Introducing: The Red Velvet Tart made from leftover crumbs. Yes, I said Red Velvet Tart. In a house with lots of cake making and carving there are also a lot of cake crumbs. It takes so much time and effort to make cakes bigger than the average Grey Nomads’ camper-van, so I wanted to…
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Custard Tart with Date and Cookie Crust
Easy Custard Tart with Date and cookie crust is the lushest tart you are likely to eat with an easy crumb crust. It is THE most luxurious, creamy delicious tart you could ever imagine. Date Custard Tart with Cookie Crust This is an easy Custard Tart with Date and a cookie crust because I know…
Ginger Pudding with molten chocolate and caramel
This is a dessert you’ll want to get to the colder months to make. Ginger Pudding with molten chocolate and caramel has all the flavours that make you crave a pudding! Winter Desserts There are two things I love about winter….and since I don’t ski that only leaves warm puddings and fruit crumbles (crisps). There’s…
Chocolate Frangipane Tart, Banana and Salted Caramel
This has an amazing flavour. Chocolate Frangipane tart with banana and caramel will have you in love Chocolate Frangipane Tart with Banana and Salted Caramel I made this tart when I was going to lunch at a friends house. I asked what kind of dessert they would like and they said chocolate so, this was my…
Unfried Ice Cream a new spin on a childhood treat!.
Unfried Ice cream a new spin on a childhood treat .A classic from my childhood. Of course there was no such “unfried” version then. There is now so eat and enjoy…. When I was a kid living in Toongabbie, out where there were vegetable gardens and we were surrounded by Italians and Maltese there were few exotic…
Carrot Pineapple Cake
This Carrot and Pineapple cake, is as easy as mixing all the ingredients together. Its so easy . I like to top mine with cream cheese icing This is the sort of cake you can make without a mixer, on the spur of the moment when its somebodies birthday tomorrow, when your kid forgot to…
Chocolate Hazelnut Tart, Semifreddo and Love
Chocolate Hazelnut Tart with Semifreddo Love. Love is a bit of an elusive thing for me. I can say I love chocolate and oh yeah, strangely peas…. but unfortunately I can’t say I am in love with somebody romantically. I do experience love everyday but I am in a love. My love is all consuming in a caring…
Mango and Passionfruit Ice Cream Cake
How to make a Frozen Mango Ice Cream Cake I think the first time I ever really tasted tropical fruit was overseas. The 7 hour flight to Dempasar was spent drinking and smoking up the back of the plane with the air stewards. Smoking was allowed, and plying customers with alcohol was also allowed, back then…
Semifreddo, No Churn Icecream
Here’s how to make a delicious Semifreddo No Churn Icecream What about some Semifreddo ? The ice cream you can have when you dont have an ice cream machine. Its simple and can be served with anything you like. Chocolate, fruit nuts or praline. The one above is a very special flavour. It’s made with…
Fruit Mince Slice with Crumble Top
If you love fruit mince tarts you just do. It’s really mostly about the pastry with rich sweet fruit. This version is a quick way around cutting, shaping, baking, and filling. A fruit mince slice with crumble top is everything you love about tarts but easier!! The perfect last minute Christmas Slice. The plan at…
Baked Alaska, Golden Syrup Ice cream, Raspberries and Chocolate
I have been saving this recipe and pictures for about 6 months for the perfect time. It’s here! The reason I’ve been saving it is because its such a great do ahead treat for Christmas. I’ve noticed baked Alaska’s have suddenly become very popular ….and so they should they are perfect for summertime. This is…
Yoghurt Tart with Pear and Passionfruit & Vanuatu
A Yoghurt Tart that’s a bit like a cheesecake. Its not too sweet and goes perfectly with one of my favourite fruits, passionfruit. After my sister was chased across the airfield by a cow in Vanuatu she had to load her wheeley bag into a small boat captained by a local man who was used…
Lemon Meringue Tart : Life’s bittersweet
Lemon Meringue Tart a delicious bittersweet dessert with life to go with it…. There’s something about the bittersweet nature of this tart that is both comforting and shocking at the same time. It’s what makes it a familiar favourite. I have a distinctive feel for the bittersweet right now. After 13 years, our school life…
Cheesecake Sweet Potato Cheesecake, Salted Caramel Coconut and Vanuatu
Sweet Potato Cheesecake Salted Caramel Coconut My sister recently went a trip to Vanuatu. This paradise of white beaches and luxurious hotels, is also home to a very ancient and almost untouched culture. Yes, the people are happy and delightful, but they are also amongst some of the most underprivileged on earth. She’s a nurse, my sister, and quite handy to…
Lambrusco with Strawberry Cream and Amaretti
Lambrusco with Strawberry Cream makes a perfect no bake dessert I have discovered that Lambrusco can be a very refreshing drop for the summer. Lambrusco is the name of a grape variety as well as the mostly red or pink sparkling (Frizzante), that are produced in Northern Italy. I have to admit that a misspent…
Churros & Chocolate Sauce easy to make at home!
These Easy Churros & Chocolate sauce are a favourite of so many people for good reason. Eaten warm and dipped in sauce they are like hot pencil shaped doughnuts, and they are amazing. You can make them at home very easily Yes Churros are pretty much long skinny doughnuts. the best thing is the batter…