Most of the crowd love desserts or the delicious treats at any of a dessert place in Singapore. But, the sad thing about many desserts, they have a high content of sugar, carbohydrates, fats as well as the refined products that are not healthy to the human body. However, that should not completely hinder your desire to enjoy desserts, you need to find and learn the proper ways in preparing or choosing a much healthier dessert. Check the pointers below, to achieve a delicious yet not health compromising dessert.

Utilize right sources of fats

Any dessert needs fat as an essential ingredient, for it is a good source of energy. Yet, anything too much can be dangerous, like too much fat is bad for the health. The preliminary concern is that many people use the wrong kind of fats. For example, the saturated fats and the hydrogenated fats present in ice creams and bakes products, can surely increase the cholesterol level in one’s blood. Therefore, having a right decision of the correct sources of fats to use in your dessert making is very vital.

But, worry no more, since there are good fats you can choose to be part of your dessert, such as: cashew nuts, peanuts, almonds, soy and tofu. It is still important to observed using these good fats moderately, due to the calories found in fats and may make your dessert still unhealthy.

 Use dark chocolate

One of the core elements of dessert is the chocolate.  It is able to provide you with extra energy and can enhance your mood as it eases your vessels.  It is suitable to use dark chocolate (richly flavored), in any of your desserts  that needs chocolate. Since, this adds savour to the dessert, yet the sweetness is balanced.  You should try to avoid using cocoa, milk and vanilla chocolate, because of its unsafe hydrogenated oil content.

Avoid using refined products

Rapid weight gain and or undernourishment, these  can be caused by consuming full processed food in regular basis. The simple explanation or this is because the nutritional value of processed foods is ruined. These refined products are high in calories and fats. So, you should not include them in your dessert preparation.  So, find a healthier replacement; instead of refined white flour better use whole grain. The same thing with sugars, you can choose better alternatives.

Practice using natural sweeteners

If it is your habit to use a big amount of refined sugars, you better change it and add some natural sweeteners instead. As mentioned above, refined products are great cause that stimulates one’s weight gain, and so with refined sugars as it elevates your sugar levels. Some examples of refined products are: processed honey and maple syrup, white sugar and corn syrup. It is time to have a drastic change, and jump from refined sweeteners to natural sweeteners like pure honey and brown sugar.

Note: Do not apply any artificial sweeteners to your dessert, since it has Aspartame substance that may lead to Alzheimers. Another good cause for a sweeter dessert is by having fruits. Besides the anti-oxidant factors of fruits, it has a complex form of sugar that moderates the blood sugar of the body.

Our world gets so in loved with sweet treats or desserts. Having delicious desserts has been a great part of one’s culture, something unavoidable. Probably not all these sweets are considered healthy, yet there are a number of them that are clean and quick to prepare. Listed below are 2 of them. You no longer have to worry if these desserts are not available in the nearest dessert place to your area. Home-made are always the best!

Frozen yogurt

Anywhere you may go, you will always notice a place for frozen yogurt. This has become like the trend debate lately. It is commonly marketed as one of the healthy desserts. The majority will surely agree that those sugar filled yogurts (with sugary or syrupy toppings), are absolutely unhealthy. And, of course the price part isn’t that high either. However, if it happened that you own a blender and or food processor, it is not impossible for you to create your very own frozen yogurt, it might be even greater. It might not be a kind of traditional way, but no one might care too. If you just have any available of vanilla yogurt, or any kind will work also. Some would prefer a coconut milk yogurt (due to its lactose reasons), yet you can have whatever you prefer. And, it would be better if you can add some fresh lemon juice squeezed, as well as some frozen fruit. In addition, for a creamier taste, you can add some splash of almond extract and blend well until it gets smooth.

The following treat in the list, is considered as fruit based also, but the temperature is much opposite. To have a comforting flavor, without much processed or refined sugars, you can have a fruit cobbler. You should begin with a fresh or frozen fruit, then mixed with 2 tablespoons of cornstarch or flour added with 2 tablespoons of sugars (measurement can be adjusted to preference). You should know better the sugar content that you needed. Next, create a crumb topping, by combining soft butter for about 2-3 tablespoons, 1 tablespoon of flour, a tablespoon of rapid rolled oats, some pecans chopped, and a very small amount of cinnamon and brown sugar. The target size of crumb topping should  be like a pea-sized portions. Scatter the topping on the fruit, bake at 350 degrees, wait until it becomes bubbly and golden brown. You better bake before you dine, so it is best served.

Pudding

One easy dessert is a pudding, you can prepare a delicious chocolate pudding, or one from old bread. One great and known as comfort food is the tapioca pudding. What make the puddings extra special, are the facts that these can be served either cold or hot, with or without any fruits, very quick and with flavor variations. You can have many options of pudding recipes, you just have to make sure that they are simple, homemade, budget friendly and of course with amazing taste. Pudding can best enjoyed when it’s warm, and with the drop of whip cream.

You can surely enjoy and get satisfied with quick and surely healthy or clean desserts. There is no need for a complicated process, you can have a very quick, yet delicious one right in your kitchen.

Bon Appétit everyone!

We have touched on Chinese dessert, the health benefits of green beans, sesame seeds and many more. Now it’s the time for assorted sweets.  Assorted sweets is a box that contains at least three or more kinds of sweets. Assorted sweets in the box are usually served as a gift in different holidays and or special occasions (like Birthdays, New Year, Christmas and may more). Yet, currently, the stores or shops do sell big collections of these boxes, good for the whole year of stock.  Since, any month or day of the year can be special for many people, like celebrating weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and any other special events.

In this article, you will get familiarized with the various items that you will look forward to be  comprised in the ‘modern assorted boxes’ sweets. So, you should keep reading to know better.

One of the features of this up-to-date assorted boxes, is that they must come with packing full of exotic sweets.  These items are not commonly found in any collective desserts or treats,  or any usual trips and travels.

The first combination to be discussed, is the mixture of cookies and cakes.  Even with the sorts of assortments, chocolate cake stays in the position of being one of the hot favorites. This item, might be usual, but its impression has never failed the crowd, it somehow pushes other confectioners to create combinations with it.

The chocolate cakes are commonly being mixed with these great treats, such as vanilla cakes, flavored cookies, and of course the various flavors of cupcakes and so on. If in case, you are planning to buy a kid’s assortment, you better select the chocolate cake and cupcake great combo. This combination is not just offering a great taste, it’s vibrant colors will surely stimulate right there and then, the kid’s attention. However, the best option for older individuals or adults, is the combo of assorted cookie and chocolate cake.

It may sound unbelievable, yet there are people who hate or dislike chocolate flavor (although loved by many in all ages). If it happens that you are planning to give an assorted sweets to someone having same ideals, you better pick a basket which is filled with sugar candies, cupcakes, fruit cakes, chocolate, and cakes of various tastes of flavor (can be cardamom, cinnamon, mint, and so on). Be bold and get creative. You can even mix Chinese dessert with Western desserts – from herbal jelly to black sesame, or even green beans.

What mentioned above was about the components or items of assorted sweets, that you will find in the Western. This time, you will discover the items that are contained in the assortments of Eastern sweets. The journey of the popularity of the Eastern sweets has become more wonderful, as it is become increasingly known and its significance has grown in time. The most common items found in an Eastern package are barfis, pedas, laddus as well as chikkis. They are prepared from different level of ingredients starting from nuts to raisins. You should try to include a fresh flavor in making these packages. For example, in the Western you combine chocolate and vanilla, so, you can get laddus and pedas in the Eastern side. And, there are more flavors you can add in this assortment box such as pistachio, saffron, rose and cardamom. Who knows you may be able to find these assorted sweets boxes from the nearest dessert place in Singapore?

With the flavor variations, various dessert creations are enjoyed by many in the different facets of the world. These have become more reachable to the customers, since the production of sugar was rising. This fact, has made desserts more affordable and not to mention more enjoyable for the majority.

Originally, the main purpose of a dessert is to remove or lessen the meal’s aftertaste through its sweet savor as it stays in the mouth. Dessert is automatically linked to the word “sweet”, in which in French word means “desservir” (literally means to make the table clear). At this present time, about thousands of desserts are created and reinvented. Some famous desserts like cakes, pies and ice cream from western desserts or Chinese desserts have been around even from the ancient or old times.

Around the fourth century BC., when Roman Emperor Nero commanded his groups to collect ice and fruit toppings for his treat, this was how ice cream has begun. On the other hand, King Tang (Chinese King), has developed ice cream by combining milk and ice. Then, the traders brought the ice cream back to Europe. As time passes, the ice cream history has been improving and evolving, and served in Italian and French Nobility.

In 1700’s ice cream was made known to America. Many states were serving and offering ice cream as a treat. This dessert was offered during the visitation of these eminent figures like George Washington, Dolly Madison and Thomas Jefferson. In 1774, a New York paper has marketed that a certain caterer from London, has an intention to be a supplier or sell ice cream in his shops.

Kaka – where the word ‘cake’ is taken or derived from. In the 13th century, the Oxford dictionary first documented the first used of the word cake. Compared today, it was a pretty different style of eating cake, than the ancient times. Modern cakes are savored with peanuts, nuts, dried fruits, almonds, as well as with the resemblance of honey and bread. The advance method of baking were practiced by early Egyptians. Yet, baking fruit cakes and gingerbreads as desserts, were practiced by the Medieval Europe. The availability of desired ingredients as well as the development of baking are great factors of the innovation of cake preparation. In the middle of the 17^th century, the round cakes with icing were presented. For the first time in cake making history, the white flour and baking powder were used, dated in the 19^th century.

In 9500 BC, during the Neolithic Period, pies were introduced as a dessert. Initially, pies are known as ‘galettes’, which have the various grains and honey and on hot coals were baked. The beginning of pastry was by adding nuts, fruits, and honey and were served to Pharaoh. A related sketch to those practices were shown as decoration on the grave of King Ramses II.

The Pilgrim women had brought the pie recipes to America, and later applied by Native Americans. Colonial women proposed or started using the round pans in making pies. In 1700’, pies had served as a special dessert by pioneer women and become a big part of the culture of America. For American children, apple pie is their most favorite evening treat. So what are you waiting for? Grab a quick dessert from any local dessert place in Singapore on your way home from work and enjoy it with your loved ones!

Everyone loves dessert! Who doesn’t? Doesn’t matter if it’s western dessert or Chinese dessert, there is always some room in the tummy for dessert. In this list, you would not see any chocolate or cheesecakes. However, these so called a bit exotic treats are very much loved and enjoyed by most Asians. Here is a list of top most popular desserts in Asia, that even non Asian will surely love.

Dragon Beard Candy

Dragon beard candy is first introduced in China and is almost the same with cotton candy. It is believed that chefs are trained for longer time just to perfect this treat. The most common ingredients used are maltose syrup, sugar, peanuts and coconuts. This dessert has become popular and was even served as treats for Korean Royalties.

Red Bean Soup

This end of meal soup is very known to nations such as Vietnam, Korea, Thailand, Japan, China and many other Asian countries. The unexpected sweet and savory taste of the Red Bean soup offers extraordinary comfort to all. It is best served when warm, yet it may vary to the places and or countries, like in Vietnam it with paired with coconut milk and served cold.

Black Sesame Soup

Do you have any problem with indigestion? The black sesame is right there to help you. You will never wonder why this dessert soup is usually ordered in most East- Asian restaurants. The ingredients are very basic (sesame seeds, water and rice), yet sometimes added with sugar.

Mochi

Anything with colors are simply eye catching and appealing. Mochis,  which are known in Japan, is made out of glutinous rice with various colors and shapes. Mochi can turn into other delicious dessert,  which is an ice cream.

Pineapple Cakes

This ultimately addictive Pineapple cake is popular in Taiwan. The pineapple jam paired with buttery crust pineapple is something you cannot get enough. You can enjoy these cakes better  with a cup of tea. Pineapple cakes can be bought in many Chinese grocery shops.

Fried Sesame Balls

Commonly eaten as snacks in Vietnam and China, these soft and sweet sesame balls will pop into your mouth. These treats are usually prepared  red bean and mung bean fillings.

Fried Banana Cakes

Very famous in Vietnam cuisine is this deep fried battered treat with coconut sauce. You may have eaten different versions of banana dessert, but this one is truly an amazing dessert to try.

Ube Halaya

Filipinos are rich in culture and so are their food.  This dessert “Ube Halaya”, is also called as Ube Jam (mushed purple yams and Ube). It is very quick to create this delicious treat, with the use of condensed milk, evaporated milk and coconut milk, with less than an hour of preparing, you can have your own Ube Halaya.

Khanom Thungtag

If you go in Thailand, you will easily notice this street – stall dessert. Basically, Khanom Thungtag is created with the use of coconut milk  with some ingredients like shredded coconut.

These are only a few of many great desserts you can find in Asian cuisines. So, what are you waiting for, start hunting and find them at dessert place in Singapore now!