The past few weeks have been hectic, with various social events, teaching practice, work, and general self-care all taking over my timetable. On the rare occasion when I do have some downtime, I’ve been switching my brain off and watching shows on Netflix that don’t require much thinking (e.g. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). It means that…
Category: Cakes
Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Pound Cake
I finally feel like I’m on holiday. I realise this sounds strange, given that I’ve been off work for nearly a week, but seeing as that includes a weekend, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, I’ve only really had one day (Christmas Eve) when other people were working. Today was the first day back to work…
Peppermint Mud Pie
Yes, I know. I blogged about mini Mississippi mud pies just a few days ago. But this is a regular-sized pie and is peppermint (aka Christmas) inspired. I realise that Christmas is now officially over (unfortunately). But that doesn’t mean that we have to deprive ourselves of Christmas-based desserts straight away. I mean, we all…
Spiced Carrot Cupcakes
Here’s a Christmas spin on a classic – the carrot cake. I never used to like carrot cake that much when I was younger. I only ever wanted the cream cheese frosting. I would claim to like carrot cake just to get the frosting and smother the cake in it to make it more acceptable…
One Year On – Giving Thanks and Pecan Pie
I can’t believe it’s been a year since starting this blog. My blog is still small, and still only read by (mostly) friends and family, but that doesn’t lessen the reason behind this blog. While I’ve expanded beyond just making recipes from my mum’s magazine clippings, the joy I get from making something that I…
Brown Sugar & Date Bundt Cake
I went into a kitchen shop the other day, one I’ve walked past hundreds of times and never realised was a kitchen shop. It’s a typical Hong Kong-looking “everything” shop. Plastic storage boxes stacked up outside, mops and feather dusters. It looked like a household shop. But, I had time to kill and decided to…
Gluten Free Chocolate Birthday Cake
Today is my birthday. I didn’t plan anything for it, other than to do my usual Tuesday evening activity of aerobics and dinner with everyone afterwards. I did a lot of celebrating last year, so this year I was happy to keep it low key. The only thing I wanted was to make a birthday…
Jena's Tiny Kitchen 