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Pandan Custard Tarts with Egg-less Pastry Shell

I had one day off last week and asked hubby what kind of cake/snack/desserts he would like to have and he chose pandan custard tarts yet again. I have made these before and shared the full recipe in here (click here to go to the related post).

This time, I am trying a new recipe where there is no egg needed for the pastry shells and whilst it resulted in different texture and slightly different taste to the previous one, they are not bad either. In fact, hubby said he prefers these ones! I think the texture is not as crumbly as the one made with egg; and the taste, even though it lacks the richness that you get from egg yolk, it pairs really well with the custard and make a lighter version of the original recipe. Hubby points out that these turned out with slightly more soggy base, which is his favourite bits. I am unsure whether this was caused by the egg-less pastry or because I didn’t pre-baked them before pouring the custard mixture.

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Baked Churros

The ordinary churros is deep fried and has that crispy skin, then lightly coated with cinnamon sugar and dunk into melted chococate or dulce de leche. Who can resist such yummy treat, right? Seriously…. To have this when eating out is nice, because you need not worry about cooking, oil splatter, cleaning up, etc and not to mention the amount of oil needed . This is why I have never even tried to look for any churros recipes knowing I will not give them a go anyway. Not until few weeks ago I stumbled on this recipe, couldn’t remember how I got there though. The recipe looks simple with not much mess and the churros seems to have that crisp, there are tips to help you achieve that crisp.

I followed the recipe to the dots and it sure didn’t disappoint! Except that my baking time is a little longer compared to the recipe, which is normal as every oven is different. What can I say about this recipe, it certainly is a keeper. You can whip out a tasty amazing treats in no time, without much fuss, taste great and on top of that, cause less harm to your waist line than the original version yayyy   ~(˘▾˘~)   (~˘▾˘)~

Fresh from oven...
Fresh from oven…

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Baked Cheesecake with Mocha Marble

Ever since I tried baked cheesecake, I have grown to love it. Among all varieties that I have tried, my favorite is baked cheesecake, especially new york cheesecake. I have gathered varieties of cheesecake recipes but have never had the courage to try them out, mainly because of the amount of cream cheese needed and to think that what if people don’t like it then those ingredients will just go to waste On top of that, I used to live just with my younger brother who are not a big fan of cheesecake, so there are more restrains to try out those recipes. Now that my dear hubby is in the picture, I tend to cook/bake things to suit his liking. This is one of the case. I started with basic original baked cheesecake and add some mocha paste to small amount of the batter hoping to create the marble effect then some Nutella swirl on top, also chocolate cookies crumbles for the base. I must admit we love this! It is smooth, creamy, rich, but not too sweet, the chocolate cookies crumble works really well with the mocha flavour. This recipe is definitely a keeper! Hope you give it a try and let me know how it turns out 🙂 Continue reading “Baked Cheesecake with Mocha Marble”

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Easy Peasy Donut Balls

donut ballsIt is called easy peasy for a reason: you can whip up these little snacks only in one hour include preparation and cooking time, and there is no need to knead the dough to the elastic stage. Do notice that because of no kneading phase, the dough will be very soft and you will not be able to shape them like the normal donuts with hole in the middle, hence they are shaped in balls using two oiled spoons and drop directly to deep fryer. The ingredients for this recipe are simple as well, just your usual pantry staples.

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Nutella Braided Bread

I browsed through Youtube on the weekend and came by this easy recipe, yet it looks really pretty and may impress your families/friends/girlfriends 🙂

Looks like Nutella Pizza?
Looks like Nutella Pizza?

And, tadaaa here are the progress to final result after oven:

nutella braided breadTo be fair, I will let you in my little secret: this is not made with bread dough, but store-bought puff pastry; saved so much preparation time! A cheat version of Nutella braided bread hehe 😀