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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 (Condensed Milk - This is a ready made coffee Condensed Milk tin) OR if you do not have this tin use 1 (14ozs) can of normal condensed milk and add 2 tsp of Nescafe dissolved in a bit of warm water. 2 tablespoons vanilla extract Method Combine all ingredients in a bowl or jug – keep in fridge. Once the ice cream maker is ready for use pour the mix i

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 200 ml of full Cream 50 g of Meringues For decoration 150 g Strawberries 1 tsp of icing sugar 1 tsp of lime juice Method Puree the strawberries, icing sugar and lime juice, add this to the cream, break or crush half of the meringues add to this mixture and keep to cool. Prepare the ice cream machine – add the vodka in the bottom of the ice

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: Ice cream making machine (table top) Keep freezer bowl in freezer for 8 hrs, covered in a bag so your fingers do not stick in the frozen bowl. Tip: and if it does get stuck onto the bowl, never pull it out, keeping against the bowl and for your body heat it will loosen. if you try to pull it your finger will get wounded! Method Combine half

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 26, 20201 min read


Iced Coffee for a Party
Recipe from my late BIL Nilhan De Silva Ingredients 100 gm Nescafe 1 pint boiling water 4 tins condensed milk small size 15 tins water...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 24, 20201 min read


Iced Coffee
Iced Coffee - this makes around 10 glasses Ingredients 1 tin small condensed milk 2 tablespoons sugar 1.5 tins iced water (measured from...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 24, 20201 min read


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


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


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


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


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


Berry Salad
Ingredients 8 cups mixed greens 1 cup raspberries 1 cup strawberries 1 cup blackberries 1 cup blueberries 1/2 cup cinnamon pecans/...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 7, 20201 min read


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


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


Marshmallows
Ingredients 2 x 7 gm sachets powdered gelatine sugar thermometer 450 gm/1 lb caster sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 tbsp sunflower oil 2...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 7, 20202 min read


Coconut Ice Bars
Who doesn't have a sweet tooth?? 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 temperature of 240 F. or soft ball stage, (place a little water in a small side dish and drop a little mixture into it and it forms a soft ball) to see if it has reached the right consistency. Take off the saucepan from the heat and put in the coconut and stir until the mixture slightly thickens. Then pour half i

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 7, 20201 min read


Milk Toffee
Ingredients 1 tin Condensed Milk (397 gm) Add quarter tin of water or milk to wash the tin with water or milk 450 gm sugar 100 gm butter 1 tsp Vanilla Essence Method Pour the tin of condensed milk into a pan, wash the tin with either water or milk till it reaches ¼ tin. Add the sugar and the butter and keep stirring for around 45 minutes on a low fire. To see if you have reached the correct setting point take a side plate put some water in it and drop a bit of milk toffee on

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 7, 20201 min read


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


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


Mulled Wine (another method)
Ingredients 85 gs Demerara (Brown) Sugar (cassonade in French) 1 tsp ground ginger ½ tsp grated nutmeg 1 stick cinnamon 70 cl bottle of...

Manique Abayasekara
Jun 7, 20201 min read


Mulled Wine Without Alcohol
Ingredients 1 Lt Apple Juice 2 Clementine 1 Lemon 15 cloves 1 inch piece of ginger 150 G sugar cinnamon stick Method Grate one rind off a...

Manique Abayasekara
Jun 7, 20201 min read


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
