Super moist chocolate cake
Preheat the oven to moderately slow, 160 degrees C/140 degrees C fan-forced. Grease a deep 20cm round cake tin and line the base with baking paper Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs ... [... more]
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Easter Lilies (Lilium longiflorum)
Easter Lilies are a fragrant lily, with white trumpet-like flowers that blooms around Easter in the Northern Hemisphere (spring). Their popularity makes them the fourth-largest potted floral crop. They were originally native to Southern Japan and ... [... more]
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Classic yeast plait
Reserve a little flour and place the rest in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre. Heat 2 tbsp milk and 1 tsp sugar until lukewarm; sprinkle on yeast to dissolve. Pour the yeast mixture into the well; cover lightly with the reserved ... [... more]
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Classic Shortbread
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in vanilla; add flour and mix well. Roll out to 1cm thickness and cut out desired shapes with biscuit cutters. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. 500g butter, softened 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 500g plain flour [... more]
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My Mum's Rum Balls
Crumble the cake in a food processor and place the crumbs in a large bowl with all ingredients. Mix together. Start with one tablespoon of rum and add more to help it bind. Roll the balls dessicated coconut and place on large plate in the fridge. ... [... more]
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Roast lamb dinner
Preheat the oven to 220°C. Place the lamb in a large roasting pan and brush it all over with a little of the oil. Season well with pepper. If you are using the garlic, make 1-cm-deep slits with a small, sharp knife in the leg of lamb, and press a ... [... more]
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Baked cod with potatoes, tomatoes & rocket
Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine potato, onion, oil and half the salt in a medium baking dish. Stir tomato, garlic and oregano into potato mixture. Spread the rocket over the top in an even layer. Top with fish steaks. Sprinkle with remaining ... [... more]
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Barbecued Fillet Steaks with Shallot Butter
In a medium saucepan, mix together wine (reserving 1 teaspoon), oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic and oregano. Bring to a boil, and then remove from heat. Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour or until chilled. Place fillet steaks in a 23x30cm ... [... more]
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Biscotti recipe
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time; beat until fluffy. Stir in the aniseed and vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and add them to the egg mixture along with the chopped almonds. Stir ... [... more]
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Amaretti Biscotti
Combine flour and baking powder; set aside. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the lemon rind and almond extract. Fold in the flour mixture until smooth then stir ... [... more]
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Devilled Eggs
Place eggs in a pot of salted water. Bring the water to the boil, and let eggs cook in boiling water until they are hard boiled, approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Drain eggs, and let cool. Peel eggs and cut in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks and ... [... more]
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Cream cheese penguins
Cut a slit from top to bottom, lengthwise, into the side of each jumbo olive. Carefully insert about 1 teaspoon of cream cheese (or whatever fits) into each olive. Slice the carrot into eighteen 1/2cm thick rounds; cut a small notch out of each ... [... more]
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