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Recently I have this cravings for chocolate. Must be the lack of endorphins from the lack of exercise! Arghhhh! So I thought about baking something with chocolate, something quick, easy and no frills because I was super busy with some family matters. Initially it was just chocolate chip muffins as I have an opened pack of Valrhona solid baking pearls sitting in the fridge. Then I saw a bunch of over-ripened bananas staring at me from the kitchen counter. Oops, I bought this huge bunch of bananas (small finger variety type) from Malaysia and managed to eat only a few. So Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins it is! Referred to a few recipes online and found one hosted on Martha Stewart's website to my liking as I have all the ingredients on hand. Muffins are easy to make, in the sense that it's usually a bunch of dry ingredients, a bunch of wet ingredients, then mix both together. The only tricky bit is not to over-mix the batter, which results in a tough and dry muffin texture. I thin...

When I saw Peng's Kitchen as well as Domestic Goddess Wannabe series of postings on Impossibly Easy Savoury Mini-Pies, I knew immediately that I wanted to try baking too! They require very little effort to put together and yet so versatile; many ingredients could be mix-and-match, and they could serve as breakfast, snack or even a quick lunch. I'm already thinking of making these savoury muffins for the little rascal's recess bento box (when he goes to Primary School next year) from time to time. I call them muffins, rather than mini-pies because I'm more used to the notion that pies are those made using sweet tart pastry or puff pastry. Anyways, it doesn't matter, so long as they are nice to look at, good to eat :) Instead of making Bisquick mix from scratch (Domestic Goddess Diana Gale shared recipe in the posts as well, which is actually very easy), the lazy mama in me decided to buy ready-mix, the most common brand being Betty Crocker. As for ingredients, I wa...

Hokkaido Bake Cheese Tart Part I Hokkaido Bake C heese Tart Part III Hokkaido Bake Cheese Tart Part IV The hottest news over the long Labour Day weekend seemed to be the opening of the famous Hokkaido Bake Cheese Tart at Ion Orchard! The fuss and buzz over these popular cheese custard tarts filled the social media and news, with people reportedly queuing 2-3hrs to buy some! I'm certainly a big fan of the Bake Cheese Tart, having tried it in Tokyo last September (queued 30mins for it). It was so good, with crunchy tart pastry and creamy gooey cheese custard filling. Missed it very much and after coming back, had experimented and successfully baked the tarts which I say probably about 60-70% close to original. My first post o n the cheese tart is apparently quite popular and I realised it comes out top 5 in search engines when I search for "bake cheese tart recipe". Woohoo! And even better news, the editor of the newly launched Michelin Guide Singapore website ( guide.m...