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Tag Archives: Vanilla
Marbled Bundt Cake With A Neapolitan Twist. Three Flavours. Raspberry, Chocolate and Vanilla.
Last week’s chocolate and vanilla marble bundt cake was so popular that the requests came in thick and fast for another. Could it be that this simple cake is about to supersede caramel slice, choc chip cookies and chocolate cake … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Bundt, Cake, Chocolate, Food, Glaze, Marble Cake, Raspberry, Recipe, Vanilla
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More Baking With Bundt Tins. Large And Small. Old-Fashioned Chocolate Vanilla Marble Cake.
One of my enduring childhood kitchen memories? Old-fashioned marble cake. More often than not a two tone chocolate and vanilla version and very occasionally a very special three tone, neapolitan treat with the addition of a third flavour, strawberry. Reminiscing … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Afternoon Tea, Baking, Bundt, Cake, Chocolate, Food, Marble Cake, Vanilla
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Weekend Baking. Iconically Australian. Chocolate Lamington and Raspberry Jelly Patty Cakes.
Nothing beats biting into a freshly baked lamington.Vanilla sponge coated in a layer of chocolate icing and then rolled in dessicated coconut. Simple, elegant and decidedly delicious. Iconically Australian. Most times a great lamington is hard to come by. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking, Buttercake, Cake, Chocolate, Coconut, Food, Jelly, Lamington, Raspberry, Recipe, Vanilla
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Old Fashioned Baking. Light and Delicate. Vanilla Butterfly Cakes With Strawberries and Cream.
I love old fashioned baking recipes. Uncomplicated. Down to earth. Practical. Using nothing more than basic pantry ingredients. This cupcake recipe is a staple in our house. A birthday party and afternoon tea treat resurrected from my childhood. Light. Delicate. Buttery. … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking, Cake, Cream, Cupcakes, Food, Strawberries, Vanilla
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The 5-2 Challenge. Sweet and Healthy. Blueberry and Apple Breakfast Compote.
I’m taking a break from the 5-2 Challenge this week. Third week of the school holidays and we’re going away. As flexible as this eating plan may be, there is no way I’m adhering to two restrictive 500 calorie fast … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Fruit, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Apple, Blueberry, Compote, Fasting Diet, Food, Lemon, Vanilla
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Long Weekend Baking. Melt and Mix. Old Fashioned Coconut Slice.
I made this slice for our road trip to Canberra. It’s the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend and traffic is guaranteed to be heavy with the opening of the ski season. For my overseas readers, yes we do have snow here … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Chocolate, Coconut, Food, Slice, Vanilla
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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
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Tagged Back to Basics, Baking, Buttecake, Butter, Cake, Recipe, Vanilla
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Pure Nostalgia. Old Fashioned Slice and Bake Biscuits. Two Ways.
Slice and Bake biscuits. Pure nostalgia. A trip back to my childhood. A good old-fashioned stalwart from The Australian Women’s Weekly. Infinitely adaptable. Incredibly easy to make. Beat together butter and icing sugar. Add your choice of flavouring, nuts, chocolate … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking, Biscuits, Caramel, Cookies, Currant, Food, Lemon, Recipe, Shortbread, Vanilla
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Rich and Fudgy. Chocolate Crackle Cookies.
I made these for my son the other day. The lovely Jo commented that they looked all festive and christmas-y with their snowy cracked shells. I’d never thought of them that way. And I suppose they do. Under that snowy, … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking, Chocolate, Christmas, Cookies, Food, Icing Sugar, Vanilla
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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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