Category Archives: Gluten Free

Chocolate Truffles Recipe

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Is there a better gift than home made chocolate truffles? They cost you an arm and a leg at the chocolatiers and yet you can make them yourself for a fraction of the cost. You will need your chosen truffle … Continue reading

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Nougat Recipe

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This nougat is the hard chewy variety, great for Christmas gifts. If you add lots of dried fruit and leave it a few days it will soften a little and not be such a jawbreaker, if you like hard nougat … Continue reading

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Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe

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This chocolate cheesecake is the first recipe that I ever wrote out, complete with spelling mistakes like ‘wisk the egg whites’ and ‘chill untill set’.  I had been to a neighbours house for dinner when I was about 7 years … Continue reading

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Meringue Cake Recipe

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Meringue cake is a pavlova that is dressed up for the ball.  It’s proper name is a Spanish Wind Torte and as a child I used to admire the photo of it that adorned the front of Time-Life Foods of … Continue reading

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Chocolate Orange Macarons Macaroons Recipe

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It seems people either love or hate the combination of orange and chocolate, I fall into the love category with this one. If it is not your cup of tea try flavouring the cream with something different like licorice, mint … Continue reading

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Nut Free Macaron Recipe | substitute almond flour

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Nut Free Macaron Recipe | substitute almond flour This is a golden macaron. It is special because it contains no nuts, that’s right not a hint of almond meal or any other ground nuts or seeds. Many people have nut … Continue reading

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Chocolate Cream Recipe Cremeux Recette

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chocolate cream recipe Chocolate cremeux or chocolate cream is a versatile element that you can use in a range of desserts. It is not as sweet as ganache but is richer than a mousse. In the words of one of … Continue reading

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Best Chocolate Cream Cake Recipe

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Best Chocolate Cream Cake   YUMMM! Crispy chocolate base topped with a hazelnut dacquoise, chocolate cremeux, chocolate rectangles and whipped milk chocolate. Every now and then you find a dessert that is just perfect, it looks amazing, tastes divine, has … Continue reading

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Chocolate Ginger Sphericals – Molecular Gastronomy

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Chocolate sphericals are like an explosion of melted chocolate in your mouth.  After many failed experiments I have finally developed a recipe that not only works but tastes divine.  You have got to try these. Molecular Gastronomy Kits are available … Continue reading

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Easy French Macaron Recipe (Macaroons)

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I am often asked why have my macarons failed?! Why are there no feet?! Why have the macaron shells cracked? And which recipe do you use for your macarons? So here it is… french macaron recipe and troubleshooting. On a … Continue reading

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Dulce de Leche Recipe Thick Caramel

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Dulce de leche is a thick, caramel milk-based sauce. I have seen many recipes for it that involve simmering an unopened can of sweetened condensed milk in a big pot of water for several hours. I have tried this in … Continue reading

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Chocolate Tuile Recipe

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These paper thin tuiles provide a crispy element to a dessert and give it a classy finish.  Pictured above with the ‘masterchef gold bar’ 90g (3.17 ounces) Glucose Syrup 180g (6.35 ounces) Caster Sugar 2 teaspoons of water 120g (4.23 … Continue reading

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How to Make a Lego Ninjago Cake & How to make Italian Meringue

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Italian Meringue Frosting With a new baby in the house this cake needed to be simple to make. We had a lego themed party which went down a treat – read about the party games here.  The cake is a layered … Continue reading

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Recipe Cake Pops that Taste Good

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Cake Pops seem to be everywhere in the US, even starbucks has them, yet I have heard very little of them here in the land down under.  Their decoration can range from pretty, like my ones above, to extraordinarily intricate … Continue reading

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Chocolate Ganache

Recipe: Chocolate Ganache   Mar 2011 Summary: This is easy to make and can be used to top any chocolate cake or hot as a sauce with desserts. Using the proportions below it will set about as hard as butter … Continue reading

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Honeycomb Candy Recipe

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Honeycomb Ingredients 365g (12.87 ounces) caster sugar 140g (4.94 ounces) glucose syrup 110ml water 1 tsp bicarb 1/2 tsp baking powder Instructions Gather everything you need including a pastry brush in a cup of water, a bowl lined with non-stick … Continue reading

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Best Chocolate Cake Ever

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Best Chocolate Cake Recipe Ever   Have you ever been disappointed by a dry and tasteless chocolate cake? Well then this is the recipe for you. This is my all time favourite chocolate cake recipe. It makes a rich moist … Continue reading

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