Category: Dessert
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Bread and Butter Pudding
This easy Bread and Butter Pudding has always been a family favourite. Great comfort food on a cold winter night. Ingredients Directions Try using Panettone instead of white bread, omitting the sultanas.The custard can be flavoured with cinnamon, finely grated orange peel or vanilla bean seeds.
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Chocolate Ripple Cake
When researching this recipe, I discovered it’s an Australian classic! It’s simply chocolate biscuits arranged in a log shape with whipped cream between each biscuit then smothered again with cream. You need to prepare this cake ahead of time to allow the cream to soften the biscuits. Chocolate Ripple Cake was a Christmas treat in…
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Garden Party Scones
Buckingham Palace chefs have shared the Queen’s recipe for fruit scones, which are traditionally served at Buckingham Palace every summer during the garden party season. Ingredients Directions Jam or cream first? The Royal Family Instagram page for Garden Party Scones
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Clafoutis
This easy to prepare French baked dessert is custardy in the middle and cake-like around the edges. Clafoutis is best made with tart fruits for a contrast in flavour. Ingredients Directions Serve warm with whipped cream and dusted with icing sugar.Apple and cinnamon is a nice combination.The clafoutis will deflate when cooling.
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Baked Pears with Orange and Maple Syrup
An easy to prepare dessert of hot baked pears with a tangy, sweet citrusy sauce. Ingredients Directions Serve with whipped cream, clotted cream or ice cream.
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Aunty Ivy’s Sponge
This recipe for a featherlight sponge was first published in the Australian Women’s Weekly magazine but in my family it’s known as Aunty Ivy’s Sponge and has been passed down through the generations. Ingredients Directions Decorate with whipped cream, strawberry jam, fresh strawberries and a sprinkling of icing sugar.