Lorna is one of my husband’s grandfather Theo’s sisters. My Scone recipes are all based on Lorna’s Scone recipe. Recently I have discovered another great recipe of hers. It’s her Cottage Cheese Cake recipe. Cottage Cheese used to be the most accessible cheese and it is quite easy to make…
My daughter recently moved out and started living independently. She bought some cookware for her new life. She invested extra money to buy a good rice cooker that has Cake Cooking function. Now I am writing this recipe for her so that she can make our family’s favourite upside-down cake…
As my Pumpkin Doughnuts were so successful, I wanted to bake a Pumpkin Cake. I looked for the recipes. Many of them require a lot of Spices. I decided to use my own Pound Cake recipe. I didn’t add any spices, but I added Rum. I think I could have…
If you have never made cakes with a steamer, you should try it once. Steaming method makes the softest and moistest cakes. You don’t have a steamer? Today, I used a pot and a rack to make this cake. This recipe is based on my ‘Steamed Matcha Cake’. You can…
I’ve always loved seeing the cool layer cakes that all the amazing bakers across the internet make. On instagram and tiktok and food blogs, it’s my favorite thing to see some cool cake design, and imagine how that cake might taste. But I’ve never made one myself. I was always…
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My hard-to-fail ‘Basic Sponge Cake’ can be made in different flavour. You can add Matcha Powder to make Matcha Sponge Cake, OR add Cocoa Powder to make this Cocoa Sponge Cake. I altered the amount of Sugar and added a pinch Salt for this sponge. Cake Tin 18 to 20cm…
I just added 1 Lemon to my ‘Basic Pound Cake’, which is actually ‘125g cake’, not ‘1 pound cake’. I added the Lemon Zest to the batter and I drizzled the Lemon Syrup over the hot cake, so that the yummy syrup would soak the cake. It is a very…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! I have a problem, and it’s called buying in bulk. It’s sooo much cheaper to buy a bunch all at once… and now I have five bags of wheat bran AND WHAT THE HECK AM…
This Pound Cake is slightly sour. The sourness comes from Apple. You don’t see Apple pieces in this cake, because the Apple was finely grated. As a lot of juice comes out of it, I needed to add extra Flour. The cake tastes better when cold, and it stays moist…
I heard that ‘Scoop Cake’ has recently become quite popular in Japan. I believe it has been strongly influenced by the English dessert ‘Trifle’. However, ‘Scoop Cake’ in Japan is more like a shortcake in a bowl. It can be made with the clumsiest hands, because the cake doesn’t have…
On the other day, I was making Pound Cake. I decided to add ‘Tsubu-an’ (Sweet Azuki Paste) as I often add extra ingredients to the Pound Cake. For a flavour, I decided to add Rum instead of Vanilla. Then an accident happened! Because of my shaky hands, a lot more…
Sponge for Roll Cake should be moist and soft. Dry Sponge, especially if it is thick, tends to break when you roll it up. My Swiss Roll Pan is about 33cm x 23cm in size. Sponge would be about 10-12mm thick, when baked. Makes Swiss Roll Pan Ingredients Sponge3 large…
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When I have ripe Bananas, I wait for a few more days until they turn very dark and smell nearly fermenting. Then I make ‘My Legendary Banana Cake’, always the same cake. Today I wanted to make something different, so I decided to add Cocoa Powder and Chocolate Chips. I…
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In Japan, there is a type of Sushi called ‘Oshi-zushi’, that is made by pressing Sushi Rice and Toppings into a special mould, then it is cut into bite sized pieces to serve. This is a variation of it and it has become very popular. A round cake tin is…
On the other day, I was requested to bake Gluten Free Cake. I often use Almond Meal for this purpose, but I didn’t have it. I don’t buy Gluten Free Flour Mix. So I used the most commonly available Rice Flour and baked my ‘Basic Pound Cake’ simply replacing Wheat…
