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Chocolate Cupcakes With Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing
By Laurapackham
Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 12-cup muffin tray with cupcake liners, and put aside
- Cupcakes
- 1 egg
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons vanilla Greek yoghurt (or substitute with plain Greek yogurt)
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups plain flour
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- A pinch salt,
- Cream Cheese Icing
- 1/2 cup softened cream cheese
- 2 tbsp softened butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- Add mik if needed
- Red sugar or red sprinkles for decoration
Chaing-Mai Sticky Rice with Mango
By Laurapackham
Soak the rice in a cup water for 30 minutes, or if you have time up to four hours
- 1 cup Thai sweet rice (aka sticky rice or glutinous rice)
- 2 mangoes, finely sliced
- 5 tbsp palm sugar (or substitute with brown sugar)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 can coconut milk (thick)
Lovely Aussie Lamingtons for Kids
By Laurapackham
Cake Preheat the oven to 180C
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup milk
The Great Aussie Pavlova
By Laurapackham
Preheat oven to 150°C Cut a circle out of baking paper and set aside
- 4 egg whites
- 1 1/4 cups white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tsps cornstarch
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 6 kiwi, peeled and sliced
Easy Beer-Can Chicken
By Laurapackham
Remove neck and giblets from chicken and discard
- 1 whole chicken
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 3 tbsp dry spice of your choice
- 1 can Guinness beer or blonde beer
Sue's Apple Crumble
By Laurapackham
My favourite and first dessert I made with my Mum, Sue
- 6 - 8 soft cooking apples
- 100g brown sugar (or vanilla sugar)
- 150g plain flour
- 75g softened butter
Death by Chocolate Mousse
By Laurapackham
Put the chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of steaming water and stir until melted
- 300g good-quality dark chocolate, chopped
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup caster sugar
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted
- 300ml thickened cream
Clotted Cream and Jam Scones
By Laurapackham
1. Preheat oven to 220*C 2
- 350g self-raising flour,
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 85g butter, cubed
- 3 tbsp caster sugar
- 175ml milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Lemon juice
- 1 egg
- Eva's homemade jam (normal jam will do, I suppose).
- Clotted cream
Kids Cake Pop Pops
By Laurapackham
Crumble cake into a bowl until it appears as fine crumbs
- Chocolate Cake, pre-prepared
- Chocolate Frosting
- 1 box white chocolate, 1 box dark chocolate
- Cake pop sticks
- Sprinkles
Parmentier de Confit de Canard
By Laurapackham
This is a favourite in our household
- 8 medium potatoes
- 2 shallots
- 2 onions
- 2 large carrots
- 4 thighs of duck confit (Confit de canard)