The Nocturnal Baker

When we came back from our short family holiday, there was a bunch of bananas rotting on our dining table! This is a good thing (only bakers...

So here are my gingerbread men! I made them specially for the kids. The recipe I used produced soft, cake-like cookies. I didn't use mu...

Last night I made some Lebkuchen, a type of spiced German Christmas cookie. I got the recipe from The Brown Eyed Baker here : Lebkuchen...

Yesterday I baked two chocolate cakes and a dozen chocolate muffins for the kids to bring to school for their year-end parties. I used Hers...

Since most of my baking is done at night, most of my photos are also taken at night under bad light. Therefore, the combination of dark pics...

Our diving instructor celebrated his birthday last night. I made a chocolate banana cake with a fondant figurine of him on top. I used a n...

I made a Littlest Pet Shop cake with cuppies for my niece Annalisa's first birthday. I tried making the pink snail. I like it's eye...

I made a cake for Sis no.2's birthday. Cakes for fondant icing are quite limited; they have to be firm enough to hold the weight of the...

On Sunday I made some minced beef pies. I used the shortcrust pastry which I made earlier for the bases. Then I filled that with a minced ...

I have been itching to practice my icing piping techniques, especially large swirls on cupcakes. However, I'm always too tired and too...