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Winnie da Pooh cake
I made a square chocolate cake, Covered the square cake with green butter cream icing and got the design by just lifting a fork on the...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Sponge Bob cake
One of my first attempts!! Sponge cake with butter cream icing, fondant and skittles.

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Three Coloured Chocolate Mousse
Ingredients Smooth melting dark mousse 180 g Dark Cooking Chocolate 64% 450 g liquid cream ½ teaspoon agar (or 1 sheet gelatine) Smooth...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 3, 20221 min read


Apple and Cinnamon Jam
Ingredients 1 kg Apples, I used half Pink Lady and half Gala apples – use your choice of apple 200g sugar 1 small Cinnamon stick/ powder...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 3, 20221 min read


Creamy Chipolata and Bacon Pasta
Ingredients 1 packet Pasta 5 tbsp Butter 2 tbsp All purpose flour 4 cloves Garlic 2 cups of chicken stock 1 cup of heavy cream 2 tsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 3, 20221 min read


Mango Jelly
Ingredients 3 Fresh ripe Mangoes Strawberry Jelly or any flavour Cream Grapes and mint leaves for decoration Method slice a few mangoes,...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 2, 20221 min read


Vanilla Ice Cream (another method)
makes about 3/4 of a litre of ice cream: Ingredients 1 vanilla bean 4 egg yolks 90 g sugar 30 cl milk 20 cl liquid cream Method Whisk...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 2, 20221 min read


Vegetable Crescent roll
Ingredients Puff pastry circle Mozzarella cheese Coloured peppers Caramelized onions Salt and pepper 1 egg Method You could either buy...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 2, 20221 min read


Olive Pickle (Veralu achcharu)
another method Ingredients Raw olives with seeds tamarind paste 2 Tsp chili powder 1 Tsp pepper powder 1 Tsp salt 5 Tsp sugar Method Wash...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 2, 20221 min read


No Cook Coconut Ice
Ingredients 397g tin condensed milk 325g icing sugar 325g desiccated coconut Method With a wooden spoon mix together the condensed milk,...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 1, 20221 min read


Frosty the Snowman
Christmas cake inside Used a silicon mould in the shape of a snowman, poured the Christmas cake mixture and baked the cake. once cool I...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 1, 20221 min read


Ladies Fingers/Okra Masala
Bhindi (Okra) masala - a semi dry lightly spiced north Indian curry made with okra Ingredients 200-250 gm bhindi/okra 1 medium size...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 1, 20222 min read


Super moist Banana Bread
Ingredients 4 over ripe bananas 1/2 cup vegetable oil 3/4 cup granulated sugar or if you prefer less sugar use ½ cup 2 large eggs 1 tsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 30, 20221 min read


Mango Mousse Pudding
This recipe was given to me by Shanthi Akka Toronto Ingredients 1 can/tin mango pulp 2 peach Jello mix (jelly packets) 1 tub of cool whip...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 29, 20221 min read


Easy Chinese Noodles (Lo Mein)
Ingredients (serves 4) 226 gm ounces egg noodles 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 cups mushrooms, sliced (optional) 1 red...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 27, 20221 min read


Chocolate Mousse without eggs - sets in 5 minutes
Ingredients 250 g chocolate chips, buttons or pieces 150 g marshmallows (If its large marshmallows cut them into four) 50 g butter 4 tbsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 27, 20221 min read


Chicken curry (Sri Lankan style)
Ingredients to marinade Cut and wash chicken into smaller sizes than usually used (take skin off unless you like to eat the skin) 4 stiks...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 27, 20222 min read


Chocolate Amaretto Cake
Ingredients 1st step 500 gms Amaretto biscuits 100 gms flaked Almonds 100 gms sugar 1 rind of an orange 2 step 4 eggs – beat in a bowl...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 26, 20221 min read


Rice Flour Waffles
I was able to make 5 waffles with this quantity Ingredients 300 g Rice flour 1.5 tsp Baking powder for dough 2 Eggs 1.5 tsp Sugar a pinch...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 26, 20221 min read


Cucumber Raita
Serves: 2 cups Ingredients 2 cups of plain unsweetened natural yogurt juice of 1 lemon 1 English cucumber, roughly chopped 1/2 red chili,...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 26, 20221 min read


Mango and Passion Fruit Jam
Ingredients 450g mango (approx. 1 fruit) 4 passion fruits 1 Tbsp lemon juice 250 gm of Sugar 1 packet of Gelling agent-this contains...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 25, 20221 min read


Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Ingredients 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 3 extra-large eggs at room...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 22, 20222 min read


