Mar 01
Cupcakes and muffins are not the same thing *grumpy face* Cupcakes became really trendy a few years back and people jumped on to the bandwagon. We suddenly saw baskets of cupcakes being sent instead of flowers and boutique cupcake shops popping up around the place. We also saw people icing muffins and try to pass …
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Feb 25
Tosca cake is a deliciously light buttery vanilla sponge type cake with a caramel and almond topping. Tosca cake or Toscakaka or Toscakake is claimed as a traditional cake by numerous Scandinavian countries but the one thing each country has in common is its love of this delightfully delicious cake. The topping soaks slightly into …
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Feb 13
For me Sultana cake kind of fits into the same category as fruit cake. It makes me think of afternoon teas at grandmas. I am definitely not a fan of fruit cake and I’m quite fussy when it comes to sultana cake too. The recipe from the Edmonds has been included in every edition since …
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Feb 13
Ingredients 450 g sultanas 225 g butter, chopped in to small pieces 3 eggs 1 ¼ cups sugar 350 g flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp almond essence 1 tsp lemon essence 1 tsp vanilla essence Method Cover sultanas with water. Bring to the boil then boil for a further 5 minutes. Drain the …
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Jan 25
Before I start let me declare one of my least favourite things in the world. Pips. I cannot cope with pips in any way, shape or form. I love the flavour of raspberries and passionfruit for example, but often skip them because I just can’t do those darn pips. Which is why last week I …
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Jan 15
The rain has finally made an appearance down south and so it was the perfect day to work on a coffee cake recipe for you guys to try out. As Sam and Matthew pointed out yesterday the Edmonds coffee cake recipe was good but it doesn’t store well and it was a little on the …
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Jan 15
Ingredients 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 3 teaspoons instant coffee dissolved in 1 tablespoon of water (add more coffee if desired) 1 large cup flour 1 teaspoon Baking powder 30 g butter 4 Tablespoons milk Method Preheat oven to 200°C Before you begin line and grease a 20-22 cm cake pan. Heat milk until the …
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Jan 14
Today was a sundress day in Invercargill! I love sundress days it reminds me of how blessed we are to live in such a beautiful country. The only negative about sundress days is it means being in the kitchen can be a bit like working in a sauna. Fortunately, I had two volunteers turn up …
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Jan 11
It was such a busy weekend for cooking in other ways that I realised I had nothing in the baking tins for hungry tummies, so I thought that it was the perfect opportunity to make the chocolate cake recipe on page 49. One thing that puts me off some recipes when I’m not really in …
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Jan 11
Serves 10 Ingredients: 125g butter, softened 3 eggs 2 cups Sugar 2 cup flour ¾ cup sifted cocoa 2 tsp baking soda 2 tsp vanilla essence 1 cup sour cream ¼ tsp salt 1 cup strong black coffee (I make my cup with 2 tsps of good instant coffee eg: Maccona) Before you begin, preheat …
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