Plum Frangipane Tart

OMG. I can't believe it's been almost one year since my last post. I can't believe how many things have happened to me and how much my life has changed.

Anyhoo, I just installed the Blogger official app on my iPhone and I am ready. Ready to post more. Yes, I said it.

Here's a plum frangipane tart that I made recently. Fresh and simple. Kinda like the way I feel about life.

Cream Cheese Crostata with Orange Marmalade

The recipe is from Epicurious.com, and is very easy to make. I added a teeny bit of Grand Marnier to the cream cheese mixture for extra orange-y flavour ;)

Happy Pi Day

March 14 is Pi Day. I am no math enthusiast but decided to celebrate it anyway by making a mini coconut cream pi(e)!

Garnished with the rum-flavoured whipped cream and a milk chocolate pi symbol.

Mango Mousse Cake & Egg Tart

There was a get-together at The T Family's. I knew we're having a Chinese dinner, so I decided to make something along the same line... You say Chinese desserts? I say mango pudding & egg tarts!

Instead of pudding, I went for a mousse cake.

Mango mousse, topped with mango jelly, nestled in sponge fingers. I used a canned mango pulp for both mousse and jelly. 850g for only $2! Yay, Walmart! :D

My fave dim sum: egg tart. When at a dim sum restaurant, I have to grab a plate (or two sometimes) of egg tarts as soon as I see them even before my actual meal starts... Here I cheated with store-bought tart shells *gasp* Sprinkled with cinnamon à la English custard tart or South African Melktert.

Milk Chocolate Cream Pie

Milk chocolate mousse in a blind-baked pie shell, topped with caramelized banana slices and milk chocolate shavings.

PPP

PPP stands for Piggy-shaped Pocket Pie. It's filled with quince jam made by my friend VL and baked in the oven (not deep fried).

Teeny Tiny Quiche

A 3-1/2-inch pie dish from Yokoyaya made its debut today! Pie crust was prepared the night before using leftover dough from the teeny tiny apple pies. In egg/cream mixture are bacon, peas & carrots, green onions and cheddar cheese.

A perfect bite-sized slice of quiche :)

Teeny Tiny Apple Pie

(Super flaky pie crust + apple & raisin compote) x baked in muffin tins = the very last thing I made in 2009!
Happy 2010, everyone!

crostata di ricotta con pinoli

The recipe is from イタリアのお菓子 (Italian Desserts) published by Daiso. The black/dark brown stuff between the filling and the shell is chocolate. Well, the tart shell was actually made for some other purpose...

24 Fruit Tarts

12 plus...

12 equals...

24.

Fruit Flans ver. 2.0

A little too much yellow this time???

Fruit Flan

Made by me and Janice :) I liked its fun, flowery design. Too bad it didn't fit in a regular cake box! Lesson learned!

I love the colour red, but this has a little too much red, maybe? Hmm... I'm not very good with colour :(

Apple Pie - Home Edition

Made an apple pie at home. (Didn't I make enough pies at school last week?)

It turned out okay, I guess. Should've used cornstarch or something to make the filling more "filling-y"...

Made some mini apple-cinnamon pie chips (?) using scrap dough.

Pumpkin Pies ver. 2

Another batch of Pumpkin Pies made by me from start to finish :)

Apple Pies

Prepared three apple pies today. They will be baked and sold at our in-school bakery tomorrow :)

Here's a picture of a pre-bake pie. As a long-time Mac user, I had to make this signature decoration!

Pumpkin Pies For Sale :)

Here are the pumpkin pies that I made at school. They went on sale at our in-school bakery today!

The very first pie(s) I made from start (pie dough) to finish (decoration). For the first time in my life - not just at school.

Enjoyed every step of the way but I gotta say I reeeeally loved the finishing/decorating part :)

updated on October 12: A picture of 46 mini pumpkin tarts. Thanks Nikki for sharing your picture!