Pandan & Coconut Macaroons

Well, it's been a little while between posts, no excuse really I've done plenty of baking was just waiting for some quiet time to blog. Oh and waiting for our little one to arrive! We have another 4 weeks or so until the big day, so you may get a bursts of posts in the next few weeks followed by some quiet time. I'm sure Na will have plenty of posts in the meantime.

This is one of my favourite recipes, great to make when you have lots of leftover egg whites. Yes, Mr Mi was making ice cream again, not that I'm going to complain! The recipe can be found on my Pandan and Coconut Ice Cream post or else directly from David Lebovitz's website. The only modification I made was to replace the vanilla with pandan extract which can be bought from your local Asian supermarket. The result is lovely vibrant green macaroons and the pandan paired with coconut is simply delicious! Mi xo

Android Birthday Cake

It was Mr Mi's birthday recently and after our successful Red Velvet Cat Cake, I wanted to have another attempt at making rolled icing cake decorations. His favourite colour is green and Android devices seems to be his latest obsession (well...has been for a while!) so it seemed fitting that I make him an Android birthday cake. For the cake, I used the same recipe for Pandan and Coconut Cupcakes, it's so lovely and moist! I sliced the cake in half and filled the middle followed by cake top with a variation of Na's butter cream, replacing vanilla essence with 1/2 tsp pandan and 1/2 teaspoon coconut essence. The Android or "Andy" as Mr Mi likes to call him was made out of rolled icing and coloured using Wilton Gel Colours bought from The Raspberry Butterfly. Andy was then outlined with chocolate writing fudge. The cake turned out pretty well and was enjoyed by all. Happy birthday Mr Mi! Mi xo

P.S. Did I mention that I made him an Android softie too? :)

Andy softie can't wait to try the Android birthday cake!

Pandan & Coconut Cupcakes

I wanted to make some super-special cupcakes for Na! I love the combination of pandan and coconut as you may have noticed from the recent ice cream post. I found a great recipe for Pandan Coconut Cake originally from Creative Making of Cakes by Alex Goh. Instead of making a cake, I made 24 cupcakes using a standard 12 hole muffin tin. Topped off with a coconut buttercream, using Na's fantastic basic buttercream recipe. If you ask her nicely, she may share it with you. Mi xo

Pandan & Coconut Ice Cream Recipe

Photography by B.E.

This recipe has been adapted from the vanilla ice cream recipe in Iced 180 very cool concoctions, Murdoch books.