Napoleons with Lemon Cream & Strawberries

Napoleons aka Millefeuilles.... I saw this yummy recipe from a book I borrowed from NLB (National Library Board, Singapore) and wanted so much to make it!!

above 2 Pictures r taken by my hubby ;-)
~Napoleon au citron et aux fraises~

Lots of yummy & good looking desserts in this book!!

...and Here's the recipe ;-)

These 2 pix r taken by my phone camera =P

Yummy....yummy..... I really like it very much!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AGAIN!! Christmas Cupcake

Did these last minute last nite.... Just in time for Christmas!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Cream Cheese buttercream icing with hundreds & thousands on

Nice X'mas cups bought from Ann's Shop, Bakewell @ JB many months ago :P

Did not many... only 12 cupcakes in total.

Kosong cupcake for my furry babies... Sherry & DongDong :D

Those cute Christmas royal icing figurines r bought from BKK! 10baht each only wor :D

~MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE~ :D

~ a very Merry Christmas to all thy fellow Baking Bloggers!! ~
~Oh Christmas Tree... Oh Christmas Tree...~
...and I wish upon a star......
...and Christmas is all about LOVE LOVE LOVE.....
No, Not Gingerbread Man...
This is ButterCookie Boy :D ...and he wears Red Color pants :D

X'mas Tree on Cookies :D

Candy Cane cookies :D

** Credit: cookies designs & instruction inspired from http://zoomyummy.com/2009/12/18/cookie-lollipops-2/ **

~THANK YOU PETRA~

My 1st Tiramisu attempt ~ Kahlua Infused Tiramisu ~

I remembered my Italian colleagues brought me to that restaurant in Verona for lunch few years ago and insisted on me trying its "world-best" Tiramisu. I abide of coz... but was amazed by its totally unappetizing & ugly serving presentation =P (it looks like a pile of "lao-sai" spooned onto a plate!!! yaks!) and seriously, I dun have a slight remembrance of how it tasted!!!!! hahaaaa....

Recently there are so many submission on FoodGawker & local bloggers with their very beautiful & neat looking Tiramisu Torte Cake... and I was very attracted to that "slice of cake" by HHB http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com/2009/11/just-slice-of-cake.html so I tried my 1st Tiramisu attempt :D Hubby and I were quite satisfied with this cake attempt of mine!!

7 O'clock

Oh!! See how un-neat my cutting skill was :(

how can i prevent the cocoa powder from "flowing down" to the Tiramisu filling??

5 O'clock

This is a mini Tiramisu attempt done on a 4.5-inches sponge cake. Cake tin with removable base bought from Daiso :D

Ingredients for Coffee Syrup

1 tbsp instant Nescafe Gold blend powder

1/2 cup boiling water

1/2 tbsp sugar

3 tbsp Kahlua Liqueur

Dissolve instant coffee powder & sugar in boiling water. Set aside to cool.

Stir in Kahlua

Ingredients for Tiramisu Filling

120g Cream Cheese

1 tbsp icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 tbsp Kahlua Liqueur

5 tbsp Coffee Syrup

120g whipping cream

**(Cocoa powder for dusting, chocolate curls & chocolate coffee beans for decoration)**

Whisk whipping cream till soft peak, set aside.

Whisk cream cheese and icing sugar till combined, add in vanilla extract, Kahlua and coffee syrup. Mix for about 1 minute then add in whipped cream & mix for another 5 mins.

Assembling of Cake

Verdict: This is a nice cake!!! however, I feel that its a little too sweet for me as I'm someone who drinks coffee without sugar. [i prefer kopi-si kosong ;-)] I will omit sugar in the coffee syrup & filling in my future Tiramisu attempt! Yummmmmm.....

Left over Tiramisu Filling and chocolate curls for my afternoon tea :D

Chilled Oreo Cheesecake ~ No Bake again!

No nuts & chocolates had been my baking rules as My little Tessa is nut allergy... meaning Oreo is also a No-No for her.... but she is turning 4yrs old next month.... We just hope that she is just a Childhood Allergy case and will overcome the "nut-problem" as she grows older.

We were advised by doctors to give her bits of nut-stuff to boost-up her war against this allergy thing. She had pieces of Oreo biscuits for the past few months and she seems not having any reaction to it... Lets see if she will break-out with rashes tonite after these cuppies :P

Thess Jelly cups had been of good use!! ;-)

~Oh~ Oreo Oreo Oreo.... :D