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Chocolate Espresso gateau … my kind of indulgence
“I never entertain wicked thoughts…Wicked thoughts entertain me.” Anonymous ‘Twas my parents anniversary a week ago & being the designated baker there was little choice but to bake a cake. But living life in the unglamorous fast lane, all my fault, is never easy, & I talked my mother into agreeing that the cake could be given a pass. The eleventh hour plunged me into guilt, & I had an hour & a half before fetching the kids from the bus-stop after school. The easiest was going to be a Swiss roll. The recipe firmly ingrained in my memory…3 eggs, 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup powdered sugar…I hit the kitchen…
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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Eat Like a King, a Feast for a Maharaja
“Cuisine is the tactile connection we have to breathing history.History and culture offer us a vibrant living society that we taste through cuisine.All cuisine is a reflection of the society from which it emanates … in the end cuisine is the result of culture” Clifford Wright“24 Meals, 24 Hours, 24 Blogs.” Foodbuzz 24 Foodbuzz is launching it’s Foodbuzz Publisher Community; an event which goes to demonstrate the power and quality of the Foodbuzz community through real-time, real-people food blog journalism! The “24, 24, 24” captures the cultural diversity and unique local perspective of the Foodbuzz Featured Publishers: it’s real food, experienced by 24 real people, shared real-time. A global “live…
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CUP-a-CAKE THIS EASTER…Eggciting Chocolate!
” ‘Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Cupcakes for Easter…Spring is in the air!! Stephanie @ The Adventures of Pie Queen has this neat Devil’s Food Cupcakes recipe that I tripped upon one day. It’s been on my mind ever since & I set to work making cupcakes that I wanted to make for Easter. My sis sent bags of Easter eggs & jelly beans for the kids from the US last week, & I had to make full use of them before the kids did! Jellybeans Kaleidoscope Of course the devil was dancing in the mind with a…
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Strawberries in a Trifle … Quite Literally So!!
“That most wonderful object of domestic art called trifle…with its charming confusion of cream and cake and almonds and jam and jelly and wine and cinnamon and froth.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Dressed up with grated chocolate, melted chocolate, sliced strawberries & fresh mint leaves! I made these in dessert cups with the leftover sponge that I had frozen. Simple & effective, a rocking good dessert in one of our favourite combinations this season…‘Chocolate & Strawberry’!! Ready in minutes, with nothing very involved, this is indeed a whimsical way of using left-overs!! A hearty trifle for Valentines… The word “trifle” comes from the old French term “trufle,” and literally means something…
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CAKES & DESSERTS…Sweet somethings!
CAKES & DESSERTS…Sweet somethings! * ALMOND APPLE CAKE from Dragon’s Kitchen* ALMOND MERINGUES TOPPED WITH APRICOTS* And another STRAWBERRY SWISS ROLL with piping on top* APPLE & BLACK GRAPE BANDE AUX FRUIT* APPLE & WALNUT BROWN BUTTER TARTLETS* APPLE CRISP…HELENE’S* APPLE CRUMBLE…with butter* APPLE SPICE CAKE by Dorothy Mae Brown* APPLE SPICED CAKE …Autumn Warmth* APRICOT & CHERRY MINI CRUMBLES* ARMENIAN NUTMEG CAKE* BAKEWELL TARTS…with the Daring Bakers* BLACK FOREST GAUTEAU* BLONDIES…with walnuts & chocolate chips* BROWN SUGAR PLUM CAKES … Dorie Greenspan* CARAMEL CAKE WITH CARAMELIZED BUTTER FROSTING…DB challenge* CARDAMOM-SPICED CAKE* CHEESECAKE POPS…DB challenge* CHOCOLATE & STRAWBERRY MASCARPONE CAKE* CHOCOLATE ALMOND ORANGE DESSERT CAKE* CHOCOLATE BUCKWHEAT FRESH LIME CURD…
