These chocolate dirt cups were another dessert I made for my sister in law’s strawberry garden themed bridal shower. I found a bunch of these recipes on Pinterest. The only thing I changed was replacing a gummy worm to a strawberry to make it relevant and cute! The best part of this yummy dessert is how…
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For my sister-in-law’s strawberry garden themed bridal shower, one of the desserts we made were chocolate covered strawberries. I originally came across this idea from howtocookthat.net, and loved them — they serve as both a tasty dessert and lovely decorative piece! You will need: Dowels (I covered these with floral tape) Leaves from fake flowers…
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I have always wanted to use modelling chocolate to make cake decorations. It’s so much easier to blend than fondant, it’s smooth and unlike fondant, it actually tastes good! I also find it easier to make fondant figures out of modelling chocolate because it doesn’t crack or form elephant skin, and blending the seams with it is so much easier!
I was reminiscing about my childhood and I remembered making peppermint creams with my mum. They are sooo easy to make and such fun! I tried to do this with my 18 month old but he was more interested in eating it than he was in cutting out shapes! The recipe uses raw egg whites but…
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With summer around the corner I thought I would show you how I made this cookies and cream ice-cream 🙂 ingredients: 4 egg yolks 100g (3 1/2 oz) castor sugar 300 ml (1/2 pint) single cream 1 vanilla pod, halved lengthways 1 tsp vanilla essence 100g (31/2)oz Bourbon/Oreo or any chocolate biscuit 300ml (1/2 pint…
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This is another Mother’s Day idea. It is easy to make, moist and absolutely yummy! ingredients: 1 1/4 cup Brown sugar m2 1/3 cup Plain flour/ whole flour 1/4tsp Salt 1tsp Baking soda 2 eggs 1tsp Vanilla 1tsp Cinnamon 1 1/3 cup Butter 2 1/2 cup Mashed banana 1) Cream together butter and sugar. 2)…
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I love these french delicacies. I love their colours, the texture and of course they taste divine. I thought I’d make them for Mother’s Day…. even if my mother is far away from me, I miss you mummy. Happy Mother’s Day! They can be tricky to make and I am still trying to get the…
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There are many of us who can not have Lucky charms because they are not halal/kosher/vegetarian. I have desperately wanted these as a child and would often read the ingredients over and over again in the vain hope that perhaps one day I shall see a ‘suitable for vegetarian’ sign or kosher gelatin on the…
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In this post I will show you how to make a basic sponge cake which I will refer to in future posts. Sponge cake is one of those cakes that could be served in many ways, and tastes great on its own, or coated with butter-cream and other treats. There are many recipes for making sponge cake out…
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