All posts in category Cooking

How to cover a cake in chocolate and then rescue the ensuing mess

I made this cake for my sister’s 21st party she is a patisserie chef in training, so it was a daunting task to begin with, she gave me tips for doing the cake covering, naturally things still went wrong, but the rescue attempt from my ever so vaguely artistic brain came into action and it [...]

Poppy Seed Cake or Perhaps Pie

A cafe I  frequent sometimes serves possibly the best pie/cake thing on the planet. It’s entirely full of poppy-seeds, not too sweet, not too savory, it has a cake/pie type crust and for the life of me I cannot work out what it is in it. I have scoured Google to not too much avail [...]

Maple and Carrot Soup

Well the Problogger tried it and it intrigued me. It’s a Delicious Magazine recipe which means it’ll appear on taste.com.au soon enough. It’s tasty but really too sweet to eat a big bowl, small amount before proper dinner (but who does that when you’re just cooking something easy for tea!) would be okay. So the [...]

Ricotta and Basil Gnocchi

Ricotta and Basil Gnocchi What I changed: Spinach in the butter sauce and more fresh on top and some basil pesto in the gnocchi as I didn’t have quite enough basil. Used the freezer for 20mins or so instead of putting it in the fridge for 1.5hrs. What I would change: No butter sauce, something [...]

Earl Grey Cupcakes

This is quite a spectacularly different recipe. They taste quite like earl grey so if you don’t like it, don’t make them. They do taste SO good. Preparation Time 20 – 40 minutes Cooking Time 20 minutes Makes 12 Ingredients Melted butter, for greasing 2 Earl Grey tea bags 60ml (1/4 cup) boiling water 80ml [...]