What Pairs with Matcha Green Tea? You may have noticed that I love baking with matcha green tea from my previous posts like Matcha White Chocolate Macarons , Unicorn Macarons with Matcha Butter Cream and Matcha Strawberry Macarons. Matcha is so stable for baking and remains true to taste. Because of it’s distinctive and delightful […]
Easy No-Bake Valentine’s Day Bear “Cake” Pops
Do-nut Throw Those Away Every weekend my hubby likes to buy himself a box of Timbits from Tim Hortons. For those who are not familiar with Timbits, they are basically the trademarked version of donut holes by the iconic Canadian coffee chain, Tim Hortons. They come in a box of 10 filled with different flavours […]
New Years Sparkling Wine Panna Cotta – 2 in 1 Drink and Dessert
A Sparkling New Years Wish With New Years Day quickly approaching, it’s time to start thinking about dinner and dessert ideas for the big day. When I think of New Years desserts, inevitably, I think of anything made with champagne or sparkling wine. A proper new years countdown is never complete without it so here’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
