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Baking| Vanilla Almond Frangipane Plum Tart … the last of the plums {well almost}
It was one of those obsessive days, a ‘have to bake with plums’ sort of a day! The plums found a happily ever after ending in this pretty fruit bake – a Vanilla Almond Frangipane Plum Tart. An easy and delicious tart - a crisp base paired with a vanilla almond frangipane and sweetly tart plums! Ground oats in the pastry worked really well!
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Le Frasier … but with mangoes
“Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.” Wayne Dyer July has been a LONG tiring month, with most of the family getting hit by viral fever. Our little new pooch added to the general madness & mayhem, yet the Daring Baker in me stood up and did a happy jig when I saw this months challenge – Fresh Frasiers. Jana of Cherry Tea Cakes was our July Daring Bakers’ host and she challenges us to make Fresh Frasiers inspired by recipes written by Elisabeth M. Prueitt and Chad Robertson in the beautiful cookbook Tartine. For the uninitiated {that includes me when I first read…
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Baking| Apricot & Plum Cobbler … the Secret Recipe Club & a guest post
“You see things and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were and I say ‘Why not?’” George Bernard Shaw It’s July with the Secret Recipe Club and the inspiration behind this great idea continues. This month I was assigned to secretly invade Kims blog @ Everyday Mom. Kim has a delicious blog and for an everyday Mom {read 24 X 7} like me, it was an instant connect.I loved reading her posts, seeing how she involves her sweet kids in the kitchen, looking into her CSA box, seeing how she uses what turns up including these beautiful garlic scapes. That was what I intended to make for…
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Baking| Cherry Phyllo Pie … sweet cherry pie, with home made phyllo.
I am still amazed at why I didn't get to making phyllo at home earlier. This is a summer pastry for a country like ours. Light, crisp, versatile, delightful ... ah-mazing stuff! The success of home made phyllo won me over when I made Baklava from scratch last month, and soon enough I made another batch of dough. This time it ended up rather deliciously in a Cherry Phyllo Pie.
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Baking| Black Sesame Macarons with Cherry Chocolate Ganache … a guest post
Tree Nut Free Macarons .... Black sesame seeds instead of almond meal went into these to experiment macarons for a friend. Sandwiched with a delicious fresh cherry dark chocolate ganache added to the oomph!
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Ulyana’s Almond Cake … perfect for tea or dessert
Back well fed and refreshed from our trip Down Under, I share a delicious recipe of an Almond Cake that our charming hostess made for us. Absolutely delicious in every bite, yet no added fat. {and a window on Sydney too, a city we love}
