Heartful Cupcakes

Made these for YT's housewarming party last friday. I'm so in love with the gal's apartment. Very eclectic. I wish I had brought along my camera to take pictures of the apartment.

In case you're wondering which type of cupcakes I've made, they are as followed: chai cupcake with white chocolate and vanilla bean frosting, coffee cupcake with mocha frosting, lemon cupcake with lavender frosting and chocolate cupcake with raspberry frosting.

Hae Bee Hiam Cookies

If there's anything I'll miss eating when I'm overseas, it'll be the homemade hae bee hiam. It's such a versatile condiment. It taste great on its own over a piping hot bowl of rice, stirfried brinjals and kangkong will be lifeless without it and my favourite way of eating it: lightly butter a slice of plain bread, spread a thin layer of hae bee hiam and toast it for a minute.....yummylicious!!

Last wednesday night, while I was watching the locally made sitcom sayang sayang an idea came to me: why don't I make my own hae bee hiam cookies. I do like Home Favourite's version but for someone who grew up eating chilli padi, I like mine with a little more fiery kick.

After some experimentation, I finally managed to come out with a cookie that's light, crisp, great hae bee flavour and spicy. The addition of some toasted sesame seeds gave the cookies a good nutty flavour.

I've finally found my favourite cookie!