This year for my birthday, I decided to go green! 🌿 Instead of the usual chocolate or vanilla cake (yawn), I went for something more fun, nutty, and oh-so-delicious—Vegan Pistachio Cake with the dreamiest Pistachio Buttercream frosting. Seriously, it’s like eating a slice of pure...
Guilt-free Dessert For the Summer As much as I love making sourdough bread with chocolate, sometimes I just want to make something quick and easy. This flourless pumpkin brownie is the perfect recipe. Not only is this recipe so easy to make, it's also a crowd...
A Taste of Iceland Iceland always has a special place in my heart. The landscape, the people and of course the food. Although Iceland is not a place people usually associate with vegan food, it is indeed not hard to find vegan food in Iceland at...
Where Have I Been Sorry for being so bad at updating the recipes lately, as I wasn't allowed to bake or cook that much since my surgery. But the good news is, I'm 90% recovered and have been incorporated some light exercise back to my daily...
Hot Summer Days Call For Ice Cream and Tropical Fruits As summer is in full swing, ice creams, iced drinks and tropical fruits have soon become my daily staple. Nothing makes me feel better than having a mid-afternoon iced pour over as a pick-me-up drink. Or...
Mille Feuille - My Favorite French Pastry If you asked me which foods do I miss most as a vegan, mille feuille (aka French Napoleon pastry) is definitely at the top of the list. I have been wanting to make a vegan mille feuille. However, as...
It's Christmas! If you haven't heard of stollen before, you are missing out! Stollen is a traditional German Christmas bread. It is a bread with a cake-like texture. And it usually contains nuts, spices (such as cinnamon and nutmeg), dried or candied fruit, marzipan and coated...
The Iconic Hong Kong Buns 🍞 Being born and raised in Hong Kong, I grew up with eating lots of pineapple buns. Despite having the word "pineapple" in its name, pineapple buns (aka Bolo Bao) don't contain any pineapple and also don't taste like pineapple at...
Sourdough Bread For Beginners I received so many messages from people who wanted to get into sourdough baking but was too scared of failure. And my advice to them is "Don't think. Just Start!" Sourdough baking is a beautiful journey. Even for me, who have been...
Happy Birthday to My Mom! 👩🏻 Last weekend was my mom's birthday. I like to make her a birthday cake every year on her birthday. 2020 was a remarkably difficult year for most people, due to covid and all other unexpected changes. After such a harsh...