by Sucre Haven | Dec 3, 2018 | Basics, Decorations, Sweets
Dark or milk dripping chocolate is slightly different from white dripping chocolate because of the higher fat content in white chocolate. Method does not differ much, but the proportion for the ingredients differ slightly, so here you go. Ingredients 75g dark or milk...
by Sucre Haven | Nov 29, 2018 | Pastries, Quick Fix Bakes, Sweets
I did some ondeh ondeh swiss rolls and still have some coconut cream left, so I did some mille feuille. The puff pastry is store bought, so it is really easy to make. (Makes about 3 mille feuille) Ingredients 3 sheets puff pastry caster...
by Sucre Haven | Nov 9, 2018 | Cakes, Decorations, Fondant and Gum Paste, Frosting, Sponge Cakes, Sweets
There are these 2 little girls whom I got to know and fell in love with how sweet and adorable they are and since I baked for the older one for her birthday, I needed to bake one for the little girl as well. I did the unicorn cake for the older girl and so decided on...
by Sucre Haven | Nov 9, 2018 | Make Ahead Bakes, Sweets
Meringues kisses are very versatile as cake decorations and they are easy to make and a good way to use up excess egg whites. I made them a few times and the key factors for success are first to whip the egg whites real good and second to bake them at low temperature...
by Sucre Haven | Jun 12, 2018 | Pastries, Sweets
I have always wanted to try poached pear and finally got down to making some. These can be used to make individual poached pear strudels, elegant and delicious. Here’s the recipe from Anna Olson. (Makes 6...
by Sucre Haven | Jun 12, 2018 | Make Ahead Bakes, Sweets
I have always wanted to try poached pear and finally got down to making some. These can be used to make individual poached pear strudels, elegant and delicious. Here’s the recipe from Anna Olson. (Makes 12 halves) Ingredients 600g caster sugar 6 pears, peeled,...
by Sucre Haven | May 6, 2018 | Sweets
This has been sitting in my reading list for a while now and what interests me about this is the use of filo pastry. I have never worked with filo pastry before and I thought this will be interesting to try. This recipe is from Anna Olson, a Canadian baker who...
by Sucre Haven | Mar 14, 2018 | Sweets
I was browsing through some ideas for Valentine’s Day gifts and saw these hand painted macarons and I couldn’t resisting trying to make them. They’re really elegant and the edible gold flakes give them macarons a wow factor. Love the way they turned...
by Sucre Haven | Feb 25, 2018 | Sweets
Last year, I baked some almond florentines and I loved them for the perfect marriage between the toasted nuts and caramel. There are numerous recipes online for florentines and many still using florentine powder. I don’t why, but I am not inclined to using...
by Sucre Haven | Nov 29, 2017 | Steamed Tapioca Kuehs, Sweets
Edited 07 Nov 17 We tried the recipe again, this time replacing the caster sugar with about 300g of gula melaka and the unique flavour of the sugar added a nice brown and fragrance to the kuehs and they were lovely....
