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The Cooking Auntie I started off with making food videos for fun. Sharing my food adventures, cooking experiments and interesting discoveries on FB, Youtube and Instagram.

Now I'm sharing some of that food.

Special Birthday set for a loyal customer and big siubao/cake fan 🎂Happy Birthday and thank you for your support!
21/07/2025

Special Birthday set for a loyal customer and big siubao/cake fan 🎂Happy Birthday and thank you for your support!

Siu Bao - our signature pastry item that has people coming back for more. Flaky crust with savory and sweet BBQ chicken ...
08/07/2025

Siu Bao - our signature pastry item that has people coming back for more. Flaky crust with savory and sweet BBQ chicken filling, they are the perfect accompaniment to your morning coffee, a nice little treat for teatime with a cup of oolong or can even be your lunch if you eat 2 or more😄

PM for orders

Five Spice Powder is a common ingredient in Chinese cooking and an important element in my Siu Baos. A good five spice p...
27/06/2025

Five Spice Powder is a common ingredient in Chinese cooking and an important element in my Siu Baos. A good five spice powder will add another dimension to a meat or sauce.

Contrary to the name five spice, there may actually be more than 5 different spices in each concoction. Different spice merchants have their own recipe for five spice powder. I have purchased a few disappointing brands that only smells like cinnamon. A good five spice should have a nice balance of sweet, spicy, earthy to complement your cooking. These can come from a combination of cinnamon, fennel, clove, star anise, coriander seed, etc.

Thank you, Wendy, for gifting me with all these different brands of five spice from Penang.

Kaya Puff - to pleat or not to pleat? That was my question. Pleating creates a pretty looking edge on the pastry but the...
24/06/2025

Kaya Puff - to pleat or not to pleat? That was my question.

Pleating creates a pretty looking edge on the pastry but the compressed layers of dough twisted on top of each other creates a hard edge. Not very pleasant to bite on. So I tried not pleating them but ended up with kaya leaking out of the pastry. After tinkering with my folding techniques, I tried sealing the edges with eggwash and it glued the pastry together nicely! No leaks, no hard edges. Good texture. Kaya puff is now ready to launch!

I’ll be making Miso Almond Cake and Coconut Almond cake in loaf sizes this week. Anyone would like some this Saturday 6/...
16/06/2025

I’ll be making Miso Almond Cake and Coconut Almond cake in loaf sizes this week. Anyone would like some this Saturday 6/21 or for the following week pickup, please pm me to pre-order.

$12/ loaf

Kuih Kosui 碗仔糕 in pandan and palm sugar flavors. The green ones have the sweet pandan fragrance and the brown ones have ...
06/06/2025

Kuih Kosui 碗仔糕 in pandan and palm sugar flavors. The green ones have the sweet pandan fragrance and the brown ones have the earthy aroma of caramel and molasses, reminiscence of glutinous rice cakes or nian gao年糕

The texture is so springy and chewy, you can just pop one in your mouth each time. They disappear really quickly😄

10 pcs (assorted flavors) $10
24 pcs (assorted flavors) $20

I’ve finally perfected my Miso Almond Cake! This Miso Almond Cake is our gluten-free love letter to the classic Hainanes...
06/06/2025

I’ve finally perfected my Miso Almond Cake!

This Miso Almond Cake is our gluten-free love letter to the classic Hainanese butter cake — soft, rich, and nostalgic. The miso adds a subtle savory depth, enhancing the almond’s nuttiness and bringing a beautiful balance of sweet and salty in every bite. A comforting treat that tastes like home — just in time for Father’s Day. 💛

Available for order now.
9-inch round cake for $24. PM me to pre-order.

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Kitchen trials on my Miso Almond Cake. Trying to achieve the best results with different pan sizes. I baked one in a rou...
31/05/2025

Kitchen trials on my Miso Almond Cake. Trying to achieve the best results with different pan sizes.

I baked one in a round, dark colored 9-inch pan and some in mini disposable aluminium pans. Now I know why those dark colored Circulon pans were on sale - dark colored pans really do contribute to uneven baking.

Dark colored pans absorbs more heat and tend to brown the edges faster, before the middle gets properly cooked. This results in burnt or darker edges.

As for the smaller aluminium pans, a taller cake also takes more time to cook through. Therefore I needed to increase cooking time and compensate by reducing the temperature. A lot of trials and tweaks just to get the little details right.

But the good news is, the Miso Almond Cake tastes super delicious. Even the one with the thick dark crust. Just keep it for a couple of days and the skin will be soft and moist. The cake itself has a very nice, soft and moist texture. Miso enhances the flavor of the cake giving it a nice sweet and salty balance.

How to store and reheat your siu bao for optimal freshness…keep them frozen until you are ready to reheat them. Why? Kee...
20/03/2025

How to store and reheat your siu bao for optimal freshness…keep them frozen until you are ready to reheat them.

Why? Keeping the filling frozen prevents any sauce from seeping into the pastry, making it soggy. Pop them straight into the oven from the freezer. This way, your crust will remain crispy once it’s reheated.

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