Another unsuccessful bake :(

I made these cream cheese spirals on a weekday night, after work. They look simple enough to be made in a few hours but... they were not. I realised I am not good with doughs... perhaps there are some special techniques to handle them to make them less unpredictable...

These were basically made up of butter and cream cheese. The filling was brown sugar, cinnamon and almond bits. Somehow, I was not able to roll up the spirals in a neat manner. Secondly, the filling was way too sweet. I only used half of it and I couldn't even make myself finish one. I kept all of these baked ones in a container and instructed my mum not to let anyone eat it. And I threw it away the 2nd day. I just can't bear to throw them away immediately. What a waste!

Looking back, I wonder why I chose to make these. Maybe they look good in the pictures which I saw. Lesson learnt-Never be deceived by outlook in future. Haha...

My 1st Attempt on a Healthy Recipe

Don't they sound healthy? They taste healthy too, except for the fact that I used sweetened cranberry. Hee... recipe was adapted from Happy Home Baking once again. I replaced the walnuts with diced almond. I wanted to use almond flakes initially but I realised it was spoilt when I was about to use it.

The cookies were well liked by my family and friends.... positive feedbacks. They like the texture of the biscuit and the fact that it is not too sweet, Some like the ingredients. But I guess, it is not to everyone's liking as it tastes like muesli bar. Working towards a healthier baking/cooking journey... :P

我们家的肉粽

Everyone in the family took part in the 肉粽process, be it preparing the ingredients, wrapping it, starting the fire or eating it... Lol... But of coz, the main chefs are my mum and 三姐.

Below are some of the ingredients for the 肉粽:
And of cause it includes seasonings like salt, dark soya sauce, pepper and some powder which I can't remember.

Making 肉粽 is tiring... Haha... I was suppose to make my Nonya 粽子in July, after my busy work schedule... but... I did not get down to it. Maybe soon? :P

If I remember correctly, we made more than 100 肉粽. Of cause we did not eat everything... some were given to friends and relatives of our family. The 肉粽this year is much much better than last year's tasteless ones which I did with my mum.

And I like it coz I made 8 肉粽 with my favourite ingredients=no chestnut! Yeah... so I enjoy them more. Below are the ones I made....
Hopefully I'll get down to doing my Nonya 粽子soon! :)

A Simple Cheesecake

I haven't been baking much recently... missed out on alot of birthday cakes this year.. Grr... But still, I managed to squeeze some time to do a simple one for Qin in June.

Somehow, I like this photo of the cheesecake in baine marie :)

The completed cheesecake with simple decoration doesn't taste as nice as I hope it could be. I actually went Hokkaido recently and tasted one of the best cheesecakes at LeTao... It tastes like ice-cream cheesecake... Yummy... if only I could reach that standard...