Aug 18
Ingredients 110 g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 190 g caster sugar 50 g cocoa powder ½ tsp salt 1 egg ½ cup Sour cream ¼ cup milk ¼ cup and 1 tsp canola oil 1 tsp vanilla essence ½ tsp instant coffee ½ cup hot water Buttercream frosting: …
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Aug 18
Sooooo… when I was a child I was supposed to get braces, but my father refused because being a classical soprano he didn’t want it to change my voice. Now a billion years later I am having to pay the piper. Due to some complications I am having to have braces. Invisalign braces to be …
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Sep 18
One of my favourite cakes in the entire world is carrot cake. I don’t eat it very often though because it’s so hard to find a good moist cake when out and about. I was equal parts excited and reluctant to try the recipe on page 48 because I am so fussy when it comes …
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Sep 18
Ingredients 200 g Brown sugar ¾ cup vegetable oil (I used canola) ¼ cup yoghurt (I used apricot but you can use greek or whatever you have on hand) 3 large eggs 2 teaspoons Vanilla essence 250 g plain flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon salt 260 …
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Apr 11
For some people Easter is about their faith, for some it’s about eating endless supplies of chocolate and Hot Cross Buns. For some its about an extra few sleep ins and for others its about family and friends. In some European countries its tradition on Easter Sunday to give Easter biscuits as a gift. These …
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Apr 11
Ingredients 200 g Flour 1 heaped teaspoon Mixed spice Pinch of salt 75 g caster sugar 100 g butter 1 egg, separated 50 g currants 2 Tablespoons warm milk Extra caster sugar for sprinkling Method Preheat oven to 180°C Fan forced, 200°C conventional Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and …
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Mar 20
I really do feel that dates and prunes get a bad rap. I get that many people associate them with constipated old people whose taste buds died eons ago, but some old people are as funky as all hell with perfectly fine taste buds, and some date and prune recipes are genuinely freaking awesome. When …
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Feb 18
2017 has been a bit trying so far, but I have still had time to leap into the kitchen to test recipes even though the writing them up side is suffering a little bit! As you know, the sponge recipes I have tested haven’t exactly been that great, so it was with trepidation that I …
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Feb 18
Ingredients 5 eggs, lightly beaten 1 level cup sugar ½ teaspoon lemon essence 1 level cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Instructions Preheat oven to 200°C Mix baking powder and flour together and set aside. Beat eggs and sugar together until thick. Add lemon essence and then flour mix and mix again. Spread into a …
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Feb 18
Ingredients – Sponge 5 eggs, separated 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour ½ tsp baking powder 2 tablespoons coffee essence Ingredients – Filling 60 g Butter 170 g icing sugar 2 tablespoons coffee essence ¾ cup cream, whipped Instructions Preheat oven to 200°C Sponge: Whisk egg whites until stiff. Add sugar a tablespoon at a …
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