This cake can be made with any fruit. Plums, Nectarines, Peaches and Apricots are nice. Today I used Dark Cherries, and they were very sweet. The cake was tasty, but I wished if the Cherries were sour. If you have sour Cherries, they would be perfect. Makes 18cm x 27cm Cake Tin *OR similar size …
Using the same ingredients of Christmas Cake, I made these cupcakes today. I just mixed Brandy-soaked Dried Fruit and some Almonds with ‘Basic Cupcake’ batter. Much quicker to bake and easier to share with people. The smell and the flavour of these cupcakes are so Christmassy! Makes 12 Cupcakes Ingredients 2 cups Mixed Dried Fruit*Note: …
I wonder why these biscuits are called ‘Empire Biscuits’. It seems there are different names in different regions, but I call them ‘Empire Biscuits’. I use my old classic ‘Shortbread’ recipe for the biscuits. Many people use red coloured Glacé Cherries for the topping, but I prefer natural coloured ones. This is a perfect treat …
When you cook cakes in a rice cooker, only bottom side can get browned, but it is fine for Upside-down Cakes. I don’t bake Upside-down Cakes in the oven any more. Rice cooker is the easiest and most energy efficient method. Today I cooked this popular Pineapple Upside-down Cake. You wouldn’t believe that I just …
I have shared some Yoghurt Ice Cream recipes on this website. This is certainly the easies one. One day, when I had some leftover Yoghurt, whipped Cream and homemade Cherry Jam, I mixed them all together and made a simple dessert for myself, and it was actually really yummy. Today I made them into Ice …
Cherry Jam can be made with canned Pitted Cherries. The other day, when I needed Cherry Jam to make a dessert, the Cherry Jam left in the jar was not enough. Someone must have eaten it. I didn’t want to drive to a store, I made jam with a can of Pitted Cherries as I …
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. …
Frozen Butter Puff Pastry if very handy to stock in the freezer. I often make pies and snacks using Puff Pastry. Today I wrapped Cherry filling and baked in the oven. As Cherries are not in season now and I couldn’t find Frozen Cherries either, I used 1 can of Pitted Cherries. It was super …
I needed to use some leftover Mixed Dried Fruit, so I decided to add them to Scones. All my Scone recipes are based on Auntie Loran’s recipe that doesn’t require Egg. The amount of the leftover Mixed Dried Fruit was not enough, so I added extra Sultanas and Black Currants. I was afraid that I …
I had a lot of leftover Dried Fruit in my pantry. I decided to make a Fruit Cake and looked for recipes. I found many recipes on the internet, but most recipes are for a very large cake. So, I used my Basic Pound Cake recipe, replaced Caster Sugar with Brown Sugar, and added Dried …
When I wanted to make a Cherry Pie and looked for recipes, I couldn’t find any recipes that were suitable for my 22.5cm Pyrex pie dish which I normally use. I like this pie dish because it is right size for my family and easy to clean. This recipe is for this particular pie dish. …
According to the ‘Cherry Varenyky’ recipes I found, I should use fresh Cherries. Cherry season in Melbourne is December. It’s March now. I couldn’t wait that long and I decided to use Frozen Cherries. It’s challenging to make ‘Cherry Varenyky’ using Frozen Cherries OR Canned Cherries, but it can be done. The juice that comes …