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Like Gardening?? Flower Pot cake
I made two 2 x 6 inch moist chocolate cakes, sandwich together with chocolate butter cream icing and then shaved the cake in the shape...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 24, 20201 min read
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Carrot Cake with Brandy Butter
Ingredients 2 cups sugar 1 1/3 cups vegetable oil 3 large eggs, at room temperature 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 2 cups plus 1...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 7, 20202 min read
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Butter Cake - Method 1
Ingredients 250 gm butter 250 gm sugar 250 gm self-raising flour 2 tsp baking powder 4 eggs 2 tsp milk 2 tsp vanilla Method Set oven to...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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Easy Fudge
Ingredients 2 ½ cups sugar ¼ cup butter 1 small can (5 oz evaporated milk 1 jar (7 ½ oz) Marshmallow fluff ¾ tsp salt ¾ tsp vanilla 1...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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Herb and Cheese Bread Balls in the shape of a Christmas Tree
Ingredients 3 sprigs of fresh Oregano, Rosemary and Parsley 500 gm of Flour 1.5 tsp salt 1 tablespoon of sugar 20 gm of Yeast 80 gm of...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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Grapefruit Cocktail
Ingredients grape fruits tablespoon sugar tablespoon Ginger preserve mint leaves you would need a grapefruit knife and a corer as shown...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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Chocolate with peppermint filling
Ingredient 4 cup softened butter 1/3 cup light corn syrup 1-2 tsp peppermint extract 3 cups icing sugar 2 cups dark dipping chocolate...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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Who doesn't have a sweet tooth?? Coconut Ice Bars
Ingredients 1 lb sugar 175 ml Water 4 oz Desiccated Coconut red food colouring Method Dissolve the sugar in the water and boil to a...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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Amarula Cheesecake (No Bake)
Ingredients 200 grams digestive biscuits (I used Speculos) 100 grams butter, melted 200 ml whipping cream - (crème fouetée) cold 150 ml...

Manique Abayasekara
Jun 7, 20202 min read
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Chocolate Biscuit Pudding
Ingredients Marie Biscuits a packet or two Milk a little to soak the biscuits For the Chocolate butter cream icing 1 oz Cocoa powder 2 oz...

Manique Abayasekara
Jun 7, 20201 min read
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Broken Glass Jelly
Ingredients 4 small boxes of Jelly, different colors 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 2 envelopes unflavoured gelatine Water...

Manique Abayasekara
May 25, 20201 min read
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Caramel Custard
Ingredients 1 tin condensed milk Half a tin of sugar (measured from the empty condensed milk tin) 1 ½ tins water (measured from the empty...

Manique Abayasekara
May 25, 20201 min read
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Amaretto Dessert
Ingredients 1/3 cup amaretto liqueur 2 tbsps sugar 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 cup heavy cream 8-ounce amaretti biscuits (soft almond macaroons)...

Manique Abayasekara
May 25, 20201 min read
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Rhubarb Chutney
Ingredients 700g Rhubarb 700g Sugar Handful of Sultanas 1 pint Vinegar Salt a little 1 oz/25g powdered Ginger or grated fresh ginger 1...

Manique Abayasekara
May 25, 20201 min read
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1 Minute Chocolate Fudge Frosting
Ingredients 400 g Powdered Sugar 80 g unsweetened Cocoa Powder 150 g Softened Butter 100 g Boiling Water 60 g Melted Dark Chocolate 75%...

Manique Abayasekara
May 24, 20201 min read
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Chocolate Ganache
Ingredients 1 cup heavy cream 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips Method Place chocolate chips in a bowl. Put the heavy cream in a pan and...

Manique Abayasekara
May 24, 20201 min read
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Butter Cream Icing
This quantity is enough for a 9 inch cake Ingredients 680 g sifted icing sugar 170 g unsalted butter at room temp. 4.5 tbsp milk 1.5...

Manique Abayasekara
May 24, 20202 min read
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May 24, 20200 min read
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Vanilla Biscuits
Ingredients 185 g butter 1 cup castor sugar 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 2 1/2 cup flour 1 egg 1 egg yolk Icing sugar to dust (optional) Method Preheat the oven to 180 c In a food processor mix the butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth Add the flour, egg and egg yolk and process until the mixture forms a soft dough Take the dough out of the processor and knead slightly bringing it together in ball and wrap it in cling film and place in the fridge for 30 minutes Roll the dough

Manique Abayasekara
May 24, 20201 min read
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How to make a Flower Vase Cake!
Nothing like a Flower Cake for the horticulturist in your life... Ingredients 12 mini cupcakes Butter icing You will need for assembly...

Manique Abayasekara
Apr 1, 20201 min read
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