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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


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


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


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


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


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 consistency How to make Beat the butter till it is creamy then gradually add the icing sugar and vanilla. Add the cocoa powder and then add some milk. You could add more cocoa powder if you like a darker colour of chocolate butter cream icing. Chocolate Buttercream Icing Recipe (makes around 3 cups of icing sugar) Method 2 ingredients 1 teaspoon 2

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20213 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...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20212 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...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 2, 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...

Manique Abayasekara
May 3, 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...

Manique Abayasekara
Jan 31, 20211 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...

Manique Abayasekara
Jan 31, 20212 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...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 19, 20202 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...

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...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 15, 20201 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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 tablespoons instead of 6 for less sugar) 1 tablespoon butter ¼ cup chopped cashew nuts ¼ cup raisins 1 tsp Vanilla essence NB: *Be careful it is very hot, best if you wear oven gloves. My method – 6 minutes 50 seconds Since I used half a tin Condensed Milk, and added much less sugar and then added ½Tablespoon butter and put these in a large t

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 -...

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...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20201 min read
