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Chocolate and Cream Fruit Salad
Ingredients Seedless Grapes Strawberries Tinned Peaches Tinned Pears or any on your choice for the cream 400g condensed milk (small tin) 400g heavy cream or (400g cream cheese if you prefer) 1 yolk of an egg 1 tsp Vanilla essence for the ganache (for a harder topping) 200 g chocolate slab 200 g Heavy cream (for a softer topping) 200 g chocolate slab 200 g cream cheese Method First wash all the fruits and keep to drain. Then cut the strawberries in small pieces, cut the grape

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 22, 20232 min read


Italian Sponge Cake
Ingredients 120 gm granulated sugar 4 extra large eggs at room temperature (each egg should weigh approx. 70 gms) A pinch of salt 1 tsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 9, 20232 min read


Chicken bake another method
Ingredients Chicken breast (dending on how many you need) 3 Potatoes half a yellow and red Pepper a few pieces of cubed ham 1/4 tsp black...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 9, 20231 min read


Homemade Christmas Chocolate Bark
Ingredients Slabs of Chocolate milk, dark and white smarties jellies gummy bears mini marshmallows sprinkles M&Ms mini oreo cookies Items...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 9, 20231 min read


Christmas trees made with butter
Ingredients for plain butter Butter slightly soft or for any Herb Butter of your choice for Garlic Herb Butter unsalted butter parsley thyme chives garlic salt black pepper Method Chop the parsley, thyme, chives into small pieces, crush the garlic and mix in a bowl with the soft butter, add pepper and salt to taste. Then fill into the silicon mould and keep in freezer for at least 2 hours and then un mould. Cilantro Lime Herb Butter Ingredients 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 clove

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 6, 20231 min read


Chicken Bake
Ingredients Chicken breast or thighs Small onions whole or large Fresh Potatoes Carrots Beans Capsicum chillies or peppers olive oil salt...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 5, 20231 min read


Katta Sambal/Spicy Chili Sambal
Good to be eaten with Milk Rice/String Hoppers/Roti (flat bread) or Hoppers Ingredients 2 oz Dry Chillies or pieces 2 oz Onions 1/2 oz...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 5, 20231 min read


Golfer Cake
I made a marbled cake, covered with buttercream icing and then covered with green fondant. hand made the golfer, the clubs and caddie...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 5, 20231 min read


"Beatles" cake
This was made for a Beatles lover, looked at a photo and cut out fondant in the shapes of "The Beatles". I made a chocolate cake and...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 5, 20231 min read


Ho-Ho-Ho edition - how to Chocolates-Cakes-Cookies
Santa, Snowman shaped Chocolate pops Christmas Tree Cookies Christmas cake pieces in cupcake cases Christmas Tree cake Chocolate Bonbon...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 27, 20231 min read


Chocolate is Happiness that you can eat!!
Bouquet of Flowers - Very creative to hand as a gift Needed home made chocolates of various fillings Chocolate Foil/wrapping paper BBQ...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 16, 20231 min read


Steamed Chocolate Cake – on stove top
Dry Ingredients 1 Cup Four 2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder 1 tsp Baking Powder ½ tsp Baking Soda ¾ cup Powdered Sugar Wet ingredients ¾ Cup Milk ¼...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 16, 20231 min read


Christmas edition - fondant how to
How to make an Edible Penguin with Fondant Items needed toothpicks rolling mat rolling pin paint brush water Black fondant White fondant...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 15, 20233 min read


Sponge Cake another method
Ingredients 4 large Eggs 1 cup Granulated Sugar 1 cup all-purpose Flour 1 tsp Baking Powder 1/4 tsp Salt 1 tsp Vanilla extract few drops...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 15, 20231 min read


Fudge Balls in Microwave
around 12 minutes Ingredients 1 small tin Condensed Milk (397g) 1/2 cup sugar 2 tbsp Butter 1 tsp vanilla essence raisins Remember your Gloves - it can get very hot!! Method Take a microwave dish which is deep or more flat at the base. do not use the glass bowl as shown as it rises too often to the top and I had to keep opening the microwave to stir it. It is safer to use a deep dish which has a wider base or a Pyrex jug. Keep it in the microwave for 5 minutes, take out and s

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 13, 20231 min read


Buckwheat/Sarrasin Pancakes
Ingredients 120g Buckwheat flour in Geneva/France is called Sarrasin 100g Applesauce - I made my own 1 Egg 200ml Milk 1 tsp Vanilla...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 13, 20231 min read


Chickpea Flour Pancakes
Ingredients 1 cup Chickpea Flour 1 cup water 1 tsp turmeric 1 tsp chili flakes salt and pepper to taste 1 tbsp olive oil Method Take a...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20231 min read


Chickpea Flour Coconut Roti
(Healthy flat bread) Ingredients 1 cup Chickpea flour 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1 cup grated coconut Salt warm water a little Method Take...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20231 min read


Sweet and Sour Chicken
Ingredients 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts salt and pepper to taste 3/4 cups corn starch 1 eggs beaten 1/2 cup granulated sugar 4...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 3, 20231 min read


Frozen Buttercream Icing Transfers
Ingredients The flat work surface that will fit in your freezer (I used a glass for this purpose) Parchment paper Your Image printed to...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 30, 20232 min read


American Butter Cream Icing
Ingredients 226g unsalted butter 454g icing sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt 60-80g milk or heavy cream...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 30, 20231 min read


Mixed Fried Noodles
Ingredients 300g noodles 2 sausages 1 cup beef 1 breast of chicken 1 onion 4 cloves garlic 1 cup water 1 chicken soup cube ¼ cup soy...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 28, 20232 min read
