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VIDEO: BUDDY VALASTRO DECORATES A PANDAN CHIFFON CAKE

#ICYMI, Internet-speak for in case you missed it, ST Food has a video with head baker Buddy Valastro of Carlo's Bakery from the hit TV series, Cake Boss, on cable channel TLC. Watch Valastro dress up a plain, store-bought chiffon cake with simple icing and buttercream.

How to jazz up a pandan chiffon cake: http://str.sg/4tuN

RECIPES TO TRY

At this time of the year, Sri Lankan crabs are plump with roe. The New Paper's Hedy Khoo has created a recipe for Singapore-style chilli crab. Make it from scratch with ingredients such as chilli, lemongrass, candlenuts and galangal. The gravy is thickened with a bit of cornflour, but it is ground peanuts that give it heft and extra flavour.

Chilli crab recipe: http://str.sg/4t2u

Brussels sprouts taste a lot better when they are fried or caramelised. When cooked in these methods, the bitter aftertaste that puts many people off will be gone.

ST Food has a recipe for Brussels sprouts tossed in honey and balsamic vinegar from The Washington Post. Add lentils to turn it into a warm salad.

Brussels sprouts: http://str.sg/4tux

This year, Malaysia-born, Melbourne-based Diana Chan won Season 9 of MasterChef Australia.

She shared a doughnut recipe with Malaysian newspaper The Star, which ST Food has picked up.

Make lemon ricotta doughnuts tossed in cinnamon sugar and served with a salted caramel dip.

Lemon doughnut recipe: http://str.sg/4tQr

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