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The batter from Donna Hay’s Chocolate Buttermilk Layer Cake (see here) is the one I used for my eldest son’s wedding ten years ago. At that time the online recipe posted on Donna Hay’s website was for 2 x 18cm round cake tins, but when I visited this online recipe just a couple of weeks…
Since I saw the lovely Silvia Collica make Ricciarelli recently (see here for the recipe and video) I have been playing around with the recipe for this very moorish traditional Italian biscuit. I love almonds in biscuits, and realise that many nationalities – mine included being Maltese – will have their own versions similar to…
It is sometimes hard to get a good tasty veggie patty … so in this recipe I have included ingredients which provide lots of umami flavour: dried mushrooms, parmesan cheese, and sun-dried tomatoes. I have been making these patties for a couple of years, and decided last week it was high time that I shared…
I have always loved Indian food! And I remember in my early 20’s attending an Indian Vegetarian Cooking Class in my local area of the Northern Beaches in Sydney. At that class we made a cooked yoghurt sauce to serve with our veggies. The sauce was delicious, but what I didn’t like so much is…
Sometimes I’m lucky and I can finalise a recipe within three attempts at it. And sometimes it takes a little longer, and this recipe is one of those. I knew what I wanted … a really crisp and tasty base that won’t go soft in the fridge over a few days with the curd sitting…
I have long been a fan of Nagi of RecipeTinEats … Nagi has a fabulous website with a whole range of recipes that are easy to make, and delicious. The original recipe for this cake comes from Nagi and can be seen here. This recipe lends itself so well to being made in the Thermomix…
My family loves potatoes … in any form! And I have always loved a good potato salad that can be reinvented for another use if there are leftovers … and this is the perfect dish for that. It is a salad in its first life, but it is a large salad catering for 8 to…
What do you do when all you can think of is your favourite chocolate Baci (see here)!!!!! So this recipe is inspired by those wonderful chocolates, and in my mind are a baked version with the flavour reminiscent of that delicious hazelnut and chocolate combination. These cookies are very easy to make, but if you…
This recipe for Mini Pavlova is adapted from my Pavlova – Version 2 recipe (see here). For lots of hints and tips on dealing with any meringue, please see the link to Pavlova – Version 1 recipe (see here) which covers that in detail. One important point though that I wish to emphasise is to…
