Chocolate Ombre Butter Cake (with video)

This cake was a random idea that popped in my head one fine day.....
Some weeks later, I made it, shared it on Facebook.... and made it again for my kids' children's day in school.

The layering for my latter attempt wasn't as good, maybe because I put it too low in the oven, hence, the layers curved up. So, in order for you to get a better looking cake than me, I suggest that you bake it on the middle rack instead of the lower rack.

Pumpkin Rice Vermicelli 金瓜米粉

Pumpkin Rice Vermicelli is a popular noodle dish from Taiwan.
But I have never tried it before in Taiwan.

I have no idea if this will be something similar, but I just cooked this based on my own imagination.

Cream Cheese Souffle Pancake *With Video

It's been a while since I wrote something on this blog.

For those of you who are with me on Facebook, I am still posting my current kitchen adventures.
I am also on Instagram and I'm also planning to make more videos since the internet speed at home has greatly improved.

Few years back, for me to upload one 5 minute video, took me more than 1 hour! It was really a torture, making sure connection didn't break or I would have to start all over again, the waiting, the upload and the processing before the video was complete on Youtube. Now all this is history. I'm done uploading a 10 minute video in 5-10 minutes.

Bak Kwa @ Yoke Gon @ Chinese Pork Jerky 猪肉干

I have been making these since I was a teen. For each Chinese New Year, my mom will order 4kg of minced pork from the butcher, get it sent to our home and I will be doing the marinating and sun drying. When mom comes back from work, she would start the charcoal grill and it's grilling time.

I haven't been making these for many many years, until a blogger's gathering 7 years ago. I tried to recall the ratio and the outcome was a bit too salty, maybe I got it wrong. Then, two years back, I tried to make it again. The taste was just right, but the colour was too dark due to the addition of just 1/2 Tbsp of dark caramel sauce. This time, I made it again and it was just nice. Sweet, sticky, not too salty and the colour was what I wanted.