A good ear…

I’m super happy how beautiful this turned out. What’s more exciting is that I finally got the “ear” to turn out the way is supposed to. ٩(◕‿◕)۶

After baking so many loaves and plowing through YouTubers for tips and tricks, I just couldn’t get the ear to rise properly. Don’t get me wrong, the bread still tastes great, but I can never achieve the coveted “ear”. Well, I can’t say I have succeeded because this is the first time. I’m going to keep trying to see if I can continue with this, then I would be super happy! I have to remember what I did this time that’s different from previous trials. Stay tuned…

A baked bread…

It’s been a while since I baked bread, any bread. If Ah Lo hadn’t requested for artisan bread, I probably would have continue to steam more buns! It was a little break from steaming!

A recipe for more…

I’ve been baking these dinner rolls many many times. It’s always a big hit. The only problem is that it’s never enough. The recipe only makes 16 pieces (or for a 8×8 pan). Since pulled pork is what I have in mind for tonight’s dinner, we would need more. I tweaked the recipe to make more (24) and happy they turned out perfect!

A homemade burger…

Homemade burgers are the best. Want to make sure Dai Bee enjoy some good homemade burgers while he’s home!

A cookie galore…

Right before December, I’m grateful Mr. Piggy found a way to fix our oven. I took a week off from work in hopes to bake cookies (and sell them). Unfortunately, I had other agendas which didn’t give me enough time to market and sell these cookies. I ended up sharing them with our families. According to the poll, the chocolate chips and the butter cookies are a huge hit. Decorated sugar cookies take the most time, but always fun to play with. Hope to get these out next year.

A birthday cake…

I’ve been baking my own birthday cakes for a while now. I didn’t think I had time this year but happy I managed to squeeze a simple sponge cake with mango filling. The sponge cake was smaller than I wanted so I cheated by making more frosting!(￢‿￢ )

I was having a hard time to find fresh fruits, so I was forced to get some tart mangoes (best I could find even though they were kinda pricey). Again, I cheated by adding more sugar (than I normally do) to balance out the tartness.

Hope everyone had a s-boo-tacular Halloween!

A pulled pork lunch…

It’s been awhile since I baked bread at home. Our oven is still not working so I used the baking feature from my air fryer to bake. It came out ok, but not the same. Can’t wait to have a working oven again.

My sister gave us a pack of sausage (which I forgot the brand). After making my own hamburger/hot dog buns, it’s hard to buy the ones from stores. This morning, spent the time baking some fresh buns just for the sausages!

A large order…

I have offered my cake rolls to friends (outside of family) which makes me nervous and excited at the same time. As soon as I emailed to a small group of friends, almost everyone ordered two! The support was incredible.

Another 8 orders to fill! I ran out of stickers for my bags, so I had to draw some of the images freehand.

A business idea…

My boys love these coffee sponge cake rolls so I make them quite often. I’ve been baking them lately since I have eggs in the fridge. My niece has been nudging me to sell them. I’m hesitant since I’m not a professional baker so I’m embarrassed to take money from people. I told her I would think about it…