Hong Kong Egg Tarts

Makes 12 tarts My all time favorite sweet dim sum is Hong Kong egg tarts. I could eat as much as my tummy can hold. They are pretty, sweet and the texture is soft. My mom likes to make it as present for her friends. She says that it is easy to make but all…

Banana Cake

Makes one 20 cm cake The girls are in love with bananas, they love it fresh, juiced and this time I will make some cake for them. I scroll down for an easy but tasty looking recipe and this time it is a recipe I took from allrecipes.com. Them smelled wonderful, was soft inside and…

Beer Bread

Makes one loaf Today we can find alcohol free beer in the supermarket, hooray!! It means that we can experiment making something out of it. So far, I have always been interested in the “beer bread” recipe posted by many of our fellow bloggers. This is exiting 😀 we don’t need yeast right as beer…

Sakura cookies

Makes 24 cookies It turns out that Sakura flowers are edible in various forms. The ones you will find in the market are those preserved in salt. So, you have to soak them in hot water first before adding them to tea or placing them as confectionery. I tried them all and nothing had impressed…

Pandan Srikaya Pies

Makes 12 small pies This was a sweet for breaking fast during Ramadhan. My mom sent me fresh pandan and suji leaves, a natural food coloring with delightful scent. I had ready made pie cups so I had the idea to add some pandan srikaya on top and served it chilled for later in the…

Steamed Rainbow Cake

Makes one 22cm cake Steamed Rainbow Cake as known as “Bolu Kukus” is a popular catering cake that you will find in snack box, mostly on meetings. This is one of my favorite cake because of the soft texture and the fragrant smell of the coconut milk. Making it is not difficult, all you have…

Steamed Dates Cake

Makes 2 20cm cakes I had dates left overs from the Ramadhan month, that’s quite a while. It turned out that my family is not very fond of dates as a break fast sweet dish. We prefer pudding or agar with some fresh canned food. My mother gave me a magazine with very easy cakes…

Railway station Donuts

Serves 6 A typical frame of mind in the concept of  ‘middle class’ in developing world is to own a car but in heavy traffic jam city like Jakarta, taking public transportation can reduce stress and reduce time. A favorite means of transportation is the ‘ojek’, motorcycle taxi if I may say. For us living…

Steamed Brownies with Cheese Cake Layer

Makes 3 20cm cakes If you every have the chance to go to Bandung, don’t miss to buy the famous ‘Brownies Kukus Amanda’, basically it is steamed chocolate cake. Through years of refining her secret recipe she got this smooth structured steamed chocolate. Perfect in color, texture, fragrant, taste just everything was right. It started…

Egg white pudding

Makes 6 small cups This is my favorite all time pudding, egg whites, chocolate with light custard sauce. This can be found in many bakery shops and in events dessert buffet selection. It is easy to make, it is tasty and it sells. I put it up on Cooking with Nonna just for fun. If…