I got this recipe from The Australian Women’s Weekly BAKE book. 687 pages of time-honoured recipes. I made this cake last weekend and took it to share with people at church. Note: the longer this cake is out of the fridge, the harder it is to cut. I’d recommend […]
After a trip to the Blue Mountains yesterday, I returned home with a bag full of fresh apples (one cannot pass through apple country and return empty handed, it would be a travesty). The lady at the roadside stand assured me that the Fuji apples were the sweetest. She did […]
Expanding my repertoire of international homemade dishes, I made for the first time the other night a Thai Beef Salad. My friends complain that I have been feeding them too much… Yes, for I was one holding the can of whipped cream to your ice-cream and spraying it like I was putting […]
As I wrote earlier, I would at some stage this weekend, make my own macarons. I have just finished doing so. It was my first attempt, and yes, they taste better than Zumbo’s! They are quite technical to make, and require a lot of time. It is also imperative to […]
As a treat for a loved one, why not make some vanilla shortbread this Valentine’s Day? This recipe comes from the Mrs Fields Cookie Book. Place cookies in a box with a love note and deliver to your sweetheart’s office as a surprise…
The lamington is an Australian culinary icon. It consists of sponge cake dipped in chocolate and then rolled in desiccated coconut. It was accidentally created by a maid-servant of the thoroughly British Govenor of Queensland, Lord Lamington, in 1901. The maid-servant was working at Government House, Brisbane, when she accidentally […]
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