Recipe by Betty Crocker Recipes Peppermint Choc Chip is my favorite ice-cream flavor in the world. So I thought, why not Peppermint Choc Chip Cookies with green coloring and everything. This is a bit of a “cheat” recipe because it’s Betty Crocker.. BUT who cares! I still had to mix the cookie dough, and I still had to spoon cookie dough onto a baking sheet, and I still had to bake the cookies for 10 minutes! This is brilliant.. except I need people to help me eat again. I have way too many yummy gooey cookies now, and I really … Continue reading Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oh look I’m baking again! Ever since I did a 3-recipe series of “Berry Desserts” a couple of weeks ago, my personal style of “don’t bake / make desserts much” is starting to change.. for the better! I mean, I still love my savoury dishes and Asian influenced dishes but baking is starting to be lots of fun especially since I can make such pretty looking things with the pretty colors of sweet things. This recipe was inspired by a “fancy” version of this cake from Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine. What I’ve done is literally “dumbing it down” for baking … Continue reading Choc Mint, Hazelnut and Raspberry Layer Cake

It’s the weekend! So what’s for breakfast?   I walked around my pantry this morning and found some leftover berries from last weekend’s dessert challenge, some custard and some crunchy peanut butter. So I quickly decided to pull out my waffle maker and started making waffles! I personally have always preferred waffles to pancakes. They’re so much thicker and fluffier and crunchy too! Waffles are pretty awesome… and here’s a pretty awesome Peanut Butter Waffles Recipe, enjoy 🙂 Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour, sifted 2 tsp baking powder 1 tbsp caster sugar 1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter 1 egg – … Continue reading Peanut Butter Waffles with Custard & Raspberries

Dessert 3 out of 3 of Kimba’s “Berry Desserts” Theme Project To conclude my “Berry Desserts” Theme Project, which I must admit has been quite a lot of fun for me to make all these desserts in one weekend, I have a special treat for all you cheesecake lovers out there. Perhaps I have saved the best recipe for last? Once again, thanks to my trustworthy Australian Good Food Magazine – I’ve finally decided to make my very first cheesecake. Of course, hubby and I couldn’t possibly eat the whole cake by ourselves. So I’ve chosen to make this cheesecake … Continue reading Mixed Red Berry Mascarpone Cheesecake

Dessert 2 out of 3 of Kimba’s “Berry Desserts” Theme Project Christmas is just around the corner so once again my “Berry Desserts” Theme Project continues with yet another recipe taken from the Australian Good Food Mag Dec 2010 Issue. I cannot tell you how much I love this magazine.. best thing I’ve ever subscribed to! This cake was a lot of fun to make, and although the recipe below includes frozen cranberries, unfortunately Coles didn’t have any so I settled for frozen raspberries instead! Didn’t really matter though, berries are awesome no matter what they are! Cranberries, raspberries, strawberries, … Continue reading Chocolate, Cream & Cranberry Yule Log

Dessert 1 out of 3 of Kimba’s “Berry Desserts” Theme Project In the next few coming blog entries, I will be featuring my little “Berry Desserts” Themed Project which involves me trying out various dessert recipes with berries. Just a little something I like to do to improve my baking skills! If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you will probably notice by now that I don’t do desserts much, at all! That’s why I have been more than happy to let my guest bloggers take the desserts centre stage, hehe. To start off with my first berry … Continue reading Berry Milles Feuilles