We love cheesecakes and as I had a massive lot of yummy, fresh blueberries to use, I decided to make a Baked Blueberry Cheesecake. This cheesecake is a lovely home-cooked, baked cheesecake that is just so delicious. With baked cheesecakes, I find it is better to bake them the day before, to allow it to chill properly before decorating and eating. I use a springform pan for these as it is easier to take the cheesecake out before ...
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Pavlova
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Pavlova is a yummy dessert made with only a few ingredients. The toppings can be changed to suit the seasons and your taste. We love using fresh berries and passionfruit that we grown ourselves.Meringue can be difficult to get right, so here are a few tips to help you.Sprinkle the baking paper with a little cornflour before placing the pavlova on top of it. This helps prevent sticking. Make sure the egg whites are whipped ...
Apple and Sour Cream Slice
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I have been making this Apple and Sour Cream Slice for years, so I thought I had already put this recipe up for you, but I hadn't. We know it as Little Dreamer Apple Slice and it is an easy and very delicious slice to make.This lovely recipe has a sweet, cake-like base with a sour cream, apple and a hint of cinnamon on top.For this recipe, I used a plain, vanilla cake mix, though you could make your own from scratch. The same goes ...
Berry Mess
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This delicious Berry Mess is a fun recipe that kids will love to help make as it is very easy to create. Our berry mess was absolutely amazing and didn't last at all. There are many different varieties you could make depending on the tastes of your family. We love berries - and we had lots on hand - so that is what I used. You could also use a different variety of grated chocolate on top too!With this recipe I took an easy way out and ...
Easy Chinese Five Spice Ice Cream
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This Chinese Five Spice Ice Cream is creamy and delicious with the hint of spices found in the fragrant Chinese blend of five-spice powder.The common mix of Chinese Five-Spice is made up of star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Sichuan pepper and fennel seeds. As half of these ingredients are used in desserts, why not try adding it to ice cream?I made this ice cream from scratch, in my loaf pan, so there is no need for an ice cream ...
Basic Meringues
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After making the passionfruit curd, I was left with four egg whites, so I decided to make some basic meringues to have with the curd. This recipe only has four ingredients and is very easy to make.I decorated our meringues with a small amount of whipped cream and a dollop of passionfruit curd.Basic Meringue Recipe 4 egg whites at room temperaturepinch salt220 g caster sugar1/2 tsp vanilla essence Preheat oven to ...
Easy Chocolate Brownies
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I used to make these brownies quite a bit in the past, but, due to trying out many other amazing recipes, I haven't gotten around to making them for a long time. So, when R came to me and said he wanted to make some brownies, I gave him this recipe for easy chocolate brownies and off he went.This recipe only contains 7 ingredients, (though we leave out the walnuts as I never seem to have any in the cupboard) and is easy to make in one ...
Brazilian Grilled Pineapple
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We are looking at studying Brazil and decided to try some Brazilian food. This Brazilian Grilled Pineapple was easy to make and smelled so nice while cooking, and tasted great when done. This super-simple dish with a brown sugar and cinnamon glaze can be eaten as a side dish or served as dessert! It tasted really yummy mixed with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with caramel sauce.Brazilian Grilled ...
Anzac Cheesecake
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Hubby just loves Anzac biscuits and with Anzac Day coming up, I thought I would twist the Anzac biscuit recipe and make it into a yummy cheesecake. This Anzac cheesecake uses the Anzac biscuit recipe as the base, has the yummy cheesecake filling and a delicious golden syrup sauce on top. Anzac Cheesecake BASE1 1/4 cups traditional rolled oats3/4 cup plain flour1/3 cup desiccated coconut75 g butter1/4 cup ...
No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake
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This No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake is so quick and easy to make and tastes absolutely delicious!! I made this cheesecake in my springform pan as that is all I had in the caravan, but it still turned out amazingly well! We really loved this simple lemon cheesecake.No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake 1 pkt Arnott's Marie Biscuits20 g butter (melted)1 can condensed milk250 g cream cheese (softened)2 lemons (juiced) Line a baking tin ...