Butterscotch Molten Lava Cake
Way back in 2013, the hubby and I sat down and watched another episode of one of our favourite YouTube channels, Laura in the Kitchen. This particular episode was for a molten lava cake, but not chocolate in flavour as you might often see. Whilst the episode was still playing, the hubby searched the interweb to find the key ingredient, which…
Chocolate Charlotte Russe – Daring Bakers Challenge
I was a little late this month checking out what the Daring Bakers Challenge was for June, but I am sure glad I checked as this little number turned out to be super delicious. Thankfully we were having visitors this weekend which meant I could make this dessert to share so the hubby and I wouldn't have to eat it for the next week, not that…
Crème Pâtissière (Pastry Cream)
I was watching an episode of the of the Great British Bake Off recently and one of the challenges was to make a Fraisier Cake chock full of crème pâtissière, or pastry cream as it can be known as. Not long before I saw this episode, I came across a recipe for crème pâtissière on The Little French Bakery so all signs were pointing to me…
MasterChef “Eve” Cake
During last year's season of MasterChef Australia they had a week dedicated to all things love. Awww... Kirsten Tibballs from Savour School in Melbourne featured in a couple of episodes and in episode number 44 Kirsten made a dessert by the name of Eve which looked absolutely amazing and I knew I had to make it. After the episode aired,…
Mint Cheesecake
Once again it was the hubby's friend J's birthday, you may remember him from the Purple Corset Cake, which meant something mint flavoured was on the menu. Although I was considering trying something new this year, in the end I stuck with an oldie but a goodie being a mint cheesecake chock full of Peppermint Crisp and crème de menthe liqueur on…
My First Attempt to Cook Like Heston – Lemon Tart
Because I had been living under a rock it seemed, I didn't realise that Heston Blumenthal's latest series How to Cook Like Heston was showing on SBS until I stumble across the second episode, "Eggs", one Thursday night. I was especially interested in his technique for cooking poached eggs, as it is something I have difficulty with, but then came…
My Second Attempt to Cook Like Heston – Exploding Chocolate Gateaux
Because I couldn't choose which tart to make for Easter lunch dessert, I obviously had to make both the Lemon Tart and the Exploding Chocolate Gateaux as the gateaux looked too divine to wait for another occasion. As the "Chocolate" episode of How to Cook Like Heston hadn't aired yet, I found the recipe on the UK website which had already aired…
Passionfruit Créme Brûlée
Passionfruit is yet another of my favourite flavours. I always loved drinking the Pasito soft drink growing up, and now the hubby makes a more adult drink by making passionfruit liqueur. If there is an option for something passionfruit, I will generally take it, including the fruit itself. When we recently had friends over for dinner, I…
Pavlova
Pavlova can be a very temperamental dessert and with my past experience I was hesitant when Miss B asked me to make it on her visit, especially as I have my mother-in-law's Pavlova to live up to. I have attempted the Pav a couple of times past, once in our last house where you could not see the temperature on the oven dial and had to rely on…
Southern Bombe
Another one of the cookbooks I purchased recently was SprinkleBakes by Heather Baird. I came across Heather's blog when I was looking for red recipes to use up the extra food colouring purchased for My Best Friend's Wedding Cake and I made the Red Spiral Biscuits, also featured in the book. As I was flicking through the book when it…
Strawberry Cloud Cake
While playing "flick the channels" with the TV remote one evening, which the hubby absolutely loves hates, I stumbled upon a New Zealand cooking show called The Free Range Cook with Annabel Langbein as the host. At that particular moment, she was making a Strawberry Cloud Cake which looked stunning and so simple. We waited for the cook book…
White Chocolate Panna Cotta with Rose Water Syrup
To mark the first year since I started my current job, I made white chocolate panna cotta with rose water syrup and took it in to share with my colleagues. Since then, I have been encouraged to make it again and so after another two and a bit years I finally did (no need to rush these things). For a morning tea we were having to mark the…