Strawberry White Chocolate Muffins (Excellent Recipe!)

Being a lover of white chocolate and strawberries, I wanted to come up with not just a good, but a great white chocolate and strawberry muffin recipe. I won't say I'm there yet but this muffin recipe which is adapted from Bouchon Bakery blueberry muffins is definitely a keeper.

If you have not tried making Bouchon blueberry muffins, you absolutely must try this weekend. It is the best muffin recipe. This recipe is perfect if you prefer your cake light and fluffy compared to denser fine crumbed cakes. If you want a different flavour, try my version which uses the same basic cake recipe but with strawberries and white chocolate.

No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake

I was thinking of what to bake for my dad's birthday and my mum randomly pulled out this  cut out recipe from an old Ikea catalog. 

This recipe is by a chef who earned a diploma in pastry arts from Le Cordon Bleu, Paris. So it must be good right?

This is the best cake to make if you don't have an oven or if you are worried about whether your cake would rise because it requires no baking at all!

Tart Aux Fraises

 

Wouldn't it be nice to be sitting at a cafe somewhere in Paris sipping black coffee and nibbling on a tart aux fraises while watching Parisians go on about their daily life. I can only dream for now.

I always wanted to make those beautiful sweet pastries you see at a French cafe. They look so chic and so delicious with their creamy filling, topped with refreshing fruit, glazed or garnished with chocolate strips and powdered sugar. There's just a certain je ne sais quoi about anything that's French.

Strawberry White Chocolate Cupcakes - All-time favourite

A strawberry dream of strawberry pieces, strawberry jam and decadent white chocolate swirled in yellow cake and topped with white chocolate icing and a fresh strawberry

This is the second time I'm trying out a recipe from Beautiful Cupcakes by Kevin Chai. If you're a lover of cupcakes, this is a book you ought to have. Apart from brimming with gorgeous pictures, you can tell that quite a lot of thought have been put into the book as the decorations really complements the flavour of the cupcakes. I like admiring the beautiful pictures and studying the process to see if the recipe works or not.


For me, nothing beats strawberry and white chocolate. My weakness during uni years was Sainsbury's raspberry and white chocolate giant soft cookies. Just had to get them each time I pick up some groceries. Be it raspberries or strawberries, I love the white chocolate combo with either of the red berries.

Strawberry Almond Tart

There is something comforting about having these strawberry almond tart. It's light and the sweet and sour taste from the strawberries goes really well with the toasted almond flakes. These are perfect if you want a little bit of indulgence without feeling guilty.

Japanese Strawberry Shortcake trying out recipe from La Fuji Mama

Bird's eye view of the cake. KC said that I should have removed the strawberry stems because they make the cake look so messy and unappetizing. He suggested that I place the strawberries upside down. What do you think? La Fuji Mama and Ochikeron also don't use the stems on their cake. I just thought the stems will add more colours to the super white cake. Mum thinks so too.

I wanted to write about the Strawberry Shortcake that I was so excited about as soon as I was done making the cake. It was around 6 p.m. when I was just about to write but KC came along and dragged me off my laptop, literally, and forced me to jog with him! I really didn’t feel like exercising today but after so much coaxing I relented. Hence, the slight delay in the post scheduled for today.