Snowskin mooncake - pandan flavour

中秋节 is approaching.

I love snowskin moon cake so much!! I did some research on snowskin recipe, it's very easy to make. No baking needed. Since it's easy, I decided to make some.

Bought a moon cake mould from Shopnbake. The moon cake design commonly seen is those traditional flower design, so I decided to get cartoon design. Main reason, there's Winnie the Pooh.

This is my first attempt of making the snowskin moon cake. Received some feedback that the skin a little to thick. And the pandan flavour not strong. Need to improve.

Crown Cookies

I see lots of cookies are decorated with royal icing, so beautiful! So I decided to make some crown cookies and try using royal icing to write name on the cookies.

Writing with royal icing is quite a success, but the cookies are bit too thick and a little out of shape.

Chocolate cupcake

I choose to bake chocolate cupcakes for my bf's birthday since he love chocolate.

My idea of the birthday cupcake is, on top of each cupcake there's 1 alphabet of Happy Birthday Alex. The question is, how do I do the alphabet? Using rolled fondant or buttercream icing or royal icing?

I decided not to use buttercream to write out the words, as Singapore weather is a bit humid and it may not hold up well. Then I did some research on royal icing and I happen to see the below picture (from http://sweetopia.net). Immediately I know that's what I want my cupcake to look like.

I always have a lot of problem when it comes to chocolate cupcake or chocolate cake. The texture always taste like fa gao, and I did some research to find out what's went wrong in the recipe. And I can't find any answer. Maybe there's nothing wrong.

I did the alphabets out using royal icing and let it dry for a night. When I tried to peel off the parchment paper, some of the alphabets crack. Well, I have do it again, and this time I did extra more just in case.

Buttercream frosting was not a success, it melt easily, After frosting the cupcake, I have put the cupcake back to the fridge for awhile to let the frosting turn a little harden.

Conclusion, not very easy working with frosting. Oh, I forgot to mention about my helpers. Luckily I have them, if not there will be no nicely done cupcakes. 

Hello Kitty cupcake

I left some cupcakes after making the angry bird cupcake, so I decided to make some Hello kitty cupcake for my little nieces. 

Did not have much tools, so there's a limit to decoration. 

Angry birds cupcakes

Last minute decided to make 12 cupcakes for a friend's birthday. According to a close friend, he love angry birds which is very popular. So make an angry bird family cupcake for him. This time, I choose red velvet as I love the taste so much (and I have confidence in making red velvet cupcake) and it's not quite common flavor in Singapore if I'm not wrong.

This time I used almost 5 hours in the kitchen making the angry birds. I did not face any problem and trouble except I need to figure how to make the angry birds look like the one in the game. And I think I've manage to make a replica of angry bird in a cupcake form.

And I found out that I have to keep the fondant cupcake away from ANTS!!

Happy birthday, Jun Hui! Happy to see birthday boy like it and happy with the result.