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Sweet and Simple. A Variation on Chocolate Brigadeiros. Strawberry Bonbons.
The girls and I have a particular soft spot for pastel coloured bonbons in any array of sweet, fruity flavours. Not so long ago we spent an afternoon in the kitchen making Brigadeiros. Little chocolate caramel fudge truffles. The process … Continue reading
Posted in Confectionery, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Bonbons, Brigadeiros, Butter, Condensed Milk, Fudge, Strawberry, Truffles
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More Sunday Night Baking. Butter Swirls With Plum Jam and Almond Meal.
Take a very simple vanilla butter biscuit dough. Spread with plum jam and scatter with almond meal. Roll up swiss roll style. Slice and bake. The result? A gorgeous, very moreish biscuit. Short, buttery and delicious. Sometimes I use raspberry … Continue reading
A Pasta Bake. With a Difference. Roast Pumpkin and Ricotta Rotolo with a Sage Burnt Butter Sauce.
I had started the day thinking I would make ravioli filled with roast pumpkin and ricotta. Somehow my day began to back up on itself and before long it was mid-afternoon. The pumpkin was roasted but I hadn’t even started … Continue reading
Posted in About Me, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Autumn, Butter, Food, Italian, Nutmeg, Pasta, Pasta Bake, Pumpkin, Ricotta, Sage
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The Simple Things. A Slice of Old-Fashioned Butter Cake and a Cup of Tea.
Sometimes the best things in life are the simple things. One of my favourite guilty pleasures? A slice of old-fashioned butter cake and a cup of tea. To my mind butter cake has a straightforward, no-nonsense personality. Often overlooked in favour of … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Back to Basics, Baking, Buttecake, Butter, Cake, Recipe, Vanilla
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Monkey See. Monkey Do. A Breakfast Treat. Sweet Sticky Gooey Monkey Bread.
Like Curious George my interest has been piqued. By Monkey Bread. As far as I can gather it’s a sweet, sticky, gooey breakfast pastry popular in the USA. Sometimes also affectionately referred to as puzzle bread, golden crown, pinch-me cake, bubble loaf and monkey brains. Well loved … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Breakfast, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Breakfast, Butter, Cinnamon, Dough, Food, Monkey Bread, Sugar, Sweet Bread
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