for frangipane (fancy schmancy French name for a mixture of ground almonds, sugar, eggs and vanilla). Now it has got to be something that looks absolutely spectacular for me […]
15 years ago

Chocolate Chip Shortbread

Or, instead, this post should be titled ‘I Love Dorie Greenspan’. The more recipes I try from her book Baking: From My Home to Yours, the more I feel like I don’t need any other baking book. I love how each recipe is written so beautifully with personal notes from experience and ideas for variation. […]
15 years ago

Pie Dough 101 + Simple Apple Pie

I think an apple pie is one of the first things I baked when I got an oven. I used a pie dough recipe from a nondescript local book and didn’t pay much attention to baking blind (we will get to this shortly). Back then, this was an unnecessary step that the naïve me thought […]
16 years ago

Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips and Crystallised Ginger

Doesn’t everyone just love a thick slice of banana bread? And coupled with a glass of cold milk or a dollop of whipped cream, it makes for an offer that is hard to turn down. But what if it has crystallised ginger and a good handful of chocolate chips thrown in? Yes. Just as I […]
16 years ago

Cheesecake Swirled Brownies

The BAKED Brownie recipe + the most delicious cheesecake recipe = outrageous cheesecake swirled brownies. Oh yes, this is for real.  The brownie batter (the baked recipe, nothing less) is topped with a generous dose of cheesecake batter and swirled for the happy marbled effect, and then finally scattered with a good handful of semisweet […]
16 years ago

Pear and Ginger Cake with Walnuts

A few days ago my dad brought the most juicy pears home. They were small and so full of flavour that after downing as many as I could fresh, I decided to make a pear cake I’d been meaning to try ever since I saw the recipe in a cute little Marks and Spencer baking […]
16 years ago

2 Years, Gratitude, and Red Velvet Cupcakes

It’s hard to believe that 2 years have gone by since the time I started this blog. Sometimes it feels like I’ve been blogging forever and other times I feel like a newbie. Irrespective, I’ve had an awesome time here; learning new things and meeting new people has been very enriching (at the risk of […]
16 years ago

Brownies from Baked NYC

Okay, so these really aren’t from Baked, NYC, but from their book, Baked: New Frontiers in Baking. And truth be told – these are the best brownies I’ve come by in a long, long time; I have fallen in love with brownies all over again! (If you think I’m exaggerating, go check with Oprah). As […]
16 years ago

Crispy Apple Crumble

You: So what is this apple thing that you’ve made today? Me: Umm, apple crumble (or is it crisp?). I think they’re kinda the same thing. You see, the thing is, I’m not sure what the difference between a Crisp and a Crumble is. With a little help from Google, I’ve come across various explanations […]
16 years ago