Freshly piped!
Looking good!
Basic recipe is here, just omit the cocoa and hot water. Fill an icing bag with the mixture and pipe away.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Happy Halloween!
I don't usually do much with Halloween but these sugar-coated vanilla marshmallow ghosties were too hard to resist!
Looking good!
Basic recipe is here, just omit the cocoa and hot water. Fill an icing bag with the mixture and pipe away.
Looking good!
Basic recipe is here, just omit the cocoa and hot water. Fill an icing bag with the mixture and pipe away.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Easy Peasy Apple Cake
I’m a
sucker for sales. Every time I see a “buy
one get one free” sign, before you can even say ‘sucker’, I’m at the till
handing over my cash!
I bought 2
large packs of apples a couple of weeks ago.
Yep, you know it, buy one get one free!
While the whole family loves apples, we’re starting to get a bit tired
of them. 2 weeks later, there are still
a couple of apples turning slightly soft and wrinkly in the fruit bowl! Perfect for apple cake!
Anyway, I
love this recipe which has been adapted from another recipe that a friend
passed on to me on a scrap piece of paper.
It’s quick and it only takes 1 bowl…well, 2 if you use another bowl for
weighing your ingredients….oh and a measuring cup….and a spoon….ok, there’s
still a bit of washing up to do! J
Plus, with all that apple in the cake, it’s ‘almost’ healthy!
Monday, May 05, 2014
Sunday, April 06, 2014
Oreo Vanilla Cupcakes
I have
spent most of my life not knowing what an Oreo tasted like. For some reason they never really appealed to
me. I just thought that they looked like
a dry chocolate biscuit with hard cream in the middle.
I always remember
this TV advertisement years and years ago where this little boy is sitting on
his doorstep when his mum brings him some milk and Oreos. He then separates an Oreo on his doorstep and
his dog comes up and licks half of it, which doesn’t bother the little boy as
he eats both halves! Obviously those
Oreos are good enough to eat dog spit and all!
Anyway, I recently
decided to try those Oreos and was pleasantly surprised! Now I just can’t get enough. I love the little packets of mini-Oreos, I like
the packets of big Oreos, and I love Oreos in cupcakes.
Oreos in cupcakes has to
be one of the coolest ideas. I think I
came across it somewhere on the web or on Pinterest.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Matcha (green tea) chocolate marshmallows
One healthy recipe here and now we’re back to sugar! I’m addicted…to making marshmallows. I find all that whisking quite relaxing and very satisfying for some reason. I love that moment when the hot syrup hits the meringue and it all fluffs up! Pure beauty! Ok – maybe I’m getting a little too excited about hot sugar water!
Anyway, back
to the marshmallows. The green tea and
chocolate balance out the sugar perfectly so that the sweetness doesn't overwhelm you. These are my favourite so
far!
Sunday, March 09, 2014
Scrumptious Blueberry Crumble Bars
I love
blueberries in all forms: fresh, frozen, jam, compote, ice-cream, cake, yogurt….blueberry
anything and everything. While our
fridge is constantly stocked with fresh blueberries, I almost never use fresh
blueberries for cooking. It just seems
like a waste to boil down a load of fresh juicy and Expensive blueberries.
Because of
my penchant for blueberry type desserts, I tend to have a ton of frozen
blueberries in the freezer. Just as easy
to use and a lot cheaper. Gotta save
those pennies when we can! I’ve been
known to munch my way through a packet of frozen blueberries as well – lovely
during summer!
So, nothing
really new about these bars and there have been a million other versions of
blueberry crumble bars posted on the web.
However, I love how easy this recipe is to make..and eat! It works as a snack and it also works as a
hot pudding type dessert!
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Raspberry Chocolate Swirled Marshmallows
The weekend
has flown past and Monday is poking its nasty head around the corner! I have the Sunday night blues and there only
one way to cure it! Sugar!
It’s been a
month since my last marshmallow adventure hence, time for another one.
I don't like reinventing the wheel so this recipe
is pretty much the same as the previous recipe that I used.
Instead of
a vanilla-chocolate combination, I used raspberry and chocolate.
The only extra
addition was mixing in ¼ cup (approximately 60ml) of raspberry puree to the
vanilla marshmallow mixture after Step 7 in this recipe.
And there
you have it, swirls of sweet delight!
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