Category: Food

Donut cake

Yesterday using the Donut cupcakes recipe I popped the batter into a ring cake tin, baked for about 20-25 minutes, it came out more like a big cinnamon donut cake.  I guess if you wanted it more like a real donut you could drizzle icing across the top.  Tasted pretty good.

Pancake tarte tatin?

Yes I like to mix and match my dishes. Last night’s dessert was simple, 1 batch of pancake mix. 1-2 sliced bananas. 2-3 tablepoons of brown sugar and 2-3 tablepoons of butter. Spray oil your frying pan. Your pan on a stove top half to 3/4 heat. Lay in your banana slices, sprinkle with the …

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Bread or Pizza dough

I am a great believer in if you find a recipe that’s easy, that works and works well then you have to explore all options on variations to the recipe without making it complicated.  I hope I’ve not made this sound complicated because really it’s not. Jamie Oliver has a pizza base/dough recipe.  I tried …

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Croissants

For us croissants are a sometimes food. Christmas morning with ham and eggs for breakfast and the odd one through the year, yes those darn calories, but gee they taste good! If I happen to find croissants at the end of the day on the markdown shelf at the store I buy a packet and …

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Bourbon steak

This is one of my sons recipes, he learnt off someone who was shown by a friends brother at an Uncles place? I love it’s simplicity and you don’t need much. Your favourite steak. 1 tablespoon butter Generous splash of your favourite bourbon. When your steak is 3/4 done on its second side add the …

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