Category: Sweets
Peach Jam Cookies
While with peach jam, it can be simply used a spread on toast but there is some much you can do with the peach jam. One of the channel I follow, Nebokgom, she made an apple jam filled cookies. I thought to myself I should make peach jam cookie. This recipe for peach…
Dorayaki (Red Bean Pancake)
I have another recipe to use the red bean paste. This one is pretty well known dessert from Japan called Dorayaki. It’s basically red bean paste sandwiched between two pancakes. If you know Japanese manga series Doraemon then you know dorayaki is Doraemon’s favourite food! What is Dorayaki? The modern dorayaki originate from…
Ang-Butter Dacquoise
I love watching baking videos, I find it particularly relaxing. There is Korean YouTuber that I watch quite often, which goes by “Nebokgom”. There was one dessert that caught my eye. This was dacquoise, particularly Ang-Butter Dacquoise. This is made with dacquoise cookie with red bean paste and a thick butter slice. I…
Homemade Red Bean Paste (using a rice cooker)
I had been on vacation in UK the last two weeks. It was a much needed break. Now that I’m back, I want to start off with an easy recipe that is a staple for many East Asian desserts. I like making Asian desserts because it’s less sweet for me and it doesn’t…
Taro Daifuku
I’m a self confessed sweet lover. I actually didn’t like to snack or eat sweet stuff when I was young. However, once I was in my early twenties, I’ve developed a sweet tooth. I also started to cook more. While I love sweet and rich dessert, most of the time I prefer my…
Taro Cream
As a young child, I didn’t like taro. I didn’t like how starchy or creamy it was. Thus, I shied away from taro in my cooking. However, I’ve been trying to revisit some foods that I’ve shied away before and giving them a second chance. What is Taro? For those who don’t know…