Nuts & Seeds

“Oh sir, it’s only wafer thin!”

October 1, 2006

in Cookies & Slices,Nuts & Seeds

I am a ridiculously obsessed Monty Python fan, as are most of the lasses in my closest group of friends. In fact, we are so obsessed that for a few years there, we would have conversations which consisted of nothing but Monty Python quotes, such as “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt [...]

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A cloud-like cheesecake

August 11, 2006

in Cakes & Brownies,Cheese & Dairy,Nuts & Seeds

This post was going to contain some silly comments about the variety of cheesecakes around as well as the qualities of baked goods from certain areas of the world – for example, Asian bakeries and their overwhelming amount of different kinds of soft milky breads (I think I’ve spoken before about the near impossibility of [...]

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Peanut butter and choc chip cookies

May 24, 2006

in Chocolate,Cookies & Slices,Nuts & Seeds

One of my earliest and fondest memories of being in the kitchen is of when I was barely tall enough to reach the counter top in the kitchen, and I had to sit on the counter in order to help my mom. She used to bake these wonderful peanut butter cookies which were light and [...]

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Easy Carrot Cake

April 13, 2006

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* [...]

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