Tiramisu is one of my absolute favourite desserts. I love the creamy mascarpone and I love the mellow coffee flavour but what I love most is that it was one of my moms favourite desserts, and one she made incredibly well! My dad always jokes that my mom put so much alcohol in her tiramisu, after 3 bites you were drunk as a skunk! I remember one year at Christmas she made a huge dish of tiramisu but I never even tasted it…none of the kids were allowed in fact. She confessed that instead of adding a few tablespoons of Tia Maria, she actually added half the bottle! I also…
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If you vowed to start your diet on this Monday, avert your eyes immediately. Because these ice cream Sundaes are so insanely good, you will almost definitely fall off the rails. I have to confess though, that I’m not the biggest fan of ice cream usually. I just feel like if I am going to be eating something sweet and calorie filled, there are so many other options I would rather go for. But with these sundaes I can eat buckets of ice cream. Most probably because the ice cream is topped with the gooeyest of gooey sauces. Sweet with a little bit of saltiness, sticky and chocolatey, this Salty…
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you’ll know that I shared some very (read: VERY VERY VERY) exciting news late last year. Before I get to that news here, on my blog, however, I need to start at the beginning. I started my blog two and a half years ago when my twins were about 10/11 months. I was a stay-at-home-mom who had been a make-up and hair artist before I fell pregnant and had to stop working/studying due to being pregnant with twins (standing 12 hours a day is not exactly healthy when you are carrying twins). My blog was a way to not only share my…
Is there anything more delicious than a fresh, ripe Nectarine? I just can’t get enough of them at the moment and try to eat them everyday (if my kids don’t finish them all before I get a chance to grab one). I’ve never really cooked with nectarines and wanted to do something quite special with them so I decided to make a tart with them. After much deliberation and research (gosh, I’m making it sound quite serious, aren’t I?), I decided to make a Frangipane tart. When I was younger I had this idea that frangipane tarts are hard work and that only experienced pastry chefs could pull…
I have wanted to make Baklava for years now but I always thought it was one of those desserts that was just too difficult to make yourself (or one of those desserts that I’m just too lazy to make myself). But when I received some of Mediterranean Delicacies’ (MD) phyllo pastry, I thought it necessary to give this delicious Greek dessert a try. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was. The MD phyllo pastry is light and delicate and working with it was incredibly easy. I loved how it wouldn’t dry out immediately (like some other phyllos) if I didn’t cover it with a damp cloth and that…
Even though I posted last week, I consider this my official comeback into the blogging world. I’ve really missed it so much and what better way to make said comeback than with Churros. Yet again, my love for fried dough has won me over, and it’s won me over big time. I’ve always had a soft spot for a good doughnut but Churros are in a league of their own. I have always wanted to make them myself after once tasting them at a food festival but once I found out you have to make the batter, which is almost identical to making Choux pastry, I was hesitant. I have…
I know you might say I’m evil for posting this first thing on a Monday morning. But sometimes, all you need is some chocolate to get you through the day. That’s why I thought I would share my favourite chocolate recipes with you. Funnily enough, I’m not one of those people who need to have chocolate all the time, but I do get intense cravings every now and then and when those cravings hit, I am so desperate for chocolate that I would contemplate selling my kidneys some. It’s no wonder then that there are a plethora of fabulous chocolate quotes out there and these are some of my…
Since I started blogging almost 2 years ago, I haven’t gone a week without posting at least one thing. So this will be a first for me. I’m taking a little break from blogging for a couple of weeks while I work on some projects I have going on. I will most definitely be back so don’t think for a second that I am saying goodbye, I just need to focus all of my attention elsewhere at the moment. This way, when I come back, I’ll be full of new life and will hopefully have plenty of new things to share with you. What I will be doing is…
How often does it happen that you’re planning a camping trip or a vacation to a self-catering apartment somewhere and you have to pack a million different containers for all the different food stuffs you need to take? Sugar, milk, coffee…no more. With Cafe Enrista’s nifty and convenient sachets, all you need is boiling water. The coffee comes with sugar and creamer in a super convenient packet ready to tear open and add hot water to. What more do you want when you’re sitting around a bushveld fire or on a long road trip? All you need is a hot water flask. I was sent an enormous basket of goodies…
This is the second week that I’ve started off with a dessert recipe, but during Winter, sometimes that’s all you need. And this being my birthday week, it’s even more justified. Banana Cream Pie is something I’ve been dying to try. As I’ve mentioned before, I have quite a fascination with American food and I’ve ventured into it just slightly. We only recently got The Food Network in South Africa and I’ve been kind of hooked on some of those shows. Some, I don’t care for as much but The Barefoot Contessa (Ina Garten – I love you!) and Diners, Drive-ins and Dives have been two of my favourites. DDD…
