This is my very first attempt at making a kueh lapis cake! There isn’t a thousand layers, to be honest, but I believe at least 15 layers. By the time I finished baking, I was so tired I couldn’t stand … Read more
Tag Archives: Chinese New Year
Making A Thousand Layers Kueh Lapis For Chinese New Year
Osthmanthus Butter Cookies To Celebrate The Year Of Ox
This weekend will be a busy weekend for me, not really because of all the visiting we will have to fulfil (there are in fact less visiting chores this year), but because I am packing in a long list of … Read more
Hot Pot Sesame Peanut Dip for my Chinese New Year Feast
A week more to Chinese New Year in Singapore. Everyone is looking forward to a better year ahead – so am I.
Mandarin Orange and Cheese Cake Slices
What do you do with leftover mandarin oranges after the Chinese New Year? Put them to good use in a nice dessert cake such as this very delicious mandarin orange and cheese cake slices. But if you are too lazy … Read more
Osthmanthus Flower Jelly (桂花糕)
The osthmanthus flower is a small, yellow (or white) flower that grows on small shrubs or trees and has a strong and sweet fragrance, which is why it is very popularly used as a flavour of tea as a dried … Read more