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    Coffee Cake with Walnut Cinnamon Crumble

    My ‘Basic Butter Cake’ is very versatile and you can add a variety of flavours. Today I added Coffee, so this is actually coffee flavoured cake. I also added Cinnamon Crumble made with Walnuts. You can add Cocoa Powder instead of Coffee. Walnuts can be replaced with Pecans OR Almonds. Coffee lovers would love this …

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    Banana Muffins

    Made with only 1/4 cup Oil, these Banana Muffins have much lighter texture than my ‘Banana Cupcakes’. Today I added sliced Bananas on top. These Banana pieces look good and also taste great. Makes 12 Muffins Ingredients 2 cups Self-Raising Flour3/4 cup Caster Sugar *OR 1/2 cup for less sweet Muffins1/2 teaspoon Salt1 Egg *whisked1 …

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    Almond Meal Sponge Cake

    This is a super simple Sponge Cake made with Almond Meal. It is gluten-free as no Wheat Flour is used, and also dairy-free. No technique is necessary, but you need to beat Eggs very well until thick and pale to make the cake fluffy. The Almond topping is optional. DO NOT add it if you …

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    Coconut Muffins

    The other day I made ‘Basic Plain Muffins’ replacing Milk with Coconut Milk, and the result was pretty good, but a little bland as you can imagine. Today I added Diced Dried Apricot and Shredded Coconut as topping. I think Dried Pineapple would be good, too. These Muffins smell so good. Makes 12 Muffins Ingredients …

  • Cold Sweets

    No-Bake Cherry Jam Cheesecake

    My ‘Basic No-Bake Cheesecake’ recipe is very versatile. It is a quite firm Cheesecake and you can add extra ingredients such as fruit OR fruit puree to create a variety of flavours. Today I added Cherry Jam. The base is made with Arnott’s Choc Ripple Biscuits. I strongly recommend cocoa flavoured base for this Cheesecake. …

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    ‘Kinako’ Pound Cake

    ‘Kinako’ is Japanese name for Finely Ground Roasted Soy Beans. It is often used for cooking and baking, but you might be unfamiliar with it. ‘Kinako’ is 100% Soy Beans and it’s a natural protein powder. Many people add it to drinks, yoghurt, etc. I have shared the recipe of my memorable childhood snack ‘Kinako …

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    Rice Cooker Orange Upside-down Cake

    The other day, I baked Orange Upside Down Cake. The top of the cake was nicely browned but the most important bottom was not browned. I was very disappointed, but I instantly thought about cooking it in the rice cooker. All my Upside-down Cakes can be superbly cooked in the rice cooker, because the bottom …

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    Soft & Moist Chocolate Cake

    Auntie Lorna’s Boiled Chocolate Cake is delicious, but it cracks badly every time I bake it. I don’t know what I am doing wrong. Then I started to modify the recipe. I first reduced Flour. Then replaced Butter with Oil. The cake turned very soft and moist, but too fragile. So I reduced Oil. The …

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    Soft & Moist Custard Powder Cake

    This is a very simple Custard Powder Cake. This cake is much softer than my ‘Custard Powder Butter Cake’. You don’t use Butter. You only need 1/4 cup Oil. I recommend Sunflower Oil. If you use plant-based Milk, it can be dairy-free. The batter of this cake is very thin. You need to be careful …

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    Black Sesame & Coconut Milk Cake

    Black Sesame Seeds are not a popular cooking ingredient in Australia. People don’t use it for cooking. In Japan where I grew up, Black Sesame Seeds are used for many desserts. I believe the flavours of Black Sesame and Coconut are a good match. This cake doesn’t look very pretty but it smells amazing and …

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    Custard Powder Butter Cake

    When I was given my husband’s family’s old recipes, I came across quite a few recipes that require Custard Powder. Theo’s Sponge (Custard Powder Sponge) is one of them. I never knew about Custard Powder until I first saw my husband’s mother making Custard with it. It seemed Custard Powder used to be an essential …

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    Rice Cooker Soufflé Sponge Cake

    To make Soufflé Sponge Cake, you need to prepare the cake tin properly and steam bake it in the oven using a water bath. The other day I tried to cook it in my rice cooker to find out what would happen. The cake was cooked well, though it didn’t look very pretty. Probably it …

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