Very Good Recipes from Ask the Baker

There are 39 recipes on the blog Ask the Baker.

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Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Swirl -

Ask the Baker 12/23/22 16:03
I have been baking many chocolate cake recipe lately and I've noticed that the cake is more flavourful when I use Nestlé cocoa powder than those sold in stores that sell baker's stuffs. I like to use a combo of butter and oil as butter gives a good taste...
- Chocolate Cake
- Cream cheese
- Chocolate
- Cake
Quick and easy cupcakes -

Ask the Baker 11/13/22 15:20
This cake recipe is very easy and foolproof for beginners. It tastes amazing and takes less than 30 mins to prepare. It is also a one bowl recipe which requires less washing up. Approx 30 cupcakes (mini ones)Ingredients3 eggs 1 can condensed milk2tbsp vanilla...
- Cupcake
- Quick
Maspin Barfi -

Ask the Baker 09/29/22 18:14
This cake has recently gained popularity in Mauritius. If I am not mistaken it has been first introduced by patisserie Moolkeea. It's super yummy with a cup of tea. Any maspin recipe or vanilla cake you like will do, it's just that I have been baking low...
Sally's chocolate cake -

Ask the Baker 12/31/13 07:36
I came across two more or less similar chocolate cake recipe online and it's a must try recipe since they got very positive result. Sally is the magician who developed the formula of this recipe and I will thus paste the link here so that you visit her...
- Chocolate Cake
- Chocolate
- Cake
Sponge cake + whipped cream and fruits (ii) -

Ask the Baker 11/15/13 12:16
It was a while back that I made this cake for my neighbour. I couldn't taste it to evaluate the cake but she gave positive comments on it. Ingredients - A sponge cake (Click here for recipe) - 1/2 L Whipping cream - Crushed fruits: 1 slice pineapple (canned),...
- Whipped cream
- Sponge Cake
- Fruit
- Cream
- Cake
Lamingtons -

Ask the Baker 04/02/13 19:13
As per Wikipedia (2013), Lamington originates in Australia. It is a dessert consisting of squares of sponge cake coated with chocolate icing followed by desiccated coconut. Wikipedia (2013) further stated that Lamingtons are sometimes served as two halves...
- Lamingtons
Donuts with cream -

Ask the Baker 01/27/13 14:05
This picture is from http://www.wallcoo.net/ Who doesn't love donuts, huh? When I was a kid, I used to read the books of Christopher Pike; The Spooksville novellas was my favourite; I remember the male characters in the book would usually hang in a local...
- Donuts
- Cream
Filling Cream -

Ask the Baker 01/27/13 14:01
This is one of my oldest recipes. My dad would hang around in a family bakery long ago and he had the opportunity to learn a few stuffs there. They would use this cream to fill Eclairs and Puit D'amour. It's nice, white and fluffy. Ingredients 3 large tablespoon...
- Cream
Oreo and nutella cuppies -

Ask the Baker 12/25/12 09:08
I made these for my friends last time. I found them damn addictive. You should give it a try. You can definitely play around with the colour of the batter. I also like blue with Oreo. You can also add real strawberry purée in the batter if you want to be...
- Nutella
- Oreo
Focaccia (Using Poolish) -

Ask the Baker 12/09/12 18:43
The basic Focaccia recipe below is from Bread Technique and Mark Witt (2008). I wanted to try his recipe first before trying that of Peter Reihnart. You can choose any topping of your choice. Ingredients: Poolish 350 g bread flour 500 ml water* 1/8 tsp...
- Focaccia
Coffee roll cake -

Ask the Baker 11/06/12 19:47
A big Happy Birthday to my friend Yousrah. She loves coffee and chocolate and I couldn't think of anything else except a coffee cake with ganache. The coffee swiss roll recipe is from MonteurRecipe with minor modifications based on the quality of ingredients...
- Coffee
- Cake
- Roll
Génoise with mocha swiss meringue butter cream -

Ask the Baker 10/14/12 15:54
Happy Birthday to you Muimui. I hope you loved the cake. Ingredients Génoise 50 g self raising cake flour 20 g corn flour 70 g sugar 3 large eggs 2 tablespoon Nestlé cream 1 tablespoon vanilla essence Mocha Swiss Meringue Butter Cream (Original recipe from...
- Meringue
- Génoise
- Butter
- Cream
- Mocha
Pains d'épices -

Ask the Baker 10/02/12 21:00
When I eat ginger bread (Pain d'épices), the only thing that comes to my mind is the Gingerbread Man Story. Let me share this video with you. The recipe below is adapted from Les Moulins de la Concorde Ltée. Ingredients Wet ingredients 200 g honey 100 g...
- Épice
- Pain
Gluten-free sponge cake -

Ask the Baker 09/14/12 20:13
Nothing to say, except that was a really nice cake. It's gluten-free, feather light and airy. I baked this cake when I was trying to make a cake similar to the commercial sponge cake available in our local supermarkets and hypermarkets. I wanted to see...
- Sponge Cake
- Gluten Free
- Cake
Chocolate cake 2 (Nestlé Cocoa Recipe) -

Ask the Baker 09/08/12 18:32
Oops I did it again!! Yeah, I made the Nestlé Cocoa Chocolate Cake again. This time I added one teaspoon of Strong Coffee (Nescafé Espresso) in the hot water to add more flavour. As you know coffee and cocoa taste great together. I am not a good cake decorator...
- Chocolate Cake
- Chocolate
- Cocoa
- Cake
"viennoiseries" (viennese breads) -

Ask the Baker 08/31/12 17:41
Viennoiseries include all laminated doughs, yeasted-laminated doughs and rich yeast doughs. They are normally richer than normal breads. Here are some pictures I took during the training on "Viennoiserie for Professionals" at La Fournée des Moulins. Endless...
- Viennoiseries
- Bread
Sponge cake with whipped cream and fruits -

Ask the Baker 08/25/12 20:03
This recipe goes for Sandy Jones. It is an airy and light sponge cake more or less similar to a Savoy Cake (Gateau de Savoie). It is fatless and at the same time delicious when eaten with ice cream, fresh fruits or canned fruits in syrup. The cake tasted...
- Whipped cream
- Sponge Cake
- Fruit
- Cream
- Cake
Yellow butter cake -

Ask the Baker 08/18/12 11:29
What comes in your mind when you hear about a yellow butter cake? I can only picture two moist yellowish layers of cake sandwiched and frosted with chocolate butter cream or chocolate frosting. I personally think that the secret of making a good yellow...
- Butter cake
- Butter
- Cake
Chocolate cake (Nestlé Cocoa Recipe) -

Ask the Baker 08/07/12 10:35
Have you ever tried the chocolate cake recipe found on the back of the label of Nestlé cocoa? I gave it a try and the cake didn't actually have the 'shortened' texture you can see in the picture below (I did not expect it as well); rather it had a spongy...
- Chocolate Cake
- Chocolate
- Cocoa
- Cake
Cny peanut cookies -

Ask the Baker 08/04/12 20:02
Check those CNY Peanut Cookies (Chinese New Year Peanut Cookies or Chinese Peanut Cookies). I don't know which recipe to follow :-o Best recipes, foods and travel Do What I Like Table for 2..... or More Kooky Culinary The Red Gingham Baking Bits and Bobs...
- Cookie
- Peanut