Just to say hi.... with a recipe

 Hello readers.

I’ve been away from baking & blogging for a while as I’m writing up my thesis for my Ph.D.

I'm not even halfway yet with my writing…

Writing up is such a long & boring process, sometimes I wish someone can write it up for me, which is totally impossible...

To break it from my boring writing, I thought I should update the blog & let you know that I haven’t abandoned this site.

Just that I can only focus at my thesis, it’s probably one of the most important piece of writing in my life.

I hope next time when I blog, I would already submit my thesis :)

Also a quick update of the recipe, I baked this for my niece’s 1st birthday in early February.

It’s gorgeous yet simple & easy to bake.

30min Wholemeal Cream Scones with Homemade Strawberry Conserve

Stop baking cakes for a while, I’ve been looking for new breakfast ideas as I’m bored with muffins & pancakes…

I recently have afternoon tea with scones & pies so I thought it shouldn’t be too difficult to make scones.

The most interesting recipe is 30-min scone & the recipe I used only needs 3 ingredients: whipping cream, wholemeal self-raising flour & sugar.

Scone is plain really, but when it’s freshly baked from the oven, it’s soft & tastes great with clotted cream & strawberry conserve.

Light & soft cream scones served with a cup of coffee that wakes me up in the morning :)

Strawberry Yogurt Cheesecake

A lovely birthday cake for my flatmate to celebrate her 21st birthday.

As she loves strawberry, a strawberry cheesecake was perfect for her.

The decoration is simple but yet eleagant, like the one I made last week.

Old Journey, New Discoveries

To make the full use of my new GF1 camera, I've been exploring on how to take good photographs.

Certainly, the only way is to shoot & learn.

So, what I did last Friday was took the camera to to the college in the morning.

 After the college, I walked around & shoot on my way back home.

I enjoyed the little journey & observed from a new angle.

Strawberry, Valentine & Chinese New Year

There isn't any particular linkage between strawberry, Valentine & Chinese New Year.

However, this year Chinese New Year is the same day as Valentine, & I made heart-shaped strawberry yogurt mousse cakes, this became a wonderful desserts for this particular day!

This year is a year of Tiger!

Wish everyone have a happy Chinese New Year & a wonderful Valentine!

Strawberry Yogurt Cheesecake

It's still the season of berries.

The strawberry sold in my nearest supermarket was cheap so I thought of making a strawberry cheesecake.

I used the recipe for raspberry yogurt cheesecake I made last time.

This time I added a tablespoonful of rosewater.

This increased the depth of flavour of the cheesecake together with the strawberry jelly.

I love it!

Strawberry Jelly:

100g fresh strawberry (blended into puree)

2g/1 sheet gelatin

25g sugar

Boil the strawberry puree then add in the gelatine.

Let the syrup cool down.

Note: Cool a layer of cheese filling or jelly in fridge until stiff before adding another layer.