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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Sep 12
Peppermint layer Ingredients 4 eggs 200 g white chocolate 2 tablespoons peppermint essence (add more or less according to taste) 1 tablespoon Caster sugar 300 ml cream Green food colouring if desired Method Break up chocolate and melt in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water until smooth. Allow chocolate to cool to lukewarm. …
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Jul 06
Many years ago I remember trying to make a lemon meringue pie. It was a rather traumatic experience which resulted in a pie that was soupy and all kinds of wrong. It definitely put me off trying it again, but since lemons are in season I decided it was now or never – so I …
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Apr 28
Wholemeal Chocolate Cake (page 57). Well, what can I say? If you are wanting to be healthy, I’m thinking there are easier ways than trying to “healthy up” chocolate cake. This cake is easy to make. It’s also not that bad flavour wise, in fact it’s really nice. It does have extra texture due to …
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Apr 11
Is there anything better in the world than the smell of fresh bread straight out of the oven? I reckon it’s pretty hard to beat, although fresh biscuits out of the oven might almost do it. This week has been a little bit stressful. There has been sickness in the family (thank you unpredictable autumn …
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Apr 11
Ingredients 225 g butter ¾ cup white sugar ¾ cup brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla essence 2 eggs 2 ½ cups flour 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 ½ cups chocolate chips Method Cream butter, sugars and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Add sifted dry ingredients, …
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Apr 03
The idea of Chocolate at Easter is for me way better than the reality. I mean chocolate is great and all, but I am more of a savoury girl so I find it really hard to get through Easter bunny’s offerings. As I was mournfully staring at the pile of chocolate I was thinking through …
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Apr 03
Chocolate Sponge 4 eggs 3/4 cup caster sugar 1/2 cup corn flour 1/2 cup custard powder 1 teaspoon cream tartar 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda 1 1/2 tablespoon cocoa powder Filling 650 g jar morello cherries 2 tbs caster sugar 1 tbs cornflour 600 ml cream ¼ cup grenadine 200g dark chocolate (I used a huge …
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Feb 23
I have a confession. I don’t really like chocolate. I know, you would think with the amount of junk in my trunk that I would be chocolates number one fan – but alas, no. There is one exception to this rule however. Brownies. I can never seem to walk by a slice of brownie warm …
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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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