April 2006

20 minute banana cake

April 26, 2006 | 870 views

in Cakes & Brownies,Fruit Flavour

I’ve been furiously trying to finish a research assignment for class these last few days, but don’t seem to be having much luck. During one of my hair-pulling sessions this evening, mom ‘politely’ pointed out that we had 4 bananas which had gone squishy and black skinned. In short, they were close to dying a [...]

{ 0 comments }

Dumpling love

April 22, 2006 | 767 views

in Beef,Korean recipes,Pork,Vegetables & Vegetarian

I’m a huge fan of dumplings and potstickers, lovely little bundles of flavoursome goodness that they are. They’re relatively easy to make, especially since your local chinese grocery store will stock the skins and this means you don’t have to roll out 50-odd round little skins yourself. My local stocks a wide variety of different [...]

{ 0 comments }

My first apple pie

April 14, 2006 | 762 views

in Fruit Flavour,Pies & Tarts

I went on a crazy baking binge tonight – it started at 9pm and ended at 3am. I made 2 carrot cakes, but the urge to bake continued to bite my fingers. 1 1/2 mud cakes later (2 miniature ones), and the baking bug was still tormenting me. Then I remembered the kilo of apples [...]

{ 0 comments }

Easy Carrot Cake

April 13, 2006 | 2,491 views

in Cakes & Brownies,Nuts & Seeds,Vegetables & Vegetarian

A delightfully easy carrot cake recipe that is moist, full of flavour and a guaranteed hit! Carrot & Walnut Cake Ingredients 200g (2 cups) self-raising flour 1 heaped cup of brown sugar a couple of dashes of ground cinnamon and nutmeg, according to taste 2/3 cup vegetable oil 3 eggs 2 1/2 medium carrots, grated* [...]

{ 3 comments }