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Chia Seed Pudding With Maple Yogurt And Cinnamon Roasted Nectarines
9|01|2015
Easy and healthy Chia seed pudding that involves no cooking. Served with maple yogurt and cinnamon roasted nectarines. So, I am jumping on the January bandwagon today. Meaning, the food that you guys love to eat in January. Clean, healthy, low-calorie, high-fiber, full of antioxidants...high on … Read More
Ice Cream Cheesecake with Mixed Berry and Thyme
5|01|2015
This New Year is moving at a faster pace than I had anticipated. We are already 5 days down and I am writing my first post for 2015. I am excited that I have not had the time to look at the calender or worry about the day of the week. It has been relaxed sort of busy this side. I have spent a good … Read More
A Year in Cakes and A very Happy New Year to You
30|12|2014
I remember sitting between boxes and cartons exactly a year ago with a cup of coffee in one hand and a plate of store bought cookies in the other, telling my husband 'I hope this never happens again...it is that time of the year and I am not baking' I had moved houses and I was not particularly … Read More
Tira-Mess. When Tiramisu met Eton Mess…
26|12|2014
This is the most decadent, delicious and to-die-for dessert I have made this year. The year is just about over so there is great scope that the statement will remain unchanged. I think the holiday eating has just started and before we move on to detox smoothies and leafy green salads, there's enough … Read More
Raspberry And Ginger Frangipane Tart
22|12|2014
I may need a few more Christmas-s in the southern hemisphere to reconcile with the fact that instead of sipping hot chocolate by the fireplace, I am actually filling up popsicle moulds in batches. And applying sunscreen before I hit the shops. We have barbecues and picnics planned all through the holidays Which does seem funny to me when I speak to my family at the other end of the world where my brother is going skiing instead. The weather has been so warm this week that I haven't enjoyed baking that much. But this tart has been worth it. I was literally waiting for berry season and now that it is here, I cannot have enough of them. A frangipane filling is my favourite filling in a tart. I added a spice component to the filling by adding including powdered and glace (crystallised) ginger. Nutty, spicy, buttery and very delicious. Combined with juicy red raspberries and pieces of finely chopped glace ginger, it provides a nice textural contrast to the tart. I used a store-bought sweet tart case as I was happy to avoid some of the heat in the kitchen. With the tart shell baking out of the way, this is a breeze to make. Raspberry and Ginger Frangipane … Read More
White Chocolate And Raspberry Cake With Orange Buttercream
19|12|2014
I am pretty sure the question that is on most of our minds is "Where did this year go?' And where is time flying now when there is so much left to do before it actually ends. Let me tell you where my year went. It went in breaking a few hundred eggs, melting a suitcase worth of chocolate (that's right if I packed all the chocolate I melted this year in a suitcase, I wouldn't be able to close it even if I sat on it. Err..is it only me or do you sit or half-stand on over-packed suitcases?) whisking, measuring cups of nut meals, layering, spreading, licking bowlfuls of sweet batter, sprinkling, drizzling, pouring and torching, cutting, slicing, eating and day dreaming of cakes and desserts. If I missed out on anything of pastry relevance, please feel free to add them because I have no doubt I would have done them all. Did I do anything else? Apart from gaining those frightful calories? Yes, I brought myself a treadmill, ran a bit around the waterside near my previous house, ate salads and soups (other than cakes) and found people to eat my cakes. About 4 months in this year, I had family with me so I went on a cake baking/making spree. I could hear my cake pans weeping when … Read More
Chocolate And Coconut Friands (Financiers)
17|12|2014
Friands are mini cakes made with a nut meal (almonds) and egg whites. These ones are flavored with chocolate and coconut and served with a dusting of icing sugar. It's been an emotional week for us, waking up to tragic news from home and around the world almost every day. Watching the horrific incident unfold on television, not very far away at Martin's place (a place that is dear to every Sydneysider, a street on which, possibly every visitor to Sydney might have walked) made me think several times how much we take life for granted. I can only get a sense of the grief and pain, the families of the hostages might be feeling at this time for the loved ones who they won't see or hear again. I was constantly praying and thinking about the three young children who might not even be able to assess why their Mum wouldn't return home like any other day to put them to bed and kiss them goodnight. As if this was not disturbing enough, the barbaric killing of school children in Peshawar came in the News. Children? Young lives who have not even seen the world. Can so much hatred exist in an human heart? As a mother, I couldn't stop the tears flowing from my eyes. I held my children close … Read More
Lentil Salad With Golden Beets and Green Peas
15|12|2014
A filling, delicious and healthy warm lentil salad with golden beets, green peas, feta, basil and a orange mustard dressing. There are a few places in Sydney that make my weekends delightful. I look forward to them all week. One among them are the farmer's markets. In the few years that I have lived here I have attempted to visit a different one each time and found myself drawn more and more to them. How inspiring is it to cook with fresh local produce directly from the people who grow them and hear their amazing stories! I find it difficult to go on weekdays (though given a choice that is where I would like to do all my fresh produce shopping from) but Saturdays are market days for me. I like to eat breakfast at the markets. My meal planning for the week is kind of sorted out too with all the delicious things I bring back. One such place that I am totally in love with is the Everleigh market located in the city centre on Saturdays. It takes me a little while to get there but it is so worth it. I return with bagfuls of colourful fruits and vegetables, cheese, delicious brownies/slices, micro-herbs, fresh flowers, tea...basically as much as a girl can hold with two … Read More
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