Doughnut Muffins

Hi,

I have been travelling & taking a long break while looking for jobs since finishing my PhD.

The cities I have been so far are Venice, Budapest, Paris and New York.

My photos are now piled up & the worst is I’m procrastinating, I will need to be organised & get back to baking.

I made these doughnut muffins a while ago & I thought I will post the recipe here just to keep it going.

Pudding Cake, Rose or Caramel?

Continuing with my favourite flavour--caramel, I baked a 6" caramel pudding cake but I didn't take photos of it as I wasn't really satisfied by the look.

I love it very much so I baked it again in the weekend.

The roses are blooming in the garden so I also made rose petal jam.

The colour was gorgeously vibrant, just like a red jewel under the sun.

To some variations, I made some pudding cakes with rose petal jam.

Both taste fabulous after chilling, it's a yummy treat in the summer.

What is your favourite flavour? Rose or caramel?

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 :)

One Apple, Two Blueberry Cheesecakes & Three A Trip to Lewes

It’s my friend’s birthday and she had special request for a baked cheesecake.

So, the night before I met her, I baked, not one but two small cheesecakes.

The recipe was actually for a 8” cake but we’re going to a historical & lovely town called Lewes.

It’s not a good idea to bring a giant 8” cake around.

The little cheesecake turned out great with simple arrangement of poached apples & my friend loved it :)

I cooked some blueberry jam & simply spread over the other cheesecake which I brought to my mum the next day when we had lunch together.

Lewes was an adorable town, full of antique shops, cozy cafe & cute crafts stores.

There is also a big flea market & it's like treasure hunting :)

Floral tea cups & saucers bought from Lewes.

Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Jam

I'm into homemade jam recently.

The jam I've made is very simple, only contain 2 or 3 ingredients: fruits, sugar, sometimes lemon juice.

That's all & it's great.

So, my recent breakfast includes toasted breads with jam, a kiwi & a cup of soya milk.

I baked a chocolate cake one day & had it for breakfast.

Not guilty of having chocolate cake in the morning, it definitely made my day happy!

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.