Cakes

Fruit Cake, Super Moist and Super Easy

This Fruit Cake recipe is tops! Make it for Christmas or any festive season. I heat-soaked the dried fruits on the same day I baked the cake. And no need for special baking equipment, just a mixing bowl and whisk to mix all ingredients together. Super moist and flavourful, super easy to make.

Yule Log | Bûche De Noël | Christmas Log Cake

The Christmas festive Yule Log cake, or Bûche de Noël is the most classic dessert served during Christmas. This log-shaped chocolate cake might look complex to make but it can actually be put together quite easily.

Spiced Apple Cake with Salted Caramel

This moist and delicious spiced apple cake with salted caramel is full of all the perfect fall flavors I love. This cake is so soft tender and moist, it’s the perfect dessert to serve after a hearty dinner or during snack time with a warm cup of tea or coffee.

Coconut Bundt Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache

Here’s a super easy low-effort Bundt cake recipe that will definitely wow your guests at your dinner party or during Christmas.

Blueberry Basque Burnt Cheesecake with Blueberry Glaze

This blueberry basque burnt cheesecake topped with blueberry glaze and extra blueberries is not only pretty, it’s ultra delicious!

Peanut Butter Basque Burnt Cheesecake

It’s amazing how peanut butter levels up the burnt cheesecake, I love the crunchy bits of peanuts as I bite into the creamy cheesecake, indulging in the aromatic nuttiness of the peanut butter.

Taro Tofu Cake | No-bake, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free

Here’s a healthy and delicious dessert using the versatile taro and tofu as a base, added with purple sweet potato to give it a pretty pop of purple. It’s free of dairy, gluten, and refined sugar and requires no eggs, flour, nor baking.

Carrot Cake Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting (Sugar-Free)

Moist, soft and just the right sweetness, that’s how I described this easy to make carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. The Monk fruit sweetener replacement made it free from refined sugar. I wouldn’t call it healthy just because carrots are added, but it’s sure yummy!

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Taichung jazz festival in the autumn

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Mount Kota Kinabalu Virgin Climb

This is one of those trips which I got lucky to have unselfish travel buddies, half of which I didn’t even know before the trip. An unexpected invitation from an acquaintance and a post on Facebook, we have a team of six people in the mountain climbing trip.

Pampering myself at Nexus Spa & Resort Karambunai

If you have read my post on my virgin climb up the Mount Kota Kinabalu, this is the reward I gave myself–a three-nights’ stay in the award-winning Nexus Spa & Resort Karambunai for MYR400 (SGD160) per night. I felt like I was the happiest person on earth when the service staff check us in using a buggy right to our room.