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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


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...

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


Tartelette with Onion Confit
Ingredients Onion Confit (recipe under Onion Confit ) 1 puff pastry /flaky pastry - you can make your own or buy from supermarket Fresh...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20201 min read


Baked Sausage Roll ring
Ingredients Hot dog Sausages Sheet of rectangular flaky pastry (either made at home or shop bought) Either a tin of baked beans Or...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20201 min read


Cocktail Sausages
Ingredients 100g ginger conserve 100g wholegrain mustard 15ml tablespoon garlic oil 15ml tablespoon soy sauce 50 cocktail sausages 1...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20201 min read


Chili Jam
To be eaten with cold meats or cheese platter - Makes approx. 1.5. Litres - Great gift idea Chili Jam Ingredients 150g long fresh red...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20201 min read


Nectarine and Pineapple Chutney
Ingredients 8 nectarines Use Ripe & Half Ripe Boiling water Fresh Pineapple or a Tin of Pineapple Rings 2 3 /4 cups of sugar. 1 1/2 cups...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20201 min read


Base for Pickle/Chutney
This is a Sri Lankan specialty, a meal is not complete without a spoonful of this tasty sweet and spicy pickle (Malay) made with...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 8, 20202 min read


Who likes to Fly?
Made a green and pink colour two layered melt in the mouth sponge cake for a first birthday, covered with green butter cream icing and...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 3, 20201 min read


Strawberry Delight
Soft Chocolate cake, covered with chocolate butter cream icing, chocolate sticks around the cake and fresh strawberries placed on top....

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 3, 20201 min read


Chocolate Cake -method 1
recipe given by my sister Kissan Wijetunge Ingredients 250 g all-purpose flour 330g caster sugar 1 cup milk 3 eggs 225 g butter ½ cup...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 29, 20201 min read


Biscuit recipe
Ingredients 4 oz butter 4 oz sugar 1 egg 8 oz flour 1 tsp baking powder A few drops of vanilla A little milk Caster sugar to dredge...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 28, 20201 min read


Chocolate Smartie Cookies makes approx. 50 cookies
Ingredients 100 g butter, softened 80 g of sugar 1 pinch of salt 1 fresh egg 80 g chocolate powder 200 g of flour About 340 g Smarties A...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 28, 20201 min read


Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Ingredients 1/2 pound unsalted butter 1 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 2 extra-large...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 28, 20201 min read


Coffee Ice Cream
Makes about 1 1/2 quarts Ingredients 4 cups (2 pts.) half ¬and ¬half or light cream 1 (14 oz.) can Nestle Milkmaid Ice Coffee mix...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 28, 20201 min read


Strawberry Meringue Ice Cream
– with preparation method in my automatic ice cream maker – Ingredients 250 g fresh Strawberries 150g of Icing sugar 2 tsp of Lime juice...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 28, 20201 min read


Vanilla Ice Cream (no cooking and no eggs required)
Ingredients 4 Cups half and half cream 1/2 cup heavy cream 3/4 cups white sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 pinch salt You would need:...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 26, 20201 min read
