Those tucking into the sweet creations from one-year-old home-based outfit Ade’s Homebake might not know this — but each cake and cookie is part of a young woman’s fight against an incurable disease. Everything was going great in Adeline Ng’s life two years ago: she was happily employed as the pastry chef at five-star One Farrer hotel, and had just given birth to her first child. But everything came crashing down when she was diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) – a rare autoimmune disorder that affects one in 100,000 people. She was only 31 years old then. Autoimmune disease is a condition that causes a person’s immune system – which normally guards it against bacteria and viruses – to attack the body instead. This includes the optic nerves (which results in blindness).
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1/131/13Afraid to seek help initially -
2/132/13Lost 15 years of hard work in one fell swoop -
3/133/13Rising above depression -
4/134/13Medication costs $40K a year -
5/135/13Pro touches -
6/136/13“Adult sweetness” -
7/137/13Ondeh Ondeh Cake, from $32 for 600g -
8/138/13A durian version using Mao Shan Wang from family’s plantation -
9/139/13Durian Ondeh Ondeh Cake, from $50 for 600g -
10/1310/13Durian Pengat, $20 for 10 cups (8 DAYS Pick!) -
11/1311/13Chendol cake soon? -
12/1312/13Baking with vision loss -
13/1313/13The details