Ma Lai Gou (Steamed Malay Cake)

Spongy and light steamed cake

Have you ever felt the sudden urge to make a cake and you really need to just execute it otherwise you know you'll be bothered until you do?


That happened to me yesterday night. Even though it was a work day I somehow felt I needed to try the recipes I gathered from the internet otherwise my day will be wasted by not doing what I really want to do and I won't get that day back. Time is passing and if you don't do what you want to do at that point in time, you'll never get back the time. You get the drift.

Golden Butter Cake - A step by step pictorial guide

Melt in your mouth butter cake

It's nice to go back to basic and make a simple butter cake. Beginners always start with a butter cake as it is the simplest cake recipe and doesn't require many ingredients. 

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.

Easy Peasy Guilt-free Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Balls

The best way to enjoy chocolate minus the guilt is to make a healthy chocolate dessert. I wanted to have chocolate but at the same time I want it to be something satisfying in a good portion and won’t leave me sluggish after, so I came up with the idea of a dessert with chocolate, oats and peanut butter all rolled up in one. This recipe is yummy and filling and is sure to satisfy any chocolate cravings minus the guilt.

Waffle Saturday

My mum has a really good waffle recipe. Since it was the long Merdeka weekend, we decided to go on mini getaway to Bukit Tinggi. It's cooler there than in the city, especially after it rains, and nothing like enjoying warm waffle with ice cream on a chilly afternoon. 

I was thinking of making pancakes for the weekend but ended up making waffles instead because my mum prefer waffles. I've tried making pancakes from the box mix and the pancakes failed. But this time I did some research and compiled a list of pancake dos and don'ts so I shall save them for another day.

I tried Googling the differences between waffles and pancakes. I couldn't find much differences though. The only difference I could gather was that yeast is used in waffles whilst baking powder in pancakes. They are pretty much the same. Some even say that you can use waffles recipe for pancakes and vice versa.

Super Simple to Make Cute Breakfast

This post is inspired by Aum Napat who owns Napat Closet in Chatuchak Market. I just love her short cooking videos and I wanted to make cute and fun food for breakfast after seeing all the lovely treats from her. After Googling I found these ideas.

First is Banana Peanut Butter Bear Toast

These are super fun and simple to do. All you need are two slices of bread, peanut butter, a banana and 6 chocolate chips/ raisins.

The steps, I think, are self-explanatory.

Bountiful Apricot Yogurt Muffins

What better way to spend Sunday morning than baking scrumptious apricot muffins for breakfast for the working week? If you can't wait to taste, just have them for tea.


That was exactly what I did on Sunday. Baked the lovelies, cleaned up, went out to meet some friends, then came home and sat down with a good book, a cup of earl grey and nibble on the goodies. 

Pumpkin Crumble Mini Cake

I am tired of reading fake reviews online about how good cakes from so and so actually are. I like reading food blogs but not all are truthful in their reviews. It is either that or they really have no taste.

Surprise Inside Red Velvet Cupcakes

I wanted to do a fun project for the weekend. After some googling I came across what is known as a surprise inside cake. It's like a cake within a cake.  I decided to try out one of the easy to do surprise inside cakes with a heart shape cut-out. This cupcake is perfect to celebrate Valentine's Day.

A Childhood Favourite

To end 2013, I decided to bake a childhood favourite and my choice of a classic treat is the marble cake. There are many variations of marble cake recipes online and in the cook books but I wanted a simple recipe of the classic vanilla and chocolate cake. I felt like baking a marble cake after tasting the delicious marble cake from one of the oldest coffee shop (a.k.a kopitiam) in town, Yut Kee Restaurant.They say, never leave Yut Kee without trying their famous marble cake. I had one such opportunity without having to suffer the lunch time crowd and the traffic congestion in KL when one of the partners (very thoughtful of him) brought some to work one afternoon. The little things  people do can unknowingly inspire others.