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Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20211 min read
Coffee butter cream icing
Ingredients 250 g butter at room temperature 500 g icing sugar sieved ¼ tsp vanilla extract 3 Tbsp. instant coffee granules 1 ½ Tbsp....
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Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20213 min read
Fresh Strawberry Sponge Cake
Ingredients 4 Large Eggs (200g) at room temperature 2 cups (400g) Granulated Sugar 8 fl oz (1 cup) Whole Milk 113g (8Tbsp)Unsalted Butter...
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Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20211 min read
Cream Cheese Buttercream Recipe for Red Velvet cake
Ingredients 115 g Unsalted Butter (at room temperature) 226 g Cream Cheese ( room temperature) 3/4 Cups of Icing Sugar 1 Tsp. Vanilla...
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Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20212 min read
Red Velvet Cake
Ingredients 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon...
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Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20211 min read
Coffee Cake
Melted butter sponge This quantity makes 1 ½ pounds of cake + 2lbs with icing (18 eggs makes 6 lbs 4 oz with icing) Ingredients 6 oz...
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Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20213 min read
Chocolate Butter Cream Icing
Method 1 Ingredients 125 g butter 250 g icing sugar 1 Tsp vanilla 2-3 Tbsps. cocoa powder. Add a few tbsp. of milk for dripping...
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Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20212 min read
Swiss Buttercream
For a wedding cake (or most of one, depending on the size) Ingredients 2 cups of egg whites (approx. 12 large) 3 cups sugar 5 cups...
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Manique Abayasekara
Oct 2, 20211 min read
Woodapple Cream - Divul kiri
Ingredients 4 Wood Apple Fruits (divul gedi) Jaggery or Kitul honey Salt to taste Coconut milk boiled Water Method Cut the wood apples...
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Manique Abayasekara
May 3, 20211 min read
Onions Sauce or Gravy
Ingredients 1 Chicken stock cube 1/2 cup water 3 large Onions 2 tbsp Oil 1 tsp Mustard seeds 1 tsp Chili powder Salt to taste 1 tbsp...
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Manique Abayasekara
Jan 31, 20211 min read
Anniversary Cake
Made a two tiered Christmas cake/wedding cake inside, covered with buttercream icing and fondant, cut out the flowers with a cutter. With...
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Manique Abayasekara
Jan 31, 20212 min read
Bread Fish Buns/Malu Paan
Ingredients For the bread dough 500 g Flour 2 Tablsp Sugar 50 gms Margarine 1 tablsp yeast 2 tsp lime juice/vinegar 2 tsp salt 1 1/3 cup...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Its Pouring! Beer Bottle Gravity Cake
Stuff Needed 6" x 3 round cakes butter cream icing chocolate butter cream icing a round cake board 8" or 10" empty beer bottle or can a...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 15, 20201 min read
Scotch Pancakes or American Pancakes
Ingredients 135g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 2 tbsp caster sugar 130ml milk 1 large egg, lightly beaten 2 tbsp melted...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 15, 20201 min read
Mango Magic
This quantity is for one glass Ingredients 2 cubes of Mango puree or pulp (set in ice cube trays) 3 ice cubes 150 ml water 2 tsp sugar...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 14, 20206 min read
Tips and Tricks
Cupcakes: Some of you have trouble with your cupcakes RISING! Start with 375°F temperature and once they JUMP, turn down to 325°F and...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 11, 20202 min read
Chinese Rolls
Ingredients for the pancake batter 2 cups Flour 2 Eggs 500 ml Milk a little Butter/vegetable oil pinch salt 1 tsp sugar Method In a bowl,...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 11, 20202 min read
Homemade Marzipan- without eggs
Ingredients 1 cup blanched and ground almonds – almond flour is the easiest way to get this ingredient, but you could buy blanched...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 10, 20202 min read
Home-made edible sugar lace
Ingredients 1 Tbsp Tylose 1/4 cup BOILING Water 1 Tbsp confectioner sugar 2 level tbsp corn starch 1/4 tsp meringue powder/egg white...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 10, 20203 min read
I am a gadget freak and have a lot of gadgets....
Can we do without our Tools and Gadgets?? click here for some more gadgets and here for more and here and here for some Electrical...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20201 min read
Milk Toffee - Microwave -YES
Milk Toffee made in the microwave (make 16) Ingredients Half tin small size Condensed Milk (198.50 gm) 6 tablespoons sugar (use only 3...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20201 min read
Candied Ginger
Ingredients 1 pound peeled and sliced ginger, preferably young/smaller roots, sliced about 1/8 inch thick (by hand or use a mandolin -...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20201 min read
Onion Confit for Tartelettes
something like a onion jam Ingredients 300 gm of sliced onions 2 tablespoons of grape seed oil 2/3 cup of red wine 40 gm of white sugar...
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