It takes a village to make a chocolate layer mudcake with swiss meringue buttercream frosting.
It takes a village to even say something that long.
I hadn’t made a layer cake or swisse meringue buttercream frosting before, so this took a bit of research. Continue Reading »
Posted in Cakes, Desserts | Tagged buttercream frosting, cake, chocolate, chocolate cake, chocolate mudcake, food, frosting, humor, layer cakes, mudcake, recipe, Swiss meringue buttercream frosting | 7 Comments »
Question: How to make creme caramels?
Answer: With nerves of steal and a willingness to be burnt.
But it’s worth it. Because creme caramels can be (well, need to be) made the night before a dinner party. And that’s handy. They’re also yummy and impressive. Win-win! Continue Reading »
Posted in Desserts, Gluten free adaptable, How-to guide | Tagged creme caramel, creme caramel recipes, dessert, food, gluten free, hot to make, humor, recipes | 15 Comments »
This pear bread begs to be underestimated. But I kid you not, I prefer this to any banana bread I have had recently. The butter, almond meal and cinnamon make this one of the tastiest breads I’ve had in ages. Continue Reading »
Posted in Breads and scones | Tagged baking, bread, breakfast, food, humor, pear, recipe | 21 Comments »
Here is something a bit different for Clever Muffin – it’s savoury and has two things never before featured: quinoa and pomegranate. Pomegranate is fun, quinoa is…
I have ‘issues’ with quinoa. When I first started this blog I had this conversation about 18 times with various people:
Well-meaning individual (WMI): Oh, you have a food blog, have you tried keeeenwaah yet?
Me: You mean quinoa?
WMI: Oh, it’s actually pronouced keeeenwwaaaah.
Me: You mean quinoa?
WMI: No, keeeenwaaaah…. It’s very healthy and *insert text here about how healthy and fab it is*. Continue Reading »
Posted in Dinners, Gluten free adaptable, Low fat | Tagged almonds, food, funny, gluten free, humor, pomegranate, quinoa, recipes, salad, vegetarian | 18 Comments »
These muffins will work. They will be full or oatmeal and raspberries. They will have minimal calories and still be equal part moist and delicious.
Predictable.
Safe.
No need to know where the life jackets are or the emergency exits. Everything is, and will be, just dandy.
Say it with me: raspberry oatmeal low fat muffins. Continue Reading »
Posted in Gluten free adaptable, Low fat, Muffins | Tagged food, gluten free, humor, low fat, low fat muffins, rasberry low fat muffins, raspberry oatmeal muffins, recipes | 16 Comments »
Australia is just reaching the end of summer and the stone fruit season, so now is the time to make the most of baking with the last of the plums. And plum slice is just the ticket. Actually, I lie. Not about the slice… it’s not the end of summer – it’s well and truly autumn (or fall, whatever you wish to call it). But there is still some nice stone fruit, and still some nice weather. Continue Reading »
Posted in Desserts, Slices | Tagged food, humor, plum, plum bake, recipes, slice, white chocolate | 11 Comments »
An Afghan biscuit is a traditional New Zealand biscuit made from cocoa powder, butter, flour and cornflakes, topped with chocolate icing and a nut. Like any decent thing that comes from New Zealand, we Australian’s like to claim it (you can have Russel Crowe back now). Continue Reading »
Posted in Cookies | Tagged afghan, biscuits, cocoa, coconut, cookies, cornflakes, dessert, food, recipes | 25 Comments »
