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Chocolate Gelato
This took 40 minutes to be ready in my ice cream machine Ingredients 150 g sugar 200 g milk – 200 ml 200 g cream – 200 ml 75 g dark...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 9, 20211 min read
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Sweet and salty crunchy nut bars
Ingredients 200 gm dark chocolate 100 gm milk chocolate 125 gm butter 3 tbsp golden syrup 250 gm salted peanuts (I used cashew nuts) 6 x...

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 8, 20211 min read
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Mango Cheese Cake (No bake)
15 cm round pan Ingredients Cookie base 80 g/3 oz cookies 40g/3Tbsp Melted butter Method for Cookie base Take a zip lock bag put the...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 30, 20212 min read
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Rose cake with homemade Chocolates on top
Make a 8 inch sponge cake, cut it in two and layer it with strawberry flavoured pink butter cream icing and cover with pink colour...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 28, 20211 min read
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Some more Gadgets
Chocolate Themormeter Spring Foam Tins Chocolate Thermometer Spatulas Whisks Vegetable Peelers and cutters Cake Tester Butter and Oil...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Sugar Thermometer
Temperature ranges given below may vary. This is only a guide for cooked sugar. You could do the water test by dropping in a spoon of...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 5, 20211 min read
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Chocolate Eclairs
CHOUX PASTRY for chocolate éclairs this quantity make 32 small eclairs Ingredients 6 oz /150 ml Water 1/2 Tsp Salt 4 oz/ 113.40 gm Butter...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 5, 20211 min read
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Gadgets
Spring Form Pan Different shapes of Spring Form tins/pans Chocolate Dipping Fork and Spoon ---------------------------------------------...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 5, 20211 min read
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Christmas Cake
Make 3 months before Christmas Ingredients 112 g Raisins 112 g Sultana 112 g Plums 56 g Currents 56 g Mixed Peel 56g Pumpkin preserve ½...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 4, 20212 min read
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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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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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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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