Singapore Cooks

Doing a recipe 20 times to get it right

Once a reluctant baker, PR consultant Janet Lim now plays around with recipes to perfect them

Ms Janet Lim uses fresh pineapple chunks instead of bananas for her Asian-style Hummingbird Cake with lime-cream cheese frosting.
Ms Janet Lim uses fresh pineapple chunks instead of bananas for her Asian-style Hummingbird Cake with lime-cream cheese frosting.ST PHOTO: JASMINE CHOONG
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May 26, 2019, 5:00 am SGT
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The thought of baking used to intimidate Ms Janet Lim. The 39-year-old public relations consultant was also not fond of sweets nor following recipes to the letter.

But she had always been an avid cook, from her undergraduate days in Britain experimenting with recipes and making meals for herself. She thought she would always be resigned to whipping up savoury feasts.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on May 26, 2019, with the headline 'Doing a recipe 20 times to get it right'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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