Category: Food Hints

Marbled lamingtons

I’ve made the traditional vanilla lamington and a chocolate lamington so for this years Australia Day I made a marbled lamington, the best of both worlds really. Making up a vanilla butter cake and a chocolate cake (easy with store bought packet mixes) I used the bigger lamington tray (about 33x23cm) as it’s 2 cake …

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Being experimental

This past weekend I baked two items first up was a brownie. Peanut butter brownie.  I decided to swap out 1/4 of the margerine/butter and add in crunch peanut butter (mixed both together and microwave melt). I also added a handful of peanut butter chips, this worked out to be pretty good. Not overly peanut …

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Bun toasting

Ok so it’s bun toasting to a point. When making burgers I like to toast the cut inside, spread with butter and whatever sauces then the chosen toppings, the outside stays soft and easy to manage. I’ve found the easiest way to achieve this is to turn your toaster on slightly lower than what you …

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Freezer clean out

I’m giving my freezer a good clean out, food wise. My upright pigeon pair freezer is frost free, thank heavens no big lots of ice and defrosting. Needless to say with all those little bits and bobs that I seem to be finding make for some interesting lunches or dinners. 4 party pies and 2 …

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Recipe disaster save

I found a recipe for flapjacks they seem to be a sort of UK version of ANZAC slice so I decided to give it a whirl just to compare. I’m pretty sure I converted the OZ to grams correctly and I’m pretty sure I jotted down the recipe correctly but  as all sureties go I …

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