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The Best Vanilla Sponge
Ingredients 4 Large Eggs (200g) 400g Castor Sugar (2 cups) 237 ml/1 cup Whole Milk 112g Unsalted Butter 1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract 260 g All...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 17, 20222 min read
 
 
 


Mini Pineapple upside down dessert/cakes
Ingredients Double quantity of condensed milk cake  (see under cake recipes) 6 pineapple rings 6 Glacé cherries 1 ½ ozs butter 2 ozs...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 17, 20221 min read
 
 
 


How to make fondant flowers
Things needed Coloured fondant Rolling pin toothpicks flower wire cutter or rose petal cutter ball tool sponges paint brush edible glue...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 16, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Condensed Milk Cake
(can be used as a cake base) Ingredients 2 eggs 1½ cups plain flour or 210 g 1 tsp baking powder ¾ cup butter or 150 g, melted ½ tsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 16, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Pineapple upside down dessert
Ingredients 1 cup of firmly packed dark brown sugar 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 can (20 oz) of pineapple slices 3 tablespoons of the...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 15, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Roast Chicken
Ingredients 2 full chicken 1 Lemon juice squeezed Soya sauce about ¼ cup 2 tbsp Mustard paste with seeds (Ancienne make French) or home...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 15, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Chocolate Slipper Coffee cake
I first drew out a shape of a slipper on parchment paper, then cut out, rolled out chocolate fondant and cut as per paper. Pasted with...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 10, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Girl with hand bag cake
Chocolate cake covered with chocolate butter cream icing, made wave with a fork and placed a girl seated with a hand bag with fondant.

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 9, 20221 min read
 
 
 


How to....
How to peel Garlic Take the full bulb of garlic, cut both ends and put into a glass bottle and shake vigorously, all the peel will fall...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 9, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Ice Cream and Cake – no machine needed
This creamy, ice cream recipe is loaded with bits of Iced cake and sprinkles! Ingredients 2 cups heavy whipping cream 1 Tbsp. vanilla...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 8, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Minnie Mouse cake
Chocolate cake, covered with white fondant, Mini mouse face, covered a rigi-foam with black fondant, cut out face with pink fondant, and...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 8, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Mini Croissants
Ingredients for the croissant Flaky pastry sheet ready made circle or you could make the pastry sheet at home. For the filling 500 gm...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 7, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Pizza Sauce
Makes 3 bottles of sauce Ingredients 1 Onion 1 pip garlic 1 tbsp oil 2 strands of Rosemary 1 tsp tomato concentred (Puree) - (bottle or...

Manique Abayasekara
Jul 31, 20221 min read
 
 
 


How to Pizza
Pizza Margherita or Mixed Pizza Use The basic pizza base - this will make  4  Pizza 20cm Ingredients 500g flour 1 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 cube...

Manique Abayasekara
Jul 31, 20222 min read
 
 
 


Pizza dough - Basic
The basic recipe for your yeast dough creations such as pizza, pide or pies. All that remains is to garnish the dough as you wish, put it...

Manique Abayasekara
Jul 31, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Easy Aubergine/Eggplant recipe
Superb for breaky with bread n butter!! Ingredients 1 big Aubergine 3 coloured peppers 2 Tomatoes 2 pips Garlic 1 Onion 2 Green chilli a...

Manique Abayasekara
Jul 21, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Saffron rice with pomegranate, orange and pistachios
Ingredients 50g unsalted butter 1 onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 200g basmati rice 1 big pinch saffron 300ml...

Manique Abayasekara
Jul 20, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Fish Curry
You could use Seer Fish or Para Fish for this - even pink salmon goes well... Ingredients 2 Tbsp oil 1 tsp Dill seeds 1 Large Onion 2...

Manique Abayasekara
Jul 20, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Crossword puzzle cake
Made a chocolate cake, with dark chocolate butter cream icing, M1 Tip swirled the roses on it. Took a pink piece of fondant and rolled it...

Manique Abayasekara
Jul 19, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Aubergine/Eggplant Brinjal Pachadi
My mum's recipe - the best I have tasted!! Ingredients 6 Brinjals (Aubergine/ eggplant) hand full of Red onions (full) Green chilies slit...

Manique Abayasekara
Jul 19, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Marshmallow Dessert with Fruits
Ingredients 2 egg whites ½ cup sugar 2 tsp Gelatine powdered ½ cup warm water 2 tsp vanilla fruits cherries and strawberries Method Put...

Manique Abayasekara
Jul 19, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Fruit Dessert
Ingredients 1 Tin peaches in syrup Sponge cake Jam to spread Set jelly Custard Cream Strawberries or raspberries Grated chocolate Method...

Manique Abayasekara
Jul 18, 20221 min read
 
 
 


