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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 of WMPE’s blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef.We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the challenge.” The hosts for the romantic month of February were Wendy @ wmpesblog (Arizona), and my dear friend & DB mentor, Dharm @ Dad – Baker and Chef (Malaysia), who are both are passionate about baking for their families. Their…
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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 blog & it was a matter of time before we hit it off. We had San Antonio in common…she lives there, & we visited it on vacation some time back. We got talking food (what else) & I discovered she’s a food book writer, & has published a number of books. Inspirational enough for me, because I dream of publishing a book one day. Was delighted when she asked me if I would like to review her…
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Cardamom Spiced Cake … spicing up life with cardamom
“Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor”William Cowper Leafing through the Australian Women’s Weekly book on CAKES that my friend recently brought for me when she was visiting from the UK, I stopped at this Cardamom-spiced Cake. Not that I’m a huge fan of cardamom, (though the hub & boy certainly are), but because it had a little note that said this cake was a new take on the Armenian nutmeg cake. Reading the note took me right back to when I began blogging... When I began this blog in August 2007, for the want of nothing better to do, it was the first cake…
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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 & sensual. In winter, we like a deep dark chocolate panna cotta. Come summer & I’m all for fruity flavour. With winter on it’s last legs here, throwing up the odd cold front now & again, strawberries are flooding the market. Good fresh strawberries are available for a shortish period of time, & then they kind of perish in the heat. I made a panna cotta with strawberries the other day because I had 2 boxes in the…
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CAPPUCCINO MUFFINS…got ’em right the second time!
“Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis – a good hot cup of coffee.” Alexander King Grab a cuppa coffee & make these delicious muffins. If you know me by now, coffee rules my life. It’s the best thing that’s happened to me, & is my biggest stress buster! Don’t know if it’s good or bad, but the kids now enjoy the flavour of coffee in baked goods, & it isn’t rare to see the boy chomping the occasional coffee bean with great gusto. That I cannot do, but he can! “Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze. It…
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BREAKING TRADITION TO SERVE FUSILLI WITH MEATBALLS!
“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” Fellini Happy after the success of my precious jar of Sun-dried tomatoes, it was but natural progression that I began to explore recipes that these delcious morsels figured in. I was looking to make a pasta for Noob Cook who is hosting #101 edition of Presto Pasta Nights, a weekly food blog event focused on cooking with pasta and all types of noodles. Sadly, I missed the 100th edition last week. Enter The Pasta Bible … a book my elder sis had gifted me eons ago. It was well thumbed pages & is an interesting resource which offers you something for every…
