A large lump of PINK fondant sat on my bench top waiting to be rolled - pink looks very foreign in our house. This tiered birdie cake is for a little girl's 1st birthday cake. Making a tiered cake is a fair bit more involved than a single layer so here is a walk-through of what ... »
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 recent holiday I found a 200 year old cookbook on my mums bookshelf. It tells ... »
My youngest is now a one year old, running around the house opening draws and pulling things out of the pantry cupboard. I wanted his first cake to be special - not just in looks but in taste. He had never had chocolate, lollies or cake before so this was a big day. The cake I ... »
The perfect dessert for someone who likes a little bit of everything. "This is the yummiest thing I have ever tasted in my life", was a comment from one of our beautiful dinner guests. Entremets are amazing to eat but can seem complex to make because of the sheer number of elements involved. Here is ... »
Dessert Candy Buffets can look impressive on a small budget or they can look cheap on a big budget. Use these tips to get your table looking like it's out of a magazine. 1. Work out your budget - This is the best place to start because it effects everything else. Think about the number of ... »
You can flavour your ice cream by adding different things to the boiling cream - for example a mashed banana, melted dark chocolate, a donut, vanilla beans...it's up to your imagination. If you would like a fruit syrup based ice cream swap the 150ml of cream for 150 ml of fresh strained juice from ... »
Crisp pastry lined with milk chocolate, gooey caramel, fresh banana, a dollop of cream topped off with home made banana ice cream. Every element of this banoffee pie is yummy, put it all together and it is irresistable. Pastry You can make your own pastry - I will post on that another day, or buy individual ... »
Do you want a gorgeous gingerbread house but don't have time to make the dough? Buy two cheap kits from Aldi and combine the pieces to make one bigger house. Check out the decorating ideas below to help you create a masterpiece. It has become a tradition at our house to have a lolly laden gingerbread ... »
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 available here There are lots of videos and photos on the web showing how to make sphericals or raviole ... »
After watching the Master Chef New York episode I really wanted to taste the 'gold bar' dessert. Unfortunately the chef did not share his recipe with the world. Based on the layers that the contestants described here is my version- minus the gold leaf that adorned it. I did find several sources of gold leaf online ... »
Raspberry and White Chocolate Cake Pops Recipe, Dipping and Decorating These cake pops are what I call 'moreish', they make you feel like having just one more... Here's a video to show you how to make, dip and decorate them. Prep time: 10 min Cook time: 5 min Total time: 1 hour Yield: 16 cake pops Serving ... »
When your baby is 4-6 months old it is time to start introducing solids. This can be daunting for many first time parents. What do you feed them? How much should you give? When do you start? Read the latest information here and then scroll down for a diary of the first couple of weeks ... »
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 designs. So I thought I'd give them a go. I made three mistakes on my first ... »
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 cake that tastes like chocolate. The photos below are from making four times the quantities listed ... »
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