This came about from my quest of trying to infuse more flavor in an apple cake without using spices.  I considered using apple cider to replace part or all of the liquid in an adapted recipe. Then, I thought why not take it one step further and […]

When baking with pandan, I would normally use store-bought pandan paste instead of freshly-squeezed pandan juice. This is because fresh pandan leaves are not available here and often times, the frozen pandan leaves that can be found in most Asian stores are of such subpar quality that they are just not worth using. Once in a blue moon […]

I’m almost embarrassed to admit that after living here for more than 10 years and with an apple orchard five minutes down the street, I have never made applesauce from scratch before until now. There wasn’t really any reason to – applesauce can easily be […]