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Sponge Cake
Ingredients 4 eggs 1 cup flour ¾ cup sugar 2 oz butter 1 tsp vanilla 3 tablespoon milk 1 tsp baking powder Jam or butter cream icing for...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 4, 20211 min read
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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....

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20211 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20213 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20211 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20212 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20211 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20213 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20212 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 2, 20211 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
May 3, 20211 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Jan 31, 20211 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Jan 31, 20212 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 19, 20202 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 15, 20201 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 15, 20201 min read
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Tips and Substitutes
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...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 14, 20207 min read
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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,...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 10, 20202 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 10, 20203 min read
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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...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20201 min read
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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 -...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20201 min read
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