by Sucre Haven | Nov 29, 2018 | Cakes, Cupcakes, Swiss Rolls
Ondeh ondeh is a local flavour and is still very popular even though it has been around for quite a while. It is quite a crowd pleaser and easy enough to make. (Makes a standard Swiss roll) Ingredients For the swissroll 75g top flour 60g milk or...
by Sucre Haven | Nov 28, 2018 | Basics, Make Ahead Bakes, Tarts and Pies
To use up that raspberry pastry cream I made recently, I made some sweet pastry for raspberry tarts. I doubled the recipe to use up the 2 yolks I had left since this dough can be frozen for a good few months. Here’s a recipe to use up yolks and icing sugar makes...
by Sucre Haven | Nov 27, 2018 | Basics, Pastry creams and curds
Having made some swiss meringue buttercream, I have a few yolks to use up and gone are the days I waste ingredients. I have learnt to reduce wastage by using the extra ingredients, though that means having to plan a bit more, but that’s ok. One of the best way...
by Sucre Haven | Nov 27, 2018 | Basics, Frosting
Swiss meringue buttercream is different from American buttercream in that they are lighter to eat and silky smooth in texture. Recently, I’m intrigued by buttercream floral and love the roses, camellias, sunflowers, leaves and the likes I saw on social media and...
by Sucre Haven | Nov 27, 2018 | Christmas Fruit Soak, Festive Bakes
So it is time of the year again to do the Christmas fruits soak and I no longer fret over using exact proportions recommended by the recipe. I used all the fruits I bought or have left over in the fridge and I did not even measure the citrus peel, which is needed in...
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 | Frosting
White chocolates have very high fat contents and are slightly different from milk and dark chocolate. They split easily and their natural colour is yellowish rather than white, however, I chanced upon a video by Georgia’s Cakes and understood how to make them...
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 | Nov 9, 2018 | Decorations, Fondant and Gum Paste
I have been wanting to try doing ‘my little pony’ cake and since there is a little girl’s birthday coming up, I decided to do it and gift it to her! The end product was a little clumsy, but I think I scored an A for effort, at least. Here is the...
by Sucre Haven | Oct 26, 2018 | Cakes, Swiss Rolls
In the midst of clearing work, I decided to bake a cake for the niece’s birthday. The motivation to bake was dwindling, but I thought I might as well carry on the tradition of baking for the family’s birthdays. As always, the design of the cake is a big...
