by Sucre Haven | Mar 4, 2018 | Cakes, Sponge Cakes
I had extra batter from baking a pandan sponge and so I decided to bake a small oreo one too. It’s ok, though the oreo taste is not strong, this has potential to be an easier alternative for the base of the cookies and cream cake. ...
by Sucre Haven | Mar 4, 2018 | Cakes, Sponge Cakes
I missed two friends’ birthdays and thought I’ll bake a simple cake for them since we were having a Lunar New Year gathering. They wouldn’t like cakes that are overly sweet or decorated, so I chose to bake a simple pandan cake. The cake cracked...
by Sucre Haven | Jan 21, 2018 | Cream Cakes, Photo Sharing
Recently, there are not many inspirations, but I needed a birthday cake for my Godmother, hence, I decided to bake the cookies and cream cake again. This also allows me to try out my own recipe and the cake turned out soft and fluffy and the only difference was the...
by Sucre Haven | Jan 19, 2018 | Cakes, Mud Cakes
I’ve been exploring floral decorations and came across some floral decorations made from chocolates and I thought I’ll give them a try. Quite noob still, but I think I see potential in these alternatives to real flowers. For the cake base, I did white...
by Sucre Haven | Jan 14, 2018 | Cakes, Sponge Cakes
I have used this recipe a few times and I like it because the sponge is not as fragile as chiffon and the whipped cream is stabilised with gelatin and thus it can be piped into specific shape. The first few times I used this recipe, I made it exactly as the recipe...
by Sucre Haven | Dec 16, 2017 | Cakes, Sponge Cakes
Having made some buttercream floras and leaves, I couldn’t wait for use them, so I baked a vanilla cake as the base for my buttercream decorations. The piping tutorial is on thecakeblog. Of course, my skills are way amateur, but it’s a start! Here is the...
by Sucre Haven | Dec 11, 2017 | Cakes, Festive Bakes
This week, I am repeatedly reminded to keep that faith and claim that promise and always have hope. The Christmas fruit cake is an annual bake this time of the year and for the past few years, I have been greedy and baked one too many cakes, so this year, I decided...
by Sucre Haven | Nov 22, 2017 | Cakes, Sponge Cakes
So I fell very sick and took a long break from baking. It was a nasty flu bug and I had to see a doctor twice because the cough was so bad, I could not sleep at night and the cough was incessant. Was a little worried about taking medication, but the doctor assured me...
by Sucre Haven | Nov 7, 2017 | Cakes, Cream Cakes, Sponge Cakes
My very supportive friend asked for another cake for her sister and this time, it was a cookies and cream cake or the oreo cake. I got more adventurous with this cake and tweaked the recipe of a trusted recipe and made it into a oreo cake. The only thing is, I’m...
by Sucre Haven | Nov 3, 2017 | Cakes, Sponge Cakes
The queue for the Taiwanese Sponge Cake is ridiculously long and I saw many many posts of the cake online, so I baked my own. It’s quite close to the taste of the original in my opinion and I really like how soft and tender the texture is. I’ve baked it...
