A culinary journey of a foodie from Down Under
Of all the desserts on a restaurant menu, a Creme Brulee always excites me the most. Well, I should say, ‘used to excite me’, that is until I had one too many over-cooked, rubbery custards. Nothing incenses me more than paying good money for a bad dessert. These days I simply make my own.
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The macaron-loving sister decided to pop in last weekend, and with some egg-whites handily sitting on the kitchen bench (having used the egg yolks for some other concoction), I thought what better time to make macarons?
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Possets have got to be the simplest desserts ever but, to me, they certainly rank right up there with the best of them.
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I love coffee-flavoured desserts – they feel like a natural way to conclude a meal somehow – a cup of coffee in dessert form. And, I’d happily end a meal with this Coffee Cheesecake any night of the week!
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Ice cream is one of those desserts that can either steal the show in its own right, or play second fiddle to the main event. This Brown Butter Ice Cream, with no apology, falls into the latter category.
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Well, you could have blown me over with a feather when I read that brownies and blondies were no recent invention. Nope, apparently they’ve been part of the American landscape since, believe it or not, the late 1800s.
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Whoever invented this delightful satiny dessert known as Bavarois, or Bavarian Cream, really deserves a pat on the back. Not that we’re ever likely to find out who that is – they can’t even decide whether it originated in France, Bavaria, Switzerland or Germany. Who cares? All I know is how darned good it is!
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It’s always a good time to bake a batch of cupcakes, but even more so when it’s for a worthy cause. Here in New Zealand, the SPCA Cupcake Day is an annual fund-raising day in aid of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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One of life’s great pleasures is the pairing of chocolate and peanut butter, as evidenced by the popularity of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
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Eton Mess – that classic English combo of meringue, cream and strawberries – is synonymous with summer. So, naturally, I thought what a great way to bring a touch of summer into our winter time.
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