Tag: Baking
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Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies
My granny gave me this recipe over the phone the other day, she said they taste like shortbread but you bake them a little more golden than your traditional shortbread. My addition was to change normal sugar and use Equa Gold’s Golden Light Organic Raw Vanilla Sugar, as soon as you open the package you…
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Fudgy Chocolate Peppermint Slice
Dark and decadent fudge brownie style slice base topped with peppermint icing and rich milk chocolate for the perfect morsel this weekend. Equa Gold’s dutch cocoa makes all the difference in this base take it to the next level of rich chocolate goodness. Look at the colour it is just so rich and it lives…
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Moist Sultana Cake
My granny talked about how much she enjoys this cake when I mentioned to her I was going to bake one, I wish I could be sharing a slice with her over a cup of tea and a game of scrabble! This is a surprisingly delicious cake its very moist as you boil the sultanas…
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Banana and Cardamom Yoghurt Cake
Happy Thursday everyone hope you are all enjoying the sunshine on this fine autumn day. I’ve spent this morning trialing a new cake recipe using up the last of my homemade yoghurt before I make a new batch and I had a couple of over ripe bananas. Have you ever tried making yoghurt at home?…
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No Flour Chocolate Lockdown Cookies
At this time we all know its hard to get our hands on flour, so I thought something that wasn’t flour based would be perfect. Craving something to go alongside my cup of tea this afternoon and oaty chocolate peanut cookies are for the win! Super simple recipe and im sure nearly everyone will have…
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Caramel Oreo Cheesecake Celebration Cake
Are you wanting to create a show stopping cake for a special someone or to just treat the fam? Well do I have the cake for you, Caramel oreo cheesecake cake. The title could be a little confusing so let me explain. Dark chocolate velvet cake with dollops of cream cheese and oreo cookies…
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Oaty Cashew Ginger Crunch
Just out of the blue I had a craving for ginger crunch! So decided to change it slightly and add some salted cashew nuts to the base and a sprinkle in the topping. Its a good addition to your classic and think I will be making this one again soon. I really enjoy using brands…
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Blueberry Banana Cake
Bananas are one of the easiest fruit to get your hands on which is great for cake making. Sometimes the kids don’t eat them and they get squished, brown in their school bags or the fruit bowl. Over ripe brown bananas are the best for banana cakes as they get a little sweeter. One of…
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Gluten- Free Feijoa and Apple Loafs with Lime Cream Cheese Icing
Gluten-free baking can most of the time be deemed as dry and unpleasant however I have managed to make not only as gluten-free cake be moist and satisfying but also dairy-free. If you use a simple vanilla icing sugar and water icing instead of the lime cream cheese icing it will be both gluten and…
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Otaki Grans Sunday Sponge
For as long as I can remember a trip to Otaki on the Kapiti Caost of the North Island always included one of grans famous sponge cakes with home made jam of her choice to finish of a Sunday roast was tradition! Some of the earliest food memories and my passion for sharing comes from…