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Momofuku Crack Pie

  ‘Gimme some more Gimme some more of that stuff, love Gimme some more Too much is not enough…’ Numb – U2 I was listening to U2 whilst I was pottering in the kitchen today and I think there is … Continue reading

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White Chocolate Cheesecakes

  It’s Valentines Day tomorrow and we have a special tradition in our fairly new family and that is to celebrate the day as a family. To cut a long story short – my husband and I also have another anniversary in early March, … Continue reading

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Apple & Pear Amaretti Crumbles

  Your humble fruit crumble takes on a rustic Italian feel with this lovely, feel good, wintery dessert. I love this particular recipe because it contains marsala, almond meal and crushed amaretti biscuits, giving it quite a distinct almond flavour with a … Continue reading

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Olive Oil and Sauternes Cake with Roast Pears

  Once again I get to raphsodise about yet another Neil Perry masterpiece. I found this recipe while I was trawling through my Neil Perry file looking for one of his Thai curries to cook. I was thinking that something hot, spicy and … Continue reading

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Lemon Tassies

Did you know that lemon is the new chocolate? I read this somewhere recently and I would have to agree. It appears that all over the place people are casting aside their slabs of couverture chocolate, cocoa and chocolate drops to celebrate this … Continue reading

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Pavlova

It’s Australia Day and I had to make something iconic to celebrate – a pavlova came to mind. This quintessential dessert is meringue based with a crisp shell and a light & fluffy centre. It is topped with whipped cream … Continue reading

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Brown Butter & Walnut Brownies

I swore when I started my blog it wouldn’t be all about brownies, cookies scattered with m&m’s and similar baked treats. Well, I am going to have to eat my words because here we have another brownie recipe and later … Continue reading

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Momofuku Chocolate Malt Cake

  I have one word for this cake and it’s ‘insane’ – on so many levels, to look at, to taste and to bake. It is all worth it though because once you get a mouthful of this magnificent gooey, … Continue reading

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Hazelnut Brown Butter Cake

  I had every intention of providing you with some sort of boozy recipe (a bellini perhaps?) so you could welcome in 2011. But it did not eventuate – a day of sledding and building snow forts in Central Park took … Continue reading

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Cranberry Shortbread Cake

I am constantly amazed at how many food blogs are out there. Food blogging has become a huge industry and with this there are many groups and organisations that have been set up to get these people together – comparing recipes, photos … Continue reading

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