Baking - my new hobby

Baking, I never knew this was going to be one of the things I would picked up in my life. Fortunately, my house came with a conventional oven and allows me to grab that opportunity. It was also Rinoa's school principal who suggested a fun and interactive way for her to learn and spend quality time with me . Its fun and easy to guide them the easy steps of the baking process.

Here are some of the stuff I made in the last month for the festive period.

1st attempt - A Test on how to make Chocolate Cakes (with overloaded Chocolate icing)

2nd attempt - Mom and Pop's 62nd Wedding Anniversary (6 inch Double chocolate Cake with White Rose Icing to signify Pure Love)

A picture of the lovely couple with the cake

3rd attempt - i took a break from cakes and tried out bread instead.

 Behind the scenes of the mini breads for the girls. stuffed with cheese.

This is the yummy result. A loaf of Focaccia bread and mini buns .

4th attempt - Cupcakes for Christmas giveaway to Friends

Suppose to be the Green and white Christmas Trees. decorations topped with M&Ms.

5th attempt - when the first batch was a success i decided to be creative and make Cookie Monster Cupcakes for Rinoa's School Christmas Party. Gave away 20 pieces for her classmates and teachers. I had extra, so i decided to make "Elmo" but somehow I couldn't achieve the red , so i decided it will be his companion =)

6th attempt - Christmas Cookies for my colleagues. Christmas Tree and Star Flakes packaged in simple wrapper.

Final Baking for the Year - Christmas Log Cake with Mini Santas . Mini Santas were simply fresh Strawberries and Cream Cheese.

I'm surprised .. these are my accomplishments for 2014 . 

Top Family & Baby Friendly Seafood Restaurant Singapore - Cove99

This restaurant has to be one of my top favorite list of Restaurants in Singapore. Its Cove99 Live Seafood Restaurant @ 72 Peck Seah Street Singapore 079329. Not only the food is excellent it is Family & Baby Friendly. The restaurant is within a row of shop houses and right in front is an open car park with plenty of parking.

We had a set menu that night to celebrate my husband's birthday. All of the dishes were absolutely yummy and food presentation was excellent. Service staff was very good, attentive and friendly.

Restaurant ambient and environment is good.

There's a baby change area in the ladies room in the restaurant itself.

There;s plenty of reasons why i would definitely be back again =)

Here are some pictures of the food.

                                           Double boiled winter Melon & Top shell Soup

 

Chilli Crab (requested for them to have the shells removed so that the old folks  and myself the busy mummy can enjoy it) we had 2 orders of these and Fried Buns. if you are a big eater, 2 big buns should be sufficient. The texture of the buns are soft like its freshly baked.

 Steamed Cos Fish with Cordilla Seeds. Fish was well done, so soft that you can just swallow it.

 Boston Lobster dish was fresh and its pincers are big and yummy. they've crack the shells so its easy to peel the flesh off the pincers.

We also had Abalone Fried rice without the pictures. But still yummy!

 Lastly , to celebrate we  were allowed to bring in our own cake and surprised us with this beautiful presentation. Very impressed!

Group picture of my family.

For more information visit them @ https://www.facebook.com/Cove99

Happy 62nd Anniversary mom & pop

Beautiful dinner at Pollen, Gardens by The Bay. Perfect place for a beautiful occasion celebrating mom & pop's 62nd Anniversary! Totally inspired by them. Mom's tips after all these years, patience, compromise ,understanding, and more! Lovely. I baked this double chocolate cake for the first time, tested my new pipping bag and tested my decorating skills to make a perfect rose swirl cake. Not that perfect... It's a very simple recipe. The salmon dish at Pollen was great, well done! The Garlic spread for the bread was one of the best thing ever! The house wine was good! However this is NOT a baby friendly place. They do not have any plastic utensils, and apparently guest complained my baby was noisy and was told by pollen staff to keep the noise level down. They did NOT manage expectations well. Will not go into detail... But Overall a great experience for a romantic dinner not for family with kids and babies. Didn't have a chance to visit the Garden, but the rest of the family did and heard it was good and very cold. Please bring a jacket especially during rainy season. Buggy service available from flower dome. Cheers!

Christmas baking - the spirit of giving 1st week

Chocolate cake decorated with chocolate icing. My very first attempt.

The second cake turned out to be more like brownies. I had left over melted chocolate I thought I just coat the entire cake with it. Never put good stuff to waste .

My In-laws are celebrating their lovely 62nd Anniversary and I thought it would be beautiful to celebrate this occasion with a nice double chocolate cake decorated with white roses as symbol of pure love. Message written in chocolate.

It's Christmas time, so it would be nice to create a simple Christmas tree cupcake decorated with M&Ms. Cupcakes are chocolate flavor as love by many people. I have green and white trees. Mini cupcakes for the children and normal size for adults to give away. I made a 2 dozens today. 

This is Naomi part of the action.

This is me, my reaction on the accomplishments.