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Dessert
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White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Slice
This is a wonderful addition to any party. These yummy desserts have the perfect combination of sweet, tart, creamy and crunchy. Make them big or small depending on what else is...
Caramel Slice
I was looking for a recipe for caramel slice and came across one on the internet that claimed it was the best ever caramel slice. Well, it’s a big claim, but I think it’s pretty...
Nutella and Berry Dessert Pizza
Only recently I tried my first dessert pizza. It was so tasty I couldn’t wait to have it again and try it at home. Rather than making just one dessert pizza I figured it would be...
Cream Cheese and Dulce de Leche Eclairs – MasterChef 2016
I saw a lot of dishes I would love to eat on MasterChef Australia last year. So far I have only managed to make this one, due to busy times at home. In previous years I have made...
Iced Vovo Pavlova
I saw the January Taste Magazine’s Cover whilst looking over a number of my food-related emails – it was an Iced Vovo Pavlova – it looked amazing! I made sure I bought the...
Choc Top Extraordinaire
There have been many lovely dessert recipes on MasterChef this year (like most years). Some of the top chefs in Australia share some of their beautiful recipes, some which can be...
Eve
One of my biggest cooking challenges since giving birth, was this cake, but I had desperately wanted to make it for Valentines day (as I knew Nick would probably prefer a...
Passion Fruit Caramel Chocolates – Daring Bakers Challenge July 2013
In a “celebration” of past Daring Baker and Daring Cook challenges, Lisa challenged all of us to search through the Daring Kitchen archives and pick any one we’d like! The REAL...
Crack Pie – Daring Bakers Challenge June 2013
Rachael from pizzarossa was our lovely June 2013 Daring Bakers’ host and she had us whipping up delicious pies in our kitchens! Cream pies, fruit pies, chocolate pies, even crack...
Vanilla Slice – Daring Bakers Challenge October 2012
Our October 2012 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Suz of Serenely Full . Suz challenged us to not only tackle buttery and flaky puff pastry, but then take it step further...
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake with Salted Peanut Caramel
Everyone has had the experience when they see a photo of food they just have to make. I started sending emails titled: “I want this” when I saw this cake . I only had to find time...
Filled Pate a Choux Swans – Daring Bakers Challenge August 2012
Kat of The Bobwhites was our August 2012 Daring Baker hostess who inspired us to have fun in creating pate a choux shapes, filled with crème patisserie or Chantilly cream. We were...
Gaytime goes nuts
The wonderfully talented Christine Manfield featured on the season finale of MasterChef this year. I haven’t watched much MasterChef this year, but I always have to watch for the...
De-constructed Lemon Tart
We saw chef Jowett Yu on MasterChef (on Dan Hong’s team) make a de-constructed lemon tart for the first Battle for Immunity Challenge this year, I searched the internet a couple...
Armenian Nazook & Nutmeg Cake – Daring Bakers Challenge April 2012
The Daring Bakers’ April 2012 challenge, hosted by Jason at Daily Candor , were two Armenian standards: nazook and nutmeg cake. Nazook is a layered yeasted dough pastry with a...
Pear and Custard Tart
Pears have come into season, and are ripening beautifully on the kitchen counter. This tart is quite easy to make, with the custard being able to be prepared far in advance, and...
Sans Rival – Daring Bakers Challenge November 2011
Catherine of Munchie Musings was our November Daring Bakers’ host and she challenged us to make a traditional Filipino dessert – the delicious Sans Rival cake! And for those of us...
Pineapple Sorbet and Tropical Granita with Fruit Salad
Daylight savings has just begun, it is no longer dark when I get home from work (and only mildly darker when I leave). I am able to stop and smell the roses (and this is not just...
Chocolate Truffles and Peanut Butter Fudge – Daring Bakers Challenge August 2011
The August 2011 Daring Bakers’ Challenge was hosted by Lisa of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drive and Mandy of What the Fruitcake?! . These two sugar mavens challenged us to...
Strawberry Fraisier – Daring Bakers Challenge July 2011
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...
Marquise on Meringue – Daring Bakers Challenge May 2011
The May 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Emma of CookCraftGrow and Jenny of Purple House Dirt . They chose to challenge everyone to make a Chocolate Marquise. The...
Chocolate Panna cotta with Florentine Cookies – Daring Bakers Challenge February 2011
The February 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mallory from A Sofa in the Kitchen . She chose to challenge everyone to make Panna Cotta from a Giada De Laurentiis recipe...
Crostata con la Crema – Daring Bakers Challenge November 2010
The 2010 November Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Simona of briciole . She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make pasta frolla for a crostata. She used her own...
Chocolate Hazelnut Tart + Win a Ferrero Hamper
This post is sponsored by Nuffnang . As soon as you know it, the end of the year is almost here, with it bringing Christmas holidays and New Years. I loved last year’s holiday...
Baked Alaska and Ice Cream Petit Fours – Daring Bakers Challenge August 2010
The August 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Elissa of 17 and Baking . For the first time, The Daring Bakers partnered with Sugar High Fridays for a co-event and Elissa...
Tropical Snow Egg
After our trip to Quay last year , I have wanted to replicate Peter Gilmore’s Snow egg. It never occurred to me again, until I saw Peter Gilmore in a Gourmet Traveller video...
Swiss Swirl Ice Cream Cake – Daring Bakers Challenge July 2010
The July 2010 Daring Bakers ’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of Sunita’s world – life and food. Sunita challenged everyone to make an ice-cream filled Swiss roll that’s then used...
V8 Cake
Yes, that’s right. I decided to make Adriano Zumbo’s V8 cake. Not a car cake as might be thought by the name, but a gorgeous cake composed of eight different layers of vanilla.
Chocolate Pavlova with Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse – Daring Bakers Challenge June 2010
The June 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Dawn of Doable and Delicious . Dawn challenged the Daring Bakers’ to make Chocolate Pavlovas and Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse.
Mum’s Trifle
For my Mum’s birthday a couple of months ago, I designed a trifle just for her. Although I don’t normally make trifles, I’ll make anything that my Mum wants for her birthday. So a...
Croquembouche (Piece Montée) – Daring Bakers Challenge May 2010
The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake . Cat challenged everyone to make a piece montée, or croquembouche, based on recipes from Peter...
Vanilla Panna Cotta with Pomegranate and Pomegranate Syrup
After being sent two lovely Royal Pom pomegranates from Catherine at Wordstom , I decided to try my hand (for a third time) at making a vanilla panna cotta with pomegranate...
Butterscotch Steamed Pudding – Daring Bakers Challenge April 2010
The April 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Esther of The Lilac Kitchen . She challenged everyone to make a traditional British pudding using, if possible, a very...
Vanilla Mousse Tart with Strawberries and Macaron
In an effort to make sure I am fully prepared for my trip to Melbourne for a cooking class this weekend, I decided to make my own pâte sablée, mousse and macarons. The other...
Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Bun (Bread) and Butter Pudding
Here’s an idea for those who have ended up with too many choc chip or traditional hot cross buns after Easter. In case you didn’t freeze them, or aren’t going to warm them under...
Raspberry Sorbet
Is it too close to Winter for me to post this recipe? I say, no. At the moment in Sydney we are having very odd whether. It is surprisingly warm, a month into Autumn. I had been...
Orange Tian – Daring Bakers Challenge March 2010
The 2010 March Daring Baker’s challenge was hosted by Jennifer of Chocolate Shavings . She chose Orange Tian as the challenge for this month, a dessert based on a recipe from...
Chocolate Guinness Cake
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! I remember trying a chocolate Guinness cake in my later years of University when a friend brought one in (we had cake days every Friday). I was a little...
Tiramisu – Daring Bakers Challenge February 2010
The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking . They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month.
White Chocolate Cones with Nougat and Vienna Almond Semifreddo
I am very excited to have come to the end of my first year of food blogging. What better way to celebrate, than by posting the recipe of the dessert in my header (at least the one...
Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars – Daring Bakers Challenge January 2010
The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen . Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources...
Lamingtons
Happy Australia Day! I thought I would celebrate by posting one of Australia’s favourite cakes – the Lamington. It is said to have originated in Queensland around the 1900’s...
Ricotta Hotcakes with Honeycomb Butter by Bill Granger
Everyone probably knows by now that I love pancakes. Many people have recommended I go and try Bill Granger’s pancakes/hotcakes at his restaurant (please disregard my use of the...
Pork and Fennel Sausage Pasta and Chocolate Fudge Cakes with Coffee Syrup – Cooking Class 13
Trying new dishes is one of the best parts with our family cooking classes. I don’t think either of these recipes would have been at the very top of my list of dishes to make.
Chocolate Swirl Croquembouche
I started craving croquembouche again after the second last celebrity MasterChef. I was craving it so bad, that I didn’t think I could wait until Christmas (which is when I had...
Lemon Tasting Plate and the MasterChef Cookbook
My family and friends know how much I loved watching MasterChef. Most of my readers have probably also picked up on this from the other recipes I’ve already made from MasterChef...
Chocolate Delice
I was contemplating making the chocolate swirl croquembouche on the second last episode of Celebrity MasterChef, although that will have to wait until the Christmas holiday. I...
Toblerone Cocktail
I enjoy cocktails that don’t taste like too much alcohol. Most people would say I would therefore like almost all cocktails, although that isn’t the case. I like a few – and this...
Cannoli – Daring Bakers Challenge November 2009
The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives . She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is...
Strawberries and Cream with White Chocolate Sponge and Ice Cream
When I saw Katrina Kanetani from Pier walk into the MasterChef kitchen on Wednesday night I was so excited as I knew desserts would be on the menu. Katrina was named Chef of the...
White Chocolate and Hazelnut Mud Cake with Hazelnut Macaron and White Chocolate Rings
For my lovely Nick… I wanted to create something quite special for my wedding anniversary. I didn’t get to eat much of the wedding cake on the day, or the day after, and I’m not...
Chicken and Chorizo Paella (Risotto) and Churros – Cooking Class 10
I have wanted to try churros for so long. I have only once tried them at a Spanish restaurant and was absolutely disappointed. The churros were very soggy and the dipping sauce...
Vols-au-Vents – Daring Bakers Challenge September 2009
The September 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Steph of A Whisk and a Spoon . She chose the French treat, Vols-au-Vent based on the Puff Pastry recipe by Michel Richard...
Chocolate Mousse
While watching Nigella Lawson’s Express cooking show quite a while ago, I saw she made a lovely quick mousse , which doesn’t contain eggs and instead uses marshmallows to hold the...
Aria Chocolate Tart
Again with the MasterChef recipes…. I was jumping off the lounge screaming when I saw Matt Moran’s beautiful chocolate tart and tasting plate. It looked magnificent! It combined...
Dobos Torte – Daring Bakers Challenge August 2009
The August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella . They chose the spectacular Dobos Torte based on a recipe...
Greek Baklava
One of Nick’s friends at work brought in some homemade baklava a while ago and once trying it on the train on my way home from work, I said to Nick “ask for the recipe!”, as I...
Triple Chocolate Praline Tart
On the cover of Gourmet Traveller a few months ago was one of the most tempting chocolate tarts I have ever seen. Gorgeous rich shiny chocolate on top of a chocolate, hazelnut...
Baci Gelato
When I received my ice cream maker a few years ago, one of the first things I wanted to make was a ferrero rocher gelato or ice cream. I tried to find a recipe, but ended up with...
Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce and Almond Praline
There are many dishes that I have on my list of yummy things to make after watching the MasterChef Australia 2009 series – and this was one of them. You may have already seen my...
Pista Kulfi
Having never tried Indian desserts, even though I’ve been to Indian restaurants many, many times, I was not sure what to try… I have made a pistachio and cardamom ice cream...
Nick’s Apple Parcels
After watching one of the latest Masterclass episodes on MasterChef, we were tempted by the raspberry tart made on the show, and the extremely easy method of making shortcrust...
Croquembouche
I was so inspired while watching MasterChef when Adriano Zumbo brought out a massive Croquembouche (a custard filled profiterole stack covered in toffee/caramel). Hearing the...
Bakewell Tart… er… Pudding – Daring Bakers Challenge June 2009
My First Daring Bakers Challenge!! I was so excited to find out what my first challenge would be with the Daring Bakers, and was a little scared when I heard about the different...
The Best Ever Pancake Recipe
Do you have many kitchen bowls or dishes that have a heap of writing on them? A recipe perhaps? Well, I have one (and certainly saw a few more in the range when I bought this one).
Flourless Chocolate and Almond Cake
There aren’t a whole heap of cakes that I’ve made that don’t contain flour… maybe some friands and macarons. I’ve tried a lovely chocolate flourless cake at a bakery near my work...
White Chocolate and Honeycomb Mud Cake
I know I said that I would be trying a white chocolate and hazelnut mud cake after making my first white chocolate mud cake , although I saw this recipe and thought it sounded so...
Choc-A-Block Trifle
Now this is my sort of trifle! When I first saw this recipe in the delicious Magazine I knew I would one day make it. How could you resist making a trifle that contains chocolate...
Cannelloni and Quick Cannoli – Cooking Class 4
It’s my turn for our family cooking class!!! And the “theme” is TUBES 🙂 I wanted to make both a main meal and dessert and what better than Cannelloni and Cannoli? I knew I wanted...
White Chocolate Mud Cake
Ever since trying the first white chocolate hazelnut mud cake muffin as a potential for our wedding cake I have thought and thought about trying to get a great recipe. First off...
Strawberry Roulade and Lemon Cream
When I think of a strawberry roulade, I’m mainly thinking about the strawberry jam and cream rolls I used to eat when younger, or the little rolletes that come in the packets at...
Cherry Compote, Vanilla Bean Custard and Vienna Almond Cream Trifle
My mum’s favourite dessert ever is trifle. A combination of cake, alcohol, fruit, home-made thick custard and cream can’t go wrong. My idea of a trifle is probably a bit different...
Molten Baby Cakes – Soft centered Chocolate Puddings
I visited the Arthouse Hotel near Town Hall station quite a while ago and had to try their soft-centered chocolate puddings. One mouthful and I wasn’t very keen to let Nick have a...
Passionfruit Sorbet
While at Nick’s parents, we discovered a few very healthy passionfruit vines which were growing wild. Being able to pick handfuls of passionfruit each morning was fantastic! Wild...
Portuguese Custard Tarts
Fresh home-made creamy thick custard with flaky buttery pastry… who could resist? I doubt many people at all (except perhaps my brother). Even people who wouldn’t normally like...