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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


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


Milk Toffees
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...

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


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


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


Apple, Date & Raisin Chutney
Ingredients 4 Green apples 10 dates 2 tsp chilli powder Salt to taste 2 big garlic A piece of ginger A spoon of mustard paste 1/2 a cup...

Manique Abayasekara
May 25, 20201 min read


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
