A few weeks ago, J and I decided to make a baby dedication cake for one of our friend who had just had a baby girl recently. We started thro...

I heart Daifukus! I love their chewy texture and the different types of fillings that they can come in. Daifuku, meaning 'great luck...

I decided to make a buttermilk cake a few weeks ago (after being in a baking hiatus) as i had almost 3/4 of a carton of buttermilk left in t...

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! I love pineapple tarts, especially home made ones! Just to think about that lovely sweet and sour filling...

It was one of those days where i suddenly had a craving for Brazilian snacks, particularly coxinha . It's one of those things that  eat ...

Sorry for being a tad slack about the posts here but October has been and will continue to be a busy month for me. Despite of all that i sti...

After having a bad Okonomiyaki during the Nara Festival (a post about it coming soon!), i had the urge of making one myself. I've never ...

Sweet strawberries are one of my loves, but what if they are not sweet at all? That's what i found out when i brought them home.They wer...

I realized that i can go pretty crazy with Oreos. Seriously. I was doing my grocery shopping at Woolworths (as usual) when i spotted a bas...

Avocado cake? Isn't that weird? - you may ask. I think most people here in Australia have the mentality that avocados are to be eaten as...

It was a particularly cold day here in Canberra and i decided to make Chinese dumplings for dinner. They are one of the best comfort foods t...

Another day with an impulse to bake a cake. Since i had some over ripe banana sitting in my pantry, i decided to use them. I didn't feel...

Decided to bake a cake out of impulse. I wanted to make something with my cooking chocolate (Lindt Piccoli) and i thought, why not try the g...

This is the first time i've attempted a non-Brazilian Crème caramel - in portuguese we call it, Pudim de Leite condensado . The main dif...

What to do when you have bits and pieces left in the fridge? By this i mean the bits of unused ingredients that were left from cooking the p...

As I promised, here is the recipe that i've used for making shallot pancakes in my previous post . It's not hard and i hope you will...

Went to Fyswick Fresh Food Market on Sunday and as usual, i was immediately drawn by the fresh and colourful fruits & vegetables and th...

Made some really simple vanilla butter cupcakes dusted with icing sugar or cocoa powder (using a heart-shaped stencil) for Valentine's. ...

Feliz Ano Novo! That's me wishing everyone a Happy New Year in portuguese. Thanks for everyone who reads my blog and also for your supp...