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Tag Archives: Cake
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
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Tagged Back to Basics, Baking, Buttecake, Butter, Cake, Recipe, Vanilla
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Australia’s Answer To Tiramisu. A Trip Through Our Modern Culinary History. Chocolate Ripple Cake.
Italy has its Tiramisu. Savoiardi biscuits. Dipped in coffee liqueur. Smothered in mascarpone cream. Assembled and left to work its magic in the refrigerator. Australia’s answer to Tiramisu? Chocolate Ripple Cake. Same concept. Similar ingredients. My favourite version? A packet of Arnotts chocolate ripple … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Biscuits, Cake, Chocolate, Cream, Dessert, Food, Raspberry
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Mini Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cakes. With Lemon Drizzle Icing.
I love the way that old favourites can sometimes be reinvented with a little tweaking to become something new and fabulous. For decades I have been baking Poppy Seed and Pound Cake Muffins for Sunday brunch. They are fast and … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking, Brunch, Cake, Food, Icing, Lemon, Muffins, Poppy Seed, Pound Cake
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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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Little Miss Sunshine. Flourless Orange and Almond Torte with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting, Turkish Delight, Pistachio and Rose Petals.
This joyful cake is inspired by Alla Wolf-Tasker’s flourless orange cake at the wonderful Wombat Hill House Cafe in Daylesford, Victoria. I remember being thoroughly mesmerised by the breathtaking prettiness of a slice of that particular cake. So much so I … Continue reading
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Tagged Almond, Baking, Cake, Cream Cheese, Food, Frosting, Gluten free, Lemon, Orange, Pistachio, Recipe, Rose Petals, Turkish Delight
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Let them Eat Cake. Layered Victoria Sponge Cake with Fresh Berries and Cream.
This week we celebrated our daughters’ thirteenth birthday. For me the most important part of any birthday celebration is the cake. I always like to bake and decorate my own birthday cakes. There is a certain degree of charm to … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking, Blueberries, Cake, Cream, Food, Jam, Recipe, Strawberries, Vanilla, Victoria Sponge
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Double Chocolate Hermann Happiness. Chocolate Chunk Muffins with Raspberries and Almond Meal
Hermann didn’t quite make it to Siberia. He received a last minute reprieve after repeated requests to bake a chocolate version. I was a bit dubious at first about adding chocolate to Hermann. In my mind Hermann was best suited … Continue reading
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Tagged Almond, Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Food, Hermann, Muffins, Raspberry, Recipe
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Hermann Loves Coconut. Mango and Banana Muffins. Raspberry and Apple Cake.
It has been a very warm week and Hermann has been so very active breaking free from his bowl on the kitchen bench every other day. I’d almost started to think of him as a recalcitrant child. On Sunday I … Continue reading
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Tagged Apples, Baking, Banana, Cake, Coconut, Food, Mango, Muffins, Raspberry, Recipe
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Hermann the German Friendship Cake with Apples, Cherries, Almonds and Rum
Hermann the German Friendship Sourdough Cake starter survived a road trip through Daylesford and the Macedon ranges and the altitude of a plane trip. He settled easily into his new home in Sydney and is alive and well. Yesterday was … Continue reading
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Tagged Almonds, Apples, Baking, Cake, Cherries, Food, Friendship, Rum, Sourdough
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