Madeleines take me back to a very specific time and space. It was the year 2014 when I was on my exchange program spending a semester at USC, I took a trip to New York City – my first time in the East Coast! Not too far from then, Dominique Ansel introduced the cronut to …
Baking macarons brings me back to college days, when I first started learning how to bake, a schoolmate generously shared her knowledge and taught me all I knew about macarons. Those were fun times! Years of making these and it never gets old – they are fun to make, a great medium for any flavour, …
Growing up, nobody in my household really fancied sweets. Nobody. The only thing that was ever requested was Pandan Chiffon Cake, from my dad. But, he is awfully picky about his pandan cakes. He’s adamant about not using pandan extract (“not real!”), yet at the same time not satisfied with just pure pandan juice (“not enough …
