I have wanted to try my hand at a checkerboard cake for ages, but have never quite gotten around to it. But every March, Andrew’s birthday comes around, which means that the search begins for a new variation on chocolate…
Oh, I made such a big mistake when I was on leave. I went to Toorak to visit the Xocoalatl store, and on the way back I found the Prahran Market, which turns out to be a Catherine trap of…
I visited my best friend in Darwin last week. It wasn’t the most successful visit we’ve had – my friend has a toddler, and he was sick, and then he gave his lurgy to his dad, and then his mum.…
We have been getting some disgustingly hot weather recently, and as a big fan of not cooking in hot weather, I’ve been trying to be organised so that we can get something healthy on the table without having to heat…
This was my first attempt at modifying Kirsten Tibbals’ recipe for Passionfruit Pâté de Fruit using the Lotus brand of Citrus Pectin. And… first time lucky, apparently, because this really worked. It’s nothing like my old pectin jellies, but it’s…
This is a continuation from my previous lab book post, as I’m still working on how to get the best results with the two kinds of pectin I’ve been using by modifying the two recipes I’ve been given. The main…
When I originally started this blog, a big part of the point of it was keeping track of my more successful culinary experiments so that I could repeat them as needed. I haven’t really done that, but today I definitely…
Wow, I’ve finally caught up with all the pre-programmed posts and here I am… in, it must be said, a rather less auspicious space than I would prefer to be at this time of year. It’s been a difficult year…
A while back, one of my Professors welcomed me back from long service leave with a copy of Deceptive Desserts: A Lady’s Guide to Baking Bad, by Christine McConnell. I was particularly taken by her recipe for Screamberries, and my…
Why yes, this is indeed another Wedding Cake Leftovers post. Is anyone really surprised by this? This time, the cake bits in question were the vegan sachertorte cakes. I also had leftover dark chocolate, leftover milk and leftover cream –…
