Baking Class

As mentioned in the previous post on Rolleyes, X and I had the privilege of attending a baking class organised by Caffe Pralet and Rolleyes. We were pretty excited as it was our first time at a baking class! Haha. The venue of the baking class(Creative Culinaire) is right next to Caffe Pralet.










Bloggers that were invited!






We were first introduced to Rolleyes, by Mavis!

After being bowled over by what we were shown and told, Chef Judy took the stage and started teaching us some basics of baking








We were going to make the chocolate zucchini cake!




Chef Judy starts the demonstration!
The mirror was really useful haha. I didn't notice it until X told me that I could actually look into the mirror.. Haha




All the ingredients packed nicely for us.
It's our turn now!


I was pretty horrified by the idea of a vegetable cake as I don't eat vegetable hahaha


Mixing the butter and brown sugar at an optimum temperature of 19 degrees celcius






Sieving the flour






Mixing the chocolate chips and nuts




Adding the zucchini


Mix them evenly




Mix everything together




Dome shaped chocolate zucchini cakes made by Chef Judy


Time to pipe!


And into the oven they go!


Little chef haha


What goes on behind the beautiful cakes




Sticky candies and saucepan from Rolleyes!

Tea-time at Caffe Pralet while we wait for our cakes to be baked

Caffe Pralet's signature cake : Pralet
I totally understood why this was their signature cake. It's really good!


Yummy breadsticks!


Low fat banana cake
This was delicious!


Eggwhite marble sponge cake
X was saying that this looks scary.. Haha and he was a bit hesitant to try it hahaha. But it was good! Really soft and kinda melts in your mouth haha


Yum yum


Our beautiful cupcakes!!! SUCCESS!






Announcing the winners of the baking competition








After coating and some decoration









The chocolate zucchini cake of Caffe Pralet



It was a fun-filled afternoon where X and I learnt alot about baking and successfully baked delicious cupcakes! We received many praises about the cupcakes hehe.The cake is chocolatey, yet healthy! I can't even taste the vegetable at all. I wouldn't have guessed that there's vegetable in this cake if nobody told me! Do check out Caffe Pralet if you're looking for 'healthy' cakes!

Thank you Chef Judy, crew at Caffe Pralet and Rolleyes for a wonderful and informative afternoon! (:

17 Eng Hoon Street  #01-04

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Love, K

Lai Heng Prawn Noodles

When i was younger, I used to follow my dad to this really old school looking shophouse kopitiam along upper bukit timah road for breakfast.  That stretch of shop houses had since been evicted in place of a condo , The Linear. We would always go to the coffee shop just for one dish, their prawn noodles. I remember quite vividly that the noodles came in a "rooster bowl" and we were always served by an old man who walked around bare-footed. These memories were a good 15 years ago at least.

The current stall now sits in a little corner of a coffee shop along Teck Whye Lane in a more modern setting compared to the one I experienced years ago. They are still attracting quite a crowd. When I went the other time on a Saturday morning, I had to wait around 20 minutes for my food. Definitely, speaks volume of their popularity.



Prawn noodles - SGD$3.50


Prawn Noodles with intestines - SGD$4.50

A big bowl of noodles with dark sauce gravy, complemented with fresh prawns, fish cakes and pig intestines. The secret to the dish is their noodles. It is cooked to perfection. It has a "bouncy" texture yet when the noodles are in your mouth, it feels like they are melting on your tongue. And because the noodle is very well cooked, it is able to soak up the richness of the dark sauce gravy unlike many of those tasteless noodles you get out there. Anyone can add fresh prawns and ingredients to make a dish better but not every one can cook the noodles this well. This is the taste of my childhood. I would say. still as good as ever. 

143 Teck Whye Lane

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Love , X

X's rating of Lai Heng Prawn Noodles: 8/10