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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


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


Marshmallow Fondant
Marshmallow Fondant is easy to make. You can cover cakes and cookies with it. It tastes good too!! Ingredients 1 bag (280g) Mini...

Manique Abayasekara
May 24, 20203 min read


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


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


Fondant
There are many ways to make fondant - you could also buy it ready made in the store Method 1 Rolled fondant is the fondant that can be...

Manique Abayasekara
May 24, 20201 min read


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

Manique Abayasekara
May 24, 20200 min read


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
