Healthier red velvet cake

I made red velvet cupcakes once a couple of years back - with red food dye. Honestly I was pretty hesitant to put all the food dye in my cupcake mix then - goodness knows how much toxins/ chemicals I would ingest! But for a first try I still went ahead with the food dye, though with a much reduced portion. My red velvet cupcakes turned out deep red, but in the end I felt a little squeamish eating too much of it. Unfortunately, most cafes/ bakeries/ cupcake places just add red food dye to their red velvet as it easily and quickly creates a nice and consistent vibrant red colour.

This time round, I attempted a healthier version of red velvet cake, dyeing them naturally using beets. Beets naturally add a bit of a veggie taste to the cake - but personally I think it's a small trade off for something friendlier to our bodies! I suppose I'm also biased as I don't mind the taste of beets that much. Nonetheless, this cake drew mixed reviews from my tasters, and so it requires a bit more work and experimentation, before I can say that I'm truly proud of this healthier version of the red velvet cake.

Chin Mee Chin Confectionery

Chin mee chin confectionery along East Coast Road is probably one of the last authentically-old coffee shops left in Singapore. It's famous for its kaya/ kaya bread and D claims that they do the best soft-boiled eggs ever. I'm not a fan of gooey half cooked stuff so I cannot quite attest to the egg claim; but the kaya bread (which came with generous slices of butter) made for quite a simple but satisfying Sunday breakfast! 

Chocolate hazelnut buckwheat cake

I baked this gluten-free rich and nutty chocolate hazelnut cake yesterday evening - icing sugar styling my own :) Used organic buckwheat flour for this - aside from being gluten-free buckwheat is apparently a high-fibre and good source of protein!

D & I finished almost 4 slices of this for supper/ breakfast this morning - a rich but nonetheless relatively healthy start to the week!

DIY Christmas Angel

Are you looking for Christmas decor ideas that won't break the bank? Don't know what to do with old christmas baubles that you've accumulated over the years but can't bear to donate them to the karang guni? Recycle them by turning them into adorable little Christmas angels - here's how!

Moist chocolate beetroot cake

Am on the quest for a good chocolate cake recipe, and this was my first serious attempt at chocolate cake. Yes I know a chocolate beetroot cake sounds pretty dubious, but based on relatively trustworthy food bloggers who've baked this the beetroot is barely detectable and chocolate cake really good. And so I decided to give this a try :)