The Reluctant Baker SG

The Reluctant Baker SG Specialising in a range of Eurasian Sugee cakes and Asian and Mediterranean fruitcakes.

Strolling in Little India. A range of semolina and sugee (sooji).
11/04/2026

Strolling in Little India. A range of semolina and sugee (sooji).

I cooked a Sri Lankan Easter dinner inspired by my recent trip. My personal favourite was of course the Black Pork Curry...
05/04/2026

I cooked a Sri Lankan Easter dinner inspired by my recent trip. My personal favourite was of course the Black Pork Curry but also included a lamb version of it, chicken curry, yellow rice and a rice puller, Baduma.
Dessert was an experiment; inspired by the Portuguese-Sri Lankan semolina Love Cake, the Easter Sugee was made with mixed spices, cinnamon, cashews and jaggery which required quite a bit of force to crack the block!

Akan datang!Fruitcake with Sri Lankan jaggery and spices!
20/03/2026

Akan datang!
Fruitcake with Sri Lankan jaggery and spices!

Thank you Sylvia from sayang me tea for this collaboration with the Reluctant Baker. A specially curated tea-pairing of ...
08/02/2026

Thank you Sylvia from sayang me tea for this collaboration with the Reluctant Baker. A specially curated tea-pairing of longan, dates, rock sugar and pandan with similar ingredients in the Peranakan fruitcake. So each cake comes paired with two packs of tea, each good for a pot. Thank you Sylvia for your generosity. Happy Lunar New Year everyone and thank you for supporting the charity.

Managed to get semilias de amapola in Madrid for orange poppy seed sugee cake. This is the blue version. Happy with thes...
26/01/2026

Managed to get semilias de amapola in Madrid for orange poppy seed sugee cake. This is the blue version. Happy with these little things in life! šŸ„°

This yearā€™s Chinese New Year fruitcake is taking inspiration from the Peranakan wedding tea ceremony. Unlike the Chinese...
08/01/2026

This yearā€™s Chinese New Year fruitcake is taking inspiration from the Peranakan wedding tea ceremony. Unlike the Chinese wedding tea ceremony, the Peranakan one is more of a dessert consisting of boiled longan, red dates and rock sugar.

The inspired cake will consist of Vietnamese dried longan, Chinese cane sugar-winter melon, Thai ginger and Saudi dates.

The cake will be paired with a specially curated Reluctant Baker CNY Tea in collaboration with Sayang Me Tea.

Peranakan Fruitcake, 650g.
Two packs of tea.
Lunar new year packaging suitable for gifting.
$75
Please place your orders, 98638490.

Epiphany dinner. Dessert. Been apprehensive about thisā€¦ but took the plunge and made theā€¦ mao shan wang durian trifle. T...
03/01/2026

Epiphany dinner. Dessert. Been apprehensive about thisā€¦ but took the plunge and made theā€¦ mao shan wang durian trifle. Totally not English.

Nostalgia. Circa 1970s. For beating egg white / meringue. Good for head massage too šŸ¤£
02/01/2026

Nostalgia. Circa 1970s.
For beating egg white / meringue.
Good for head massage too šŸ¤£

When you turn leftovers and forgottens into a new yearā€™s dessertā€¦ Leftover nuts from the varieties of sugee and fruit ca...
31/12/2025

When you turn leftovers and forgottens into a new yearā€™s dessertā€¦

Leftover nuts from the varieties of sugee and fruit cakes - almond, pistachio, walnut, pecan, pine.

Then forgotten:
- dark chocolate from a trip to Paris in June.
- 2025 marmalade from Pele and Pepe

Then orange rum made two years ago.

Throw in a good measure of mascarpone and mango.

Drizzle coconut nectar.

A generous dose of vanilla pods from a friendā€™s trip to Madagascar.

Voilaā€¦ Trifle!

Wishing all a very very happy new year. All the best for 2026ā€¦ and beyond.

Done! Picture of cake number 110! Today, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, I completed the 110th cake for the Christmas chari...
21/12/2025

Done! Picture of cake number 110!

Today, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, I completed the 110th cake for the Christmas charity bake. This last cake is for our family Christmas, a Sicilian-Mandarin orange poppy seed pistachio sugee šŸ˜
Thank you everyone for supporting The Missionary Community of St Paul the Apostle, Manila Mission. šŸ™

Red Livermore walnut sugee topped with cranberries. Special Christmas edition collab for Lengkuas Private Dining.
13/12/2025

Red Livermore walnut sugee topped with cranberries. Special Christmas edition collab for Lengkuas Private Dining.

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