Found #6 MacArthur Park. ( Listen! )

It's Wednesday and I have some cookies and cheesecake!

Baked cheese cake and gluten free vanilla shortbread cookies.

Gluten Free Vanilla Shortbread Cookies

Recipe Adapted from here

150g Butter 

1/2 cup icing sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
pinch salt
1 1/4 cups superfine brown rice flour (infinity foods)
1/4 cup cornstarch


Beat butter and Icing sugar until soft and fluffy.
Add vanilla extract.
Add all dry ingredients all at once and beat until combined.


I used a small star nozzle to pipe cookies on trays.


Bake at 170c for about 12-15 minutes.

The Story of the search for Almond & Apricot Bars

2 years ago, I went to Fernandez & Wells with Tommy, we had a sit down drink, she ordered a drink and something sweet, like she always does. We sat and she exclaimed that the raspberry jam bar that she just bit into was the best thing ever. ( like she always does ) and wanted me to try it. I refused. I just started baking and was gaining alot of post pastry chef weight. Of course, she would insist until I give up and take a pretend bite and with that tiny bite, I also thought IT IS the BEST THING EVER. Of course I had to have the recipe. I went home and started going online, flipped through all my books. No recipes for Almond & Raspberry bars.

I JUST COULDN'T find it!!!

I went to another shop in North West London ( who I will not name ) and there it was, another almond & raspberry bar! I was SUPER excited and was in between jobs so I applied for a part time position at that shop just so I could have the recipe. I got the job and was even More excited. I didn't get to do anything the first week except cutting butter and rolling pastry dough. But I was hopeful, that eventually they will let me make almond and raspberry bars. After 3 weeks, I still did not get to do it. I had to leave the job because it was only part time and i needed a full time job.

A few weeks later, I bought Bill Granger Holiday book and THERE IT WAS! Apricot and raspberry bars! Before you start yawning, here it is.

Recipe adapted from Bill Granger Holiday.

Preheat Oven at 180c

You will need a 8" Square Tin

Base - 

150g Butter ( soften but not too soft )

115g sugar 

2 Tsp vanilla essence

225g Flour

40g Cornflour

Filling -

250g Apricot Jam - I use bonne maman

Topping - 60g Butter 55g Sugar 200g Flaked Almond 2 Tsp milk.

Make the base first.

Beat butter and sugar until soft and fluffy, add vanilla essence.

Add in dry ingredients all at once until its semi combined, still abit crumbly.

Line the crumbs on the tin and flatten it with your fingers.

Bake in the oven until golden brown. It will take about 10-12 minutes. It doesn't have to be fully baked, just slightly golden brown on the top. Remove from Oven and let it cool for 7 minutes.

While the base is being baked in the oven, prepare the topping.

Melt butter on a pan and add sugar, flaked almond and milk. 

On low heat, keep stirring the mixture carefully until it looks glossy. ( about 2-3 minutes )

Take pan off heat and let it sit. 

Spread jam evenly on base and scatter almond mixture on the top. 

Bake in the oven for another 15-20 minutes until flaked almond looks golden brown. 

Last week

there was lots of rain.

but 

lots of cats

and dogs 

still came out to play, i went to work and had a little accident with the icing sugar.

also, Kat bought some boots that had cats on it. ☼ They were so pretty.

I also got some candies.

had curry and roast dinner , good rainy day meals. 

with a D. who acted very strange around food.

Goodnight. What did you do?

I am

cleaning out my closet!

everything is on ebay

Click on LINK

Sunbury Antique Market - Kempton Racecourse

Tommy, Tresia and I went to Sunbury Antique Market last week.

there are more than 100 stores in total, maybe 200, I don't know. We took the 7am train to kempton and all of us felt like we were yanked out of bed. by the time we got there, we were very excited but also very sleepy and tired. 

Pecan Puffs (again)

Some for myself. some for friends.

Recipe here

Weekend ~ ☂

It was raining alot but I didn't mind because i wasn't out that much.

Some ornaments I found during my winter clear up. I might sell it because I don't have a christmas tree.

Chocolate cake for D's Dad almost 60 birthday

some museum we went to

dinner at Le Relais De Venis 

Highlight of the meal ♥

Hope your weekend wasn't too rainy.

Thursday rainy day muffin and green bean mush.

I had some old apples i wanted to use up.

Crumble Muffins are great for rainy days

Apple Crumb Muffins


Recipe ( makes 12 )


120g butter, 165g caster sugar
2 eggs, 140ml double cream
250g plain flour 2 teaspoon baking powder 1teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt 
200g apples peeled and cubed ( i used pink lady )


Preheat oven at 175c.


1. Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Whisk in eggs.
2. whisk in double cream
3. Fold in sifted flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt. 
4. Fold in chopped apples. Spoon batter into muffin tins.


Bake muffins for about 20-25 minutes. Until golden brown. 


To make the crumble :


100g flour 80g butter 80g sugar


Mix flour and sugar, rube in cubed butter until mixture resembles bread crumbs.

green bean mush for green bean and white chocolate cake.

Fly me away

Found #5

In the world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted.

Eat Pray Love.

Cha no ma Baker street

We arrived 40 minutes before closing time but we were very lucky they still had food left. 

Katsu Curry with Chicken , big pieces of potato and carrots.

Very good ✭✭✭✭

Cha no ma 129 Baker Street 11-8pm