Kulfis are an Indian no-churn take on ice cream. They use evaporated milk to get that wonderful caramelised milky taste to them. The reasonably high sugar and fat content also makes them almost fudgy when you slice a spoon through them.
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Wee Miso Coconut Cakes
I write this post about Japanese inspired cakes with an Indian cookbook open on one side and some Mexican inspired soup on the other from my sofa in Christchurch where my favourite eatery is the Afghan restaurant.
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Banana Hazelnut Cakes with Cream Cheese Muscovado Icing
I made these so long ago that I had to re-make them in order to remember what on earth I even put into them. Classic. Luckily I remembered and they were just as good the second time around. If you're partial to the odd banana cake then I recommend giving these a hoon if you're in the mood for something a little bit more spesh.
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Little Lemon Courgette Cakes With Goats Cheese Icing
These were made as part of a dessert for The Supper Club. For those who don't know, Dylan and I often invite silly numbers of people around for dinner and then ply them with food and liquor until they have no choice but to roll home. Often a heavy desert is the last thing anyone wants at the end of one of these things so I opted for something lighter and less sweet than a typical stodgy pud.
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Chocolate Hazelnut Baci Cakes
First time around these little cakes were an excellent wee case study on the art of perseverance. To summarise I managed to wreck two batches of ganache, accidentally make hazelnut butter as well as accidentally melting my cream up with melted chocolate that was too hot. Too much chocolate had been invested to give up so I kept on keeping on until I ended up with six actually pretty good looking baci cakes.
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Delicious Banana, Blueberry Nut Pancakes
I had some trouble naming these. It sounds kind of flat when you just list the main ingredients in the title. There are also too many delicious ingredients in these to include without starting to sound ridiculous.
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Brown Sugar Ice Cream
‘Tis the season for custard and not just of the liquid on pudding variety. My ice cream machine has had a reasonably easy few winter months but now that summer is here it is time for it to get a proper cranking.
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Lemon and Gingerade
So somehow since my last post September suddenly turned into mid December. How did that happen? Is this what happens as you get older? Is there a cruel devil mistress out there that speeds time up as some sort of sick and twisted joke? I feel like childhood advent calendars have a lot to do with drawing out the latter months of the year - you are aware of each passing day rather than witness to a full on time blur.
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Lemon Chia Polenta Cakes
I went out to dinner with a group of bloggers and ‘instafamous’ people the other night. I felt really old. I’m only 24.
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Salted Caramel Hummingbird Cake
Dylan came home to this three layer tower that we didn’t know what to do with. It ended up being dropped off into his office where everyone could enjoy it the next day. I have to say it must be weird having someone’s girlfriend just send in towers of cake and treats just because she was bored at home.
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