Macarons with Raspberries Jelly and Dark Chocolate Ganache

Every time before my daughter go to her best friend house, sure she will request me to bake some macaron as this is their favourite's sweet ! At first she chosen the Ispahan Macaron from the Pierre Herme Macarons book that I just bought recently. Before making macaron and realized that still lacking of canned lychee and white chocolate, so we drop the idea and came out with this new combination.

Sesame Kueh 芝麻粄

This recipe was adapted from a new cookbook that I bought recently. The best thing of this kueh is you don't need a mould to make it.

Prawn Masala Curry 香浓干咖喱虾



I was so happy finally able to cook this prawn curry that the taste very close to a dried prawn curry we tried in a restaurant last year. In fact, my hubby said my version is more tasty !!

Fontana di Trevi 羅馬許願池, Piazza di Spagna 西班牙廣場, Rome Italy 2013 羅馬意大利自由行

After Piazza Venezia , we proceeded to the next destination and this place also one of the place that I wanted to see the most in this Italy trip beside Venice, Fontana di Trevi. In this post, I still talking about the places that I visited in Day 1 (half day afternoon), can you imagine in half day time I already shared few places, hehehe. One thing good about Roma is that that the city is easy to walk in and famous structures are close by to each other, so long you wear a pair of comfortable shoes. I found my shoes still not the best shoes, still looking for a pair of good shoes for travelling, any suggestion?

Oreo Owl Cupcakes 猫头鹰巧克力杯子蛋糕



I made this Oreo Owl Cupcakes for my son Birthday the other day. As usual, before I make the cake, I checked with him for what Birthday cake he wants first. Phew, this time he just wanted chocolate cupcakes, unlike last year he requested a Minecraft fondant cake. But I don't want to just make the ordinary chocolate cupcakes for him, so I chosen this cute Owl cupcakes that I have seen in Crystal blog.

Deep fried Spring Roll Prawns 炸虾春卷

Made this deep fried spring roll prawns the other day. I got the idea from a cooking show of placing a coriander leaf when wrapping the prawns with spring roll wrapper, you can see a hidden leaf after deep fried, look pretty!

Ang Ku Kueh (Red Tortoise Cake) 紅龟粿

I have never done Ang Ku Kueh that look red, "Ang" means red in Hokkien dialect. Earlier I have did purple Ang Ku Kueh and Black Ang Ku Kueh (using Ramie leaves). The other day, I was so happy found a traditional AKK wooden mould that has few patterns in one mould, quickly use it to try out a real Ang Ku Kueh that look really Ang Ang !!

Piazza Venezia (威尼斯廣場), Victor Emmanuel II Monument (艾曼紐二世紀念館), Rome Italy 2013 羅馬意大利自由行

At the end of  the walk of Via dei fori imperiali road, we reached to Victor Emmanuel II Monument (a monument dedicated to King Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of Italy) at  Piazza Venezia (Piazza=square). The weather was hot, we quickly entered inside the building to enjoy some cool air..

Roman Forum (古羅馬遺址), Arch of Constantine, Via dei fori imperiali, Rome Italy 2013 羅馬意大利自由行

We left the crowded place at Colosseum, continue our walk to Via dei fori imperiali ( a road that in the city center of Roma) , and passing by Roman Forum and heading to Piazza Vienna.

Pure Vanilla Sponge Cake 香草海绵蛋糕

As promised in my earlier pure vanilla chiffon cake post that I will share with you of baking a chiffon using a normal cake pan that has no tube or insert like chiffon pan. So I would like to call this chiffon as Pure vanilla sponge cake (why I called as pure vanilla because I was using vanilla bean to make this cake) . And this vanilla sponge cake is perfect to use it to decorate as a Birthday cake like fruity Birthday cake.