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Rock Candy Geodes Recipe

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Geodes are beautiful so let’s make them delicious too. Follow the step by step instructions to make fondant or chocolate rock candy geodes. You can give them as a gift on their own or use them in cake decorating. Fondant … Continue reading

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Churros Recipe with Chocolate

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Enjoy a pot of pure melted chocolate next to cinnamon and sugar coated churros.  This churros recipe shows you how to make curly churros and the straight ones just like you find at san churros cafe. Churros Recipe Ingredients 250ml … Continue reading

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Chocolate Gelato Recipe

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This is a deliciously rich chocolate gelato that you can make at home even if you do not have an ice cream machine. Gelato is a bit different to ice cream in that it does not use cream, so is … Continue reading

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Chocolate Cake Recipe

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This is a beautiful moist and delicious chocolate cake with the crunch of toasted pistachios and almonds on the side topped off with rich ganache and chocolate flowers. Perfect for Christmas or any other special gathering. Prep time: 15 min … Continue reading

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Monkey Brain Cakes for an Indiana Jones Event

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They look disgusting, but they taste amazing.  In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom chilled monkey brains are served as a dessert. These ones are made of chocolate cake with chocolate ganache, cheesecake brains, white chocolate skull and fresh … 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 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 Macaron Recipe (Macaroons) with ginger ganache

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Chocolate Macaron Recipe (Macaroons) After many requests here is the chocolate macaron recipe with ginger ganache. Sadly they have all been eaten and I am looking at this picture wishing there was just one left for me to have right … Continue reading

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Chocolate Pavlova easy dessert recipe

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To quote a friend… “I HAVE to get the recipe off you for that pavlova…I think I am having withdrawls this week and can still taste how divine it was!” If you’ve never had it then imagine chocolate mousse encased … Continue reading

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Molecular Gastronomy / Cooking: BEST OF THE WEB sphericals, caviar & raviole recipes

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Are you looking for a surprise element for your next dessert? Sphericals have a liquid centre encapsulated by a gel membrane. This is achieved by using sodium alginate which gels in the presence of calcium. molecular gastronomy kits are available … Continue reading

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Molecular Gastronomy: Custard Ravioli Spherical Recipe

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Custard Spherical Recipe Alginate bath: 5g (0.18 ounces) Sodium alginate molecular gastronomy kits available here 25g (0.88 ounces) sugar 1 L (0.26 gallons) distilled water Mix together the sugar and sodium alginate (this helps to stop it clumping). Put half … Continue reading

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Homemade food for baby – Stage one

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Making your own baby food is not hard to do and as babies don’t eat much you can make a lot of meals in one go and freeze them. You will need: * Freezer space * A blender – not … 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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