Almond Flakes

Actual batch

Trial batch

I had no plan to bake almond flakes for this chinese new year. But the idea came when i was searching for recipe to use up the 'by-product' left behind from the pineapple tart - the egg whites.

The making of the batter was really fast, it only took me about 15 minutes including preparing of the ingredients. While the most time consuming part was the baking. I could only bake 6 small pieces at a time due to the size of my baking pan. However, the whole process only took about 1 hour.

The trial batch was quite bad-looking, they were too thick with some of the parts burned while others remain pale. However, they taste really nice, so crispy and aromatic. I even range this higher than pineapple tart because it is full of almond (i just can't resist any nutty food).

But i am so sad when it comes to my actual batch. It has more pleasant out-look but the taste is not good. They are not so crispy. Perhaps it was due to the low temperature that i used. Pls, anyone, can you offer yourself to finish my product?

Chinese New Year Cookies (Trial)

pineapple filling

pineapple tart (tangerine shape)
almond cookies

cornflakes cookies

Pineapple Tart

Pineapple tart is always the dessert i wanted to make since i started on my baking journey in September last year. Many bloggers have told me that making pineapple tart is not easy, especially if u wana make ur own pineapple jam. It takes a lots of efforts and tones of sweats and time. Not to mention the extra-complicated techniques in moulding the 'pineapple' shape of ur tart. But still, i decided to give it a try before i give up.

Now come the 'excellent' time for me to bake pineapple tart - chinese new year, -the time in a year when we can indulge ourselves with those sinfully sweet and fattening food. I decided to start everything from scratch as many have commented that those commercial pineapple jams available are either too sweet or too dry.

Cutting pineapple is a real challenge for me, not to mention the difficulties in picking correct pineapple for the tarts. I had seen Charles cut the fruit for so long and end up with little flesh (Charles, sorry for sharing ur bitter experience, haha...). But my dogged determination on baking pineapple tart tells me to face the challenge. And after i cut the food, i know that cutting pineapple is not that difficult (sorry, time to show off). The cooking is not that difficult also (again...). The whole process from cutting pineapple to yielding the jam take 1 hour plus, quite a reasonable time. Perhaps it is due to the amount of pineapple (I only use 1 as this is only a trial)