by Sucre Haven | Oct 13, 2019 | Cakes, Cheesecakes, Shatec
Life’s been a crazy rush, of starting early, rushing to meet deadlines, rushing to solve problems for others, rushing to squeeze in a workout before crashing on the bed and then repeating all over again the next day. I can breathe a little better now and...
by Sucre Haven | Aug 13, 2019 | Cakes, Cupcakes, Decorations, Decorations, Frosting, Photo Sharing, Special Days, Sweets
A close friend’s birthday was round the corner and the plan was to bake a lemon cupcakes bouquet for her, coincidentally, a friend’s mother was also celebrating her birthday and so I baked one for her too. To cut the long story short, I only did one before...
by Sucre Haven | Aug 5, 2019 | Shatec, Sweets, Tarts and Pies
This week’s lesson is on frangipane tart or almond tart. The dough was a first for me and it is interesting to learn something new every week. It is stretchy rather than the usual flaky and crumbly ones that I am familiar with. The almond filling is very nutty...
by Sucre Haven | Aug 5, 2019 | Basics, Make Ahead Bakes, Pastries, Tarts and Pies
When I first saw mealy dough, I wondered how different it is from the flaky, crumbly dough I am familiar with. It turned out rather stretchy and less flaky. A search over the internet, I found that mealy dough is used mainly for making pies with liquid of custard...
by Sucre Haven | Aug 4, 2019 | Biscuits, Special Days, Tarts and Pies
This was made for a dear friend, PK’s birthday. She likes matcha, so I thought a tart will be a good choice since I have been making cakes for her. The texture of the cream did not turn out the way I expected it, however, it was a nice tart, albeit a little...
by Sucre Haven | Aug 4, 2019 | Basics, Biscuits, Make Ahead Bakes, Sweets, Tarts and Pies
This is a really easy shortbread dough which I use to make cream tart cakes and you cannot believe how easy it is to make and how versatile this is too. The ingredients needed are also very few and it can be made ahead and frozen for use later. Here’s the...
by Sucre Haven | Jul 28, 2019 | Breads, Make Ahead Bakes, Pastry creams, curds and sauce, Sweets
Bread and Butter Pudding is a very English dessert and is really easy to make and is a good way to use up all the left over stale breads, dried fruits etc. Our trainer taught us a vanilla sauce to go with this easy dessert and it was delicious. (makes five 4-inch...
by Sucre Haven | Jul 28, 2019 | Basics, Make Ahead Bakes, Pastry creams, curds and sauce, Shatec, Sweets
Fragrant and flavourful, this versatile vanilla sauce can be used to drizzle over cakes, bread puddings, ice-cream and other desserts. I thought this is very similar to creme anglaise and doing a brief search over the internet, I think the difference is that creme...
by Sucre Haven | Jul 28, 2019 | Sweets
Creme Caramel is a pudding like dessert, tastes light and doesn’t take too long to make. The key is to get the caramel right, knowing when to stop heating the caramel such that it is the colour of honey and not to burn the sugar which will result in a bitter...
by Sucre Haven | Jul 28, 2019 | Basics
This caramel is usually used to layer the bottom of cakes, desserts which will harden and set. Here’s the basic recipe. For the caramel layer 100g sugar 50g water Method For the caramel layer Place the sugar in a pot and pour water over the sugar such that the...
