Cotton Soft Japanese Cheese Cake

Some time ago this cake was a hit on many baking blog sites and everyone seemed to agree this is a great recipe, it is lighter than the usual cheesecake, it is soft like sponge cake but smooth and creamy at the same time. This is also a perfect dessert for those who always say desserts are too sweet for them, I can assure you this is not too sweet. But beware you are not going to stop at just one slice.

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DIY Caffeinated Soap Bar

On our Bali honeymoon trip where we had a walk around Monkey Forest Street and found this handmade soap shop has inspired me to make my own soap bar. I personally prefer soap bar to soap gel/liquid and I used to use Dove, I think it smells so good especially during winter time and it claims to leave the skin soft, which I can’t attest because I used body lotion after shower. Soap bar also lasts a lot longer that soap liquid, hence the savings that I can allocate to other stuffs on my shopping list 😀 It is also a good practice that is environmental friendly (still proud however small my contribution is). Since I started my research on handmade soap bar, I became more conscious of long list of chemical substances put into a store-bought soap bar and that I actually rub them on my skin. Although they have never irritated me so far or as I aware of, it still kind of puts me off buying them.

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Bread Challenge 2 – Roti Boy aka Bun with Coffee Flavoured Crusted Bun

Learned from past experience that my bread attempt didn’t came to satisfaction, I searched for other recipes and more tips from many other bloggers. During the research I stumble on this recipe of Roti Boy Wannabe (this recipe was found from here) and I know I just have to give this a try because I love sweet bun and coffee, even better if you can combine the two in one 🙂

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