Chinese steamed rice cake (bai tang gau)
This Chinese steamed rice cake (or bai tang gau) has a sweet, slightly chewy addictive texture and an intriguing honeycomb pattern on the inside. In honor of lunar new year coming up, I decided that I...
View ArticleMatcha swirl milk bread
This Matcha swirl milk bread is unlike any other because it has Matcha spread swirled into the middle! The Matcha swirl adds a nice earthy flavor to the loaf without being overpowering it or adding too...
View ArticleThai coconut sticky rice with mango (vegan, gluten free)
Hello friends! I’ve been obsessed with coconut milk and all the ways to use it lately. You can only imagine the happiness I felt when I realized that you could add it to glutinous rice! Thai coconut...
View ArticleBlack tea latte cake
Hello Friends! Lately I have been obsessed with the lattes at Starbucks with the stone-ground tea leaves so I decided to use it for inspiration for a cake. This Black tea latte cake is made with tea...
View ArticleTaiwanese matcha sponge cake
Taiwanese matcha sponge cakes are moist, spongy and cakey all at the same time. I’ve made chiffon cake, Japanese souffle cheesecakes and sponge cakes before in the past but one of the most memorable...
View ArticleFudgy brownies
These fudgy brownies are absolutely decadent and made with healthy ingredients! I have tried a bunch of different recipes for gluten-free brownies before hoping that I would find one I enjoyed but no...
View ArticleHomemade bubble tea with tapioca pearls
I’ve been missing bubble tea so much lately but haven’t been going out for it so why not try and make my own! I have bought pre-made tapioca pearls before but I thought they took too long to cook. That...
View ArticleTaiwanese Taro QQ Balls recipe
Taiwanese QQ balls are the perfect dessert in every way. They are chewy, lightly sweetened and versatile. You can have the QQ balls hot with a ginger soup for health or you can have them cold on shaved...
View ArticleIce cream sandwich! (vegan friendly)
Yum num num. It has FINALLY started to get warm here in Vancouver and that means….ice cream season is rolling around the corner. I don’t know about you guys but growing up my favorite hot summer treat...
View ArticleDouble chocolate cookie sticks + ice cream sandwich round 2 (vegan)
After a few days of gloomy skies, the Vancouver sun has come out to play again! Yay! Today, lil’ bun and I decided to make cookie sticks to have with our ice cream because we thought that it would be...
View ArticleChocolate walnut brownie cake
Did someone say cake? Yeup meee! Old bean brought some fudge home from work the other day and while we don’t mind fudge every once in a while…sometimes it gets waayyyy too sweet for us so instead of...
View ArticleIce cream mochi (vegan)
One of lil’ bun’s favorite frozen treats has got to be ice cream mochi. Now, I’ve made mochi before (recipe can be found here and here) so I didn’t think it would be too far of a stretch to make an ice...
View ArticleKasutera: Japanese castella cake (honey and matcha versions)
When I was younger, more often than not, I was given a Honey castella cake to take to school for lunch. Yeah, I know, not the most nutritious lunch in the world for an elementary schooler but it was...
View ArticleHoney castella cake revisited
As I mentioned in my original castella cake post, I decided that I would remake the castella in hopes to perfect the recipe! This time I used coconut sugar INSTEAD of white sugar and I also reduced the...
View ArticleChinese paper wrapped sponge cake
Chinese paper wrapped sponge cake is similar to the Japanese castella cake (recipe can be found here) in that they are both egg based cakes. The only difference besides the way that they are prepared...
View ArticleCandy Japan review
A couple of days ago, I received a lovely package from CandyJapan. Candy Japan is a Japanese snack subscription site that ships snacks to your door all the way from Japan! Unlike most snack...
View ArticleMango pudding (clean eats/vegan)
Mango pudding is one my favorite Asian dessert treats but it’s typically made with lots of cream and sugar so I tend to stay away from it when I can. Unfortunately sometimes my cravings get the best of...
View ArticleHoney walnuts (clean eats)
These are my newest candy substitutes! They’re smoky, nutty, sweet, crunchy and spicy….honeyed walnuts! Walnuts are awesome because they’re a good fat and they also help your brain function. I remember...
View ArticleHomemade chocolates with quinoa and almonds (clean eats/vegan)
Fiesta Friday has been extra fun this week so I decided to bring another treat to share! I mean who doesn’t like chocolate every once in a while? Actually…I would fall under that category because I’m...
View ArticleStrawberry mango bites (clean eats/vegan)
Ive been to two fiesta fridays now and they’ve both been an absolute delight! And I’ve noticed that people have been loving my healthy dessert recipes so here’s another one for you lovelies! Our...
View ArticleBaked banana boats (clean eats/vegan)
Mother deer bought a HUGE bag of bananas at the farmers market the other day because she went towards the end and got them for a super good price. I didn’t mind so much though because I blended a bunch...
View ArticleProtein bars (clean eats)
Protein is required for muscle growth and recovery and is not something to be afraid of…but I’ve always found it hard to achieve my daily protein requirements and it’s even harder now that I’ve been...
View ArticleLight brownies (clean eats)
I’ve never been much of a chocoholic or sweets person but every so often…my sweet tooth cravings gets to me and BEFORE I get myself a real brownie…I always try to satisfy myself in a cleaner way first....
View ArticleApricot bliss balls (vegan/clean eats)
Blissballs are a amazing way to satisfy your sweet tooth cravings as well as give you that extra boost of energy you need to fuel yourself during the day. They’re a little like energy bars in ball form...
View ArticleStrawberry shortcake (vegan friendly)
HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYONE! Sorry I couldn’t get this up sooner so you all could have the recipe to make for Canada but better late than never right? I rarely ever make desserts for the holidays but I...
View ArticleChocolate torte with strawberries (vegan)
Oh my…my 400th post already and it hasn’t even been a year yet! Gosh, that makes me feel like I’ve been baking up a delicious storm these past 10 months! Anyways, in honour of my 400th post, I decided...
View ArticleChocolate stuffed muffins! (vegan)
I love making muffins because they’re so versatile and perfect as breakfast or snacks on the go. I’m one of those people who will always pick muffins over cupcakes without a second thought because...
View ArticleIce cream puffs
It’s been YEARS since I’ve made cream puffs and today, I decided to break that streak by making a batch of them. I usually stuff my cream puffs with custard if I have the time (recipe here) but when I...
View ArticleMacarons (5 variations)
Hello fiesta friday lovelies! I’ve always known all the technical steps in making macarons but this was my first time actually making them! And seeing that they turned out pretty decently, I decided...
View ArticleEasy 3 ingredient Japanese cotton cheese cake (gluten free)
There’s a more traditional way of making Japanese cotton cheesecake where you need to use cake flour and a bunch of other ingredients but I didn’t have any cake flour in the house so I cheated a little...
View ArticleLadyfingers
I thought that I’d go back to the basic classics for this week’s Fiesta Friday by making a lovely batch of lady fingers biscuits! If you don’t know what these are, you’ve been missing out cupcake! Lady...
View ArticleChiffon cake
I’ve been craving fluffy cakes lately and since I’ve made so much castella (recipe here) over the past couple of months trying to perfect my recipe, I decided to make Chiffon cake for a change. The...
View ArticleCarrot cake cupcakes
Hola Fiesta Friday girlies! Are you all super excited for your weekend because I’m super excited for mine! Why? Because I’m going to finally get some time to do some garden tending. I try to do it...
View ArticleMRM veggie protein powder recipes
As you may know by now, I’ve been trying to incorporate more protein into my meals lately and I’ve been struggling to do so because I can only eat so much protein foods in a day. Plus, as much as I...
View ArticleCoconut mango tarts (gluten free)
Hello hello Fiesta Friday lovelies! I’ve been trying my hand at gluten free desserts again this week and seeing that the mangoes I had at home were getting super ripe, I decided that I wanted to make...
View ArticleMochi donut cakes (gluten free)
HAPPY 1 YEAR BLOG-IVERSERY TO MEEE! I can’t believe that it has already been a WHOLE YEAR since I started this blog! I’ve done so much growing since I first started this blog both inside and out and...
View ArticleChia fruit leather (gluten free/sugar free/vegan)
Hello Fiesta Friday lovelies, I recently got back from a road trip to Portland, OR and goodness over that trip I had a whole lot of processed food in my diet. Now that I’m back I decided that I would...
View ArticleMochi madness (mochi nutella muffins, mochi bread, mochi blueberry cakes,...
Lil’ bun and I are obsessed with the chewy texture glutinous rice flour gives baked goods so we decided to make a bunch of treats that used that type of flour and compile it into a blog post! These...
View ArticleOatmeal sandwich cookies with coconut cream filling
For some strange reason I haven’t been touching the bag of oats sitting in my cupboard lately. I used to have overnight oats and baked oatmeal for breakfast all the time but I guess my love for morning...
View ArticleNutella donuts (baked version)
As you may know from my Fiesta Friday post last week, that we recently bought a tub of Nutella and since then I’ve been on a quest to put it in a bunch of my bakes. Now I’ve made my share of Nutella...
View ArticleSwiss roll cake
I’m not a big sweets person and I rarely ever crave anything of the dessert variety but for some reason, I’ve been wanting to sink my teeth into a big slice of cake lately. However, I knew that if I...
View ArticlePumpkin coffee cake with maple glaze (vegan friendly)
Another week has finally come to an end and that means that it’s time for another round of Fiesta Friday hosted by thenovicegardener! Not only do I look forward to the weekend because it means I can...
View ArticleDecadent chocolate brownies
Usually I bang out recipes like no tomorrow on my blog but it’s been a little slower lately because 1) I want to spend more time perfecting my recipes, and 2) it’s paper season at school and instead of...
View ArticleMini pumpkin pies (vegan friendly)
I didn’t end up being able to make pumpkin pie in time for Canadian Thanksgiving back in October so I figured that I would make up for it by making it for American Thanksgiving instead! See, that’s the...
View Article33+ holiday baking recipes
I know it’s the Holiday season and originally I had a bunch of scrumptious recipes to share but my sudden trip abroad threw a bit of a wrench into my plan. But I’m no grinch and will definitely not...
View ArticleGlazed jam filled cupcakes
It was that time of the month again… GIRL’S DAY! I bet you all thought I was going somewhere else with that for a second there 😉 Yup, my favorite girlies in the world were back and we finally got in...
View ArticleMatcha sponge cake with black sesame mousse
Happy born day Fiesta Friday! My friends have always thought that it was strange of me to say “bornday” instead of birthday or anniversary…but I continue to do it anyways because it’s what makes me...
View ArticleValentine’s day recipe roundup
Hello everyone! It’s that LOVE-ly time of the year again! Valentine’s day! I’ve never been a fan of pink but for some reason, right around this time of the year, I’m all about the pink! ❤ Originally, I...
View ArticleJapanese cotton cheesecake
Cheesecake isn’t one of my favorite desserts out there because it tends to get too dense for my liking after a few bites but one version of cheesecake I can’t get over is the Japanese kind! It’s...
View ArticleCoconut taro rice pudding
Easy creamy Thai inspired rice pudding that’s filled with coconut and taro. It can be eaten both hot or cold and is completely gluten free, vegan and refined sugar free! Summer time is finally here...
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