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Category Archives: Sweet Treats
Sustaining the Troops. Good Old Fashioned ANZAC Biscuits.
Here in Australia there is nothing more traditional than a good, old-fashioned ANZAC biscuit. Baked by wives and mothers during World War I, they were packed in food parcels and sent to Australian and New Zealand soldiers in the trenches. The … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Musings & Inspiration, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Australia, Baking, Biscuits, Coconut, Golden Syrup, Oats
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C’est Magnifique! Isabelle’s Flourless Chocolate Hazelnut Brownie.
Chocolate and hazelnuts. A true marriage made in heaven. This weekend my husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. Co-incidentally one of my very loyal blog readers Isabelle very generously provided me with her favourite French chocolate brownie recipe. After … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Brownies, Chocolate, Dessert, Food, Gluten free, Hazelnut, Recipe
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A Very Modern Take on a Classic. Prosecco Poached Peaches with an Orange Scented Jelly and Vanilla Panna Cotta Cream.
The stone fruit this summer has been absolutely sensational. I came home from the market laden with a box of gorgeous peaches. Sweet. Intensely aromatic. Ideal for poaching. A perfect pairing for the long forgotten bottle of Prosecco I found … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Cream, Dessert, Food, Gluten free, Jelly, Panna Cotta, Peaches, Recipe, Summer
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Double Happiness. Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Topping.
The long summer holidays are officially over. Time to resume my back to school baking. Here’s a very special lunch box treat. Soft, moist, decidedly moreish cupcakes. Chocolate upon chocolate. Double happiness. Guaranteed to put a smile on anyone’s face. … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Food, Recipe
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From My Father’s Garden and Mother’s Kitchen. Upside Down Plum Cake.
Late January in my father’s garden. The plum trees are absolutely bursting with fruit. Luscious. Sweet and juicy. I can’t recall ever having seen so much fruit on those trees. They are hanging from the low lying branches like big, … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Almonds, Baking, Cake, Food, Fruit, Plums, Recipe, Summer
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A Summer Birthday Celebration. Semifreddo with Lemon and Yuzu-shu. Pavlova on the Side.
Tonight we are having an early family celebration. For our son’s birthday. It’s hot and humid so for dessert I’m making semifreddo. Light, luscious and creamy. Perfect for a hot summer’s evening. Semifreddo means half -cold in Italian. It encompasses … Continue reading
Posted in Frozen, Fruit, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Gin, Gluten free, Italian, Lemon, Pavlova, Semifreddo, Summer, Vodka, Yuzu-shu
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Dominica’s Christmas Pavlova. With a Medley of Fresh Berries
Today I rendezvoused at a local cafe quaintly named The Grumpy Baker. With my cousins to discuss our Christmas Day menu. There is one unspoken rule. Everyone pitches in and shares the load. We like to keep it simple. A … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Blueberry, Christmas, Cream, Food, Gluten free, Pavlova, Raspberry, Strawberry
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Strawberry Santas With a Cautionary Tale. Of Christmas Excesses. Past, Present and Future.
Tis the season to be jolly. Fa la la la la, la la la la. I’ve lost count of all the pre Christmas catch-ups, get togethers and cocktail parties I have attended over the past few weeks. Don’t get me … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Musings & Inspiration, Sweet Treats, To Serve with Drinks, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Christmas, Cream Cheese, Food, Gluten free, Lemon, Ricotta, Strawberries
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Any Fool Can Cook. Modern Fruit Mince Tarts.
My husband loves fruit mince tarts. When we were first married I always used to buy them for him from the Queen St Deli. Hand-made by a little old lady at Christmas time. Then one day I found this recipe … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Apple, Baking, Christmas, Food, Fruit Mince, Lemon, Mixed Spice, Pastry, Pecan
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Construction Zone. Building Lemon Scented Gingerbread Houses. With All The Trimmings.
My girls love decorating gingerbread houses. Its something of an early December, start of school holidays ritual. A celebration of the festive season with friends. The problem is that here in the Southern hemisphere Christmas coincides with summer. Hand in … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Confectionery, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Candy, Christmas, Food, Gingerbread House, Lemon, Lollies
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