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Blueberry and apple slice

12 Apr 2011 | 25 Comments »

An incredibly soft and fluffy blueberry and apple slice perfect for morning tea.

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Upside-down pear cake with vanilla bean syrup

5 Apr 2011 | 14 Comments »

A beautiful light and moist cake filled with an intoxicating pear and vanilla aroma.

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Daring Bakers: Salted caramel mousse cake with joconde imprime

28 Jan 2011 | 27 Comments »

This month’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge was to make biscuit joconde imprime (a decorative sponge which encases a dessert). The only flavour that was going through my head was salted caramel, so I turned that into a mousse to create this pretty cake.

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Hazelnut nougatine and honey buttercream sponge cake

26 Jan 2011 | 12 Comments »

This cake almost killed my food processor! Sponge cake filled with a delicate honey buttercream, topped with crunchy hazelnut nougatine makes for a lovely tea time treat.

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Chocolate macadamia truffles

4 Jan 2011 | 34 Comments »

I made chocolate truffles for a few food blogger friends and played with the idea of creating chocolate and macadamia truffles, unfortunately the chocolate overpowered the macadamia. But stay tuned as I’ll continue to experiment with flavours to create more yummy chocolate creations.

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Christmas baking: Shortbread & Gingerbread men

24 Dec 2010 | 19 Comments »

Christmas is upon us. Two things that I associate with Christmas are shortbread and gingerbread men; here I put a little twist to both these easy recipes.

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Chocolate almond clusters

22 Dec 2010 | 14 Comments »

With Christmas on the way and being very limited with time to bake, I whip up these quick and dead simple chocolates as gifts.

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Chocolate hazelnut tart

13 Dec 2010 | 16 Comments »

The second lot of desserts I baked up for Dario’s food photography session. Chocolate and hazelnuts are a match made in foodie heaven. This tart was discovered on my recent trip to San Francisco where I discovered the wonderful joys of Tartine Bakery.

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Mango pannacotta with jasmine tea syrup

6 Dec 2010 | 23 Comments »

One of the desserts I prepared for a food photography/styling session with Dario of www.foodpixels.com. This pannacotta is smooth and creamy, you can’t go wrong with teaming it up with mangoes.