DESSERTS
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CHOCOLATE BUCKWHEAT TART with a lime curd filling…Fresh & Exciting
“When life gives you lemons, find someone who’s life gives them vodka. Then party.” Chocolate Buckwheat Tart with a lime curd filling – a strange combination yet a delicious end result. Who would…
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Bakewell Tarts & Bakewell Hearts with the Daring Bakers!!
Bakewell Tarts & Bakewell Hearts - The finished tart will have a deliciously golden crust and the rich frangipane will be tanned, poofy and a bit spongy-looking. Serve warm, with crème fraiche, whipped…
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MINI PEACH, CHERRY & BLUEBERRY GALETTES with almonds -Little bites!
“Yield to temptation — it may not pass your way again” Lazarus Long Do you get hypnotized by certain posts. I’m afraid I’m afflicted by this strange phenomena, but I love it. And…
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Delicious Mango Peach Ice Cream, low fat & eggless
Mango Peach Ice Cream, low fat & eggless
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BALSAMIC & HERB LAMB CHOPS, FRENCH FOUGASSE…& PEACH & MIXED FRUIT CRUMBLES!
“Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread – there may be.” David Grayson We had a good meal … it was yummy. I…
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MANGO MOUSSE TART…forced into obligation!
“All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing”Herodotus You might remember the French tart I tried to make here on Mother’s Day, & it didn’t oblige at all. I admonished the misbehaving tart…
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APRICOT CHERRY MINI CRISPS…there’s joy in blogging!
“You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.” Will Rogers Summer’s here in full swing, & we’re slowly seeing the market getting flooded with ‘stone fruits’.…
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WORLD OATMEAL COOKIES … with Dried Cranberries, Crystallised Ginger, Walnuts & Raisins
“I’ll feed them milk and cookies.”Brent Sutter I love a good oatmeal cookie. Had a bag of dates & thought I’d do a date & walnut something. Surfed the net for ages looking…
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Chocolate Strawberry Cake and a tart that didn’t oblige!
“When your mother asks, “Do you want a piece of advice?” it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.”Erma Bombeck Happy…
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INDIAN BERRY FRO YO … phalsa frozen yogurt
“Ice cream cravings are not to be taken lightly.” Betsy Cañas Garmon Blogging about food is something entirely fulfilling, a world I can unwind in. It’s a different space altogether, where you don’t…
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Sweet Times with Swiss Rolls & Strawberries
‘This one smells like strawberry.” Lusy Garcia Helen @ Tartlette posted about dried strawberries & macarons, & it transported me back to remininsencing about the good days we enjoyed with strawberries this past…
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Mulberry Cheesecake … getting creative with the Daring Bakers
“Marge, it’s 3 AM. Shouldn’t you be baking?”Homer Simpson The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge. We’re back again &…
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Chocolate Strawberry Refrigerator Cheesecake …summer ♥
“There’s more to life than chocolate, but not right now” Anonymous There’s a new book out there, & it sounds good … Cooking Green by Kate Heyhoe. It’s aimed at shrinking your ‘cookprint’…
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HAPPY SPRING, HAPPY EASTER … ICED SHORTBREAD COOKIES
“It’s Spring fever. That’s what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want… oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes…
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Chocolate Banana Walnut Brownie Cake
“They look more attractive than a regular cake and they do not have to be frosted to be good.”Linda Edwards Over-ripe bananas & never a free moment to bake. A dilemma I used…
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NUT, SEED & RAISIN BISCOTTI…Preciously jeweled cookies!
“Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.”Unknown Doing rounds of blogs is never easy when you have to run a regular life too, full…
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FROZEN STRAWBERRY YOGURT…a refreshing ice-cream in disguise!
“Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.” Voltaire And when it is ‘N O F A T’, as in fat-free, insanely fruity & tangy, & has yogurt, then it’s even…
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STRAWBERRY YOGURT PANNA COTTA
“The secret lies in the love and the effort the maker puts into the creation. It really is a simple dessert to make. There’s nothing to it.” Maria Olivas Have finally found the…
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TRIFLE TALES…OF VISITING BLOGGERS & SWEET THINGS!
“All work and no blog makes a blogger a dull worker.” A few days ago I had a visitor. She called one day to say that it was high time we met since…
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Strawberry Curd Cheese Tartlets
“Scenes of strawberries, across crisp farmland.”Michael Easton It’s time for that ‘something sweet’ again, & I’m on a strawberry high. The market is quite flooded with strawberries, & I just can’t seem to…
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Saffron Pistachio Yogurt Ice Cream…Happy IWD
“I’d much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they’re the first to be rescued off sinking ships”Gilda Radner This frozen dessert came out…
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Glazed lemon Cakes … just like Spring is here!
“Friends are like cupcakes in my pantry of memories.” Anonymous The weather has changed, Spring is in the air. Pretty flowers everywhere, & even though the daytime highs are much higher than normal,…
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PUMPKIN PANNA COTTA…Pumpkin Spice & All Things Nice!
“Ask not what your Pumpkin can do for you, ask what you can do for your pumpkin!” I walked into the bazaar the other morning to come face to face with a very…
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Chocolate Valentino Cake … Braveheart Daring Bakers
“All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt!” Lucy Van Pelt (in Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz) ” The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy…
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CHURROS…GOING SPANISH ON DOUGHNUTS & A BOOK REVIEW.
“Food is so primal, so essential a part of our lives, often the mere sharing of recipes with strangers turns them into good friends. “ Jasmine Heiler I met Gloria Chadwick through Val’s…
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STRAWBERRY PANNA COTTA WITH A STRAWBERRY COULIS…the one that wouldn’t oblige!
“I leave my fats for dessert.”Bruce Mathews My favourite dessert of all time is a panna cotta. Panna cotta, an Italian dessert, which literally means cooked cream, is luxurious & creamy, eggless &…
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Strawberry Chocolate Mousse Mini Cakes
“Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.” Anthony Trollope Time to experiment again. The boy comes home from school every afternoon & asks me what I did the…
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Coffee Cake Muffins … addicted to food blogging!
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Albert Einstein Addicted to food blogs & blogging, that’s what I am! Try it & I’m sure you’ll have one happy family, happy in the foodie way…
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Chocolate Chip Cookies … with oats, dried cherries & walnuts
“Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.”…
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BLUEBERRY OAT WALNUT GRANOLA BARS…Yummy mouthful!
“With all that together, you’ve got a snack with lots of fiber, vitamins and protein.”Emily Walker A friend of mine was flying down from the UK in December ’08 & she asked if…
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Strawberry Refrigerator Cheesecake
“You can’t just eat good food. You’ve got to talk about it too. And you’ve got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.” Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Still on…
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Miles of Tuiles from The Daring Bakers
“Light, refined, learned and noble, harmonious and orderly, clear and logical, the cooking of France is, in some strange manner, intimately linked to the genius of her greatest men.” Rouff Fresh from last…
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BALSAMIC STRAWBERRIES WITH WHIPPED MASCARPONE
“You have to ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Strawberry season is setting in here. Yes, it’s winter & still quite cold, but this is when…
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COFFEE MOCHA GATEAU…& a hope for the future!
“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. “ Martin Luther King The new year brings with it new promise… As I begin to type this post, Obama is about…
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CANDIED GINGER & TANGERINE SHORTBREAD
“I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.” James Beard Mmmmmmmmmm shortbread! Think shortbread – think crisp, think buttery, think an…
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Chocolate Yogurt Cake … deliciously healthy!
“A falta de pan, buenas son tortas. If there’s no bread, cakes will do.”Spanish proverb There was a time when I had my fixed list of things to bake, & everyone was pretty…
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GINGER FLORENTINES…World of Spice Cookies Event!
“C is for cookie, it’s good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C.”Cookie Monster It’s a race against time, like a fight to the finish. Thankfully no resolutions for me…
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OOOOPS, I DID IT AGAIN! CRYSTALLISED GINGER & TANGERINES
“I loved ginger; I’ve always recognized its tremendous healing power,”Chris Reed I thought I would never let me heart win over my head again. Have made the same mistake a 1000 times over,…
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You’ll LOVE this YULE … the Daring Bakers go French
“If your life is free of failures, you’re not taking enough risks!” Author unknown 2008 comes to an end on a wonderfully high note. Oui!! It’s been an amazing year of being a…
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HERB CREAM CHEESE CRACKERS…there’s more to buckwheat than meets the eye!!
“Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.” Benjamin Franklin Couldn’t resist adding that quote…sorry guys! …I’m beginning to have more fun in the kitchen. That bag of buckwheat flour has done me a…
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NIBBLY BUCKWHEAT CHOCOLATE-CHIP COOKIES…& BUCKWHEAT CONNECTIONS!
“The unexpected connection is more powerful than one that is obvious.”Heraclitus My connection to buckwheat goes back many many years. It was in the year 1996 when the daughter was 6 months old…
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Saffron Indian Rice Pudding … sweet indulgence
“I haven’t had the rice pudding of my life today. But I guess I lost that opportunity with the end of my childhood.”William Rice The magical combination of the holiday season & winter…
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DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ALMOND TORTE FOR MUM’S BDAY
‘Life is like a chocolate cake, Take something bitter, something dry, something wet, and a little bit of leaven, mix well, and let it bake someplace hot. The result is something sweet!’ ~…
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OAT WALNUT WAFERS…From The Australian Heritage Cookbook
“The oat is the Horatio Alger of cereals, which progressed, if not from rags to riches, at least from weed to health food.” Waverley Root I first bumped into Susan, the Food Blogga…
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Caramel Cake with Caramelized Butter Frosting … sugar high on caramel
With the holidays upon us, the wonderful & rapidly expanding group of Daring Bakers, after 2 months of going savoury, have brought sugar back to the party…& HOW!! This months challenge is a…
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CELEBRATING WITH A CHOCOLATE WALNUT TORTE
“Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world’s perfect food.” Michael Levine I saw this beautiful torte at Canela & Comino, a lovely Peruvian blog a while ago. Gretchen had posted it to celebrate…
