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The Best Macaron Recipe, Macaron Art & More

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Chinese-Canadian New Years Almond Cookies

Happy Chinese New Years! Here is the recipe I shared with you all in Chinese on Fairchild radio this morning with Deborah Moore. I made these cookies to celebrate Chinese New Years with my family this year. Almond cookies are usually eaten during this time of the year and I wanted to create a version […]

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Golden Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies & My Winter Holiday

Happy New Years everyone! I hope you had a very wonderful holiday season and found some time to bake some goodies too. For me, it seems I actually did most of my baking in October and November. All the usual holiday get togethers got the best of me plus we also made a short trip up […]

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30 Minute No Bake Dessert: Panna Cotta with Mixed Berry Compote

We just hosted our first holiday party of the season last night at our house and here is one of the desserts I wanted to share with you first (they’ll be more to come!) . I love these panna cottas topped with a mixed berry compote because they are gluten-free, present beautifully, taste delicious, and […]

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Dragon Ball Macaron Surprise Cake with VIDEO & TEMPLATE

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of creating another “Macaron Surprise Cake” due to a request from a client. It’s been quite a while since I posted the original tutorial for this cake and I didn’t have any other opportunities to make another one since. There just always seem to be so many new projects that call for my […]

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How to Make a Big Macaron Cake

  “Never trust a girl who doesn’t eat desserts.” Luckily, I don’t have that problem in my foodie friend Nora, or otherwise known as @nomnomyvr on Instagram. Three weeks ago, she asked me to bake her a big macaron cake for her birthday. At that time, I was super busy with other events and I told her […]

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Japanese Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe

We just finished moving into our new home and we’ve only been here one week. Initially, we had no plans to host a Housewarming Party so soon. However, the opportunity for us to do so came up sooner than anticipated because all our family members happened to be in town, including my favourite aunt who […]

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Macaron Surprise! Cake

It was my friend’s housewarming party and she decided to have a potluck. As usual, I offer to bring the desserts. Not that I’m the baker in the group or anything but one thing is for sure, I’m definitely not the cook! I like bringing cakes to festivities because it always seem to bring people […]

The Ultimate Macaron Template & Macaron Projects Galore!

Just when I thought I’d be happy living a life filled with just sweet macaron art, there comes more temptations for me –  macaron goodness in all shapes and forms. What do you think about cakes made to look like a giant macaron or big DIY macaron boxes? And how about the ultimate macaron – a macaron […]

Pink Baby Monkey Macarons with Template

I made these baby monkey macarons for the 100 day celebration for BFF’s baby girl. She was born at the latter part of last year and she recently turned 3 months old. As Ivanka Trump would say, “Happy Birthday” to her. i In Chinese, Korean and Japanese culture, the 100 day marker is an important one […]

Mother’s Day Macaron Flower Bouquet and Brunch in Vancouver’s Revolving Restaurant

Today we celebrated mom’s day way up high in Top of Vancouver Revolving Restaurant. It was a lively get together which included our two moms, my family and hubby’s family. We presented our moms with these flower macaron bouquets I created for them. I’d like to say that somehow I inherited mom’s skills towards working with […]

Lisbon Trip – A Day Out in Sintra

This is the last of 4 sets of pictures from my travels in Lisbon, Portugal which I shared with Deborah Moore this morning on Fairchild Radio. This post highlights our day out in Sintra, a mountainside town filled with royal retreats, estates, castles and other buildings, and it is a roughly 35 minute car ride away from Lisbon. […]