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Hot Chocolate Chai Tea
I love tea parlours. I love the modern granny fusion trend of reasonably young (like moi!) people hanging out in dark, mysterious corners of these tea parlours. Sometimes harem chic, sometimes...
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A Kid-Baked-That Chocolate Cake
Chocolate cakes come in all shapes and sizes. There are skinny sleek shiny ones with a bit of crust attitude, gorgeous plump ones, fast ones, sticky ones and plain-old-Jane brown ones that are going...
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Blood Orange Muffins
I recently bought a set of digital kitchen scales. It is like having a toy in the kitchen. I keep putting random things on it just to see what they weigh. It amuses me. It is addictive to predict what...
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Salted Chocolate Fudge Banana Cake
The winter 2012 issue of Donna Hay magazine is a baker’s dream. Amongst extremely creative and simple desserts and bakes is a section on Banana Breads. There is a base recipe and there are a gazillion...
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Sticky Chocolate Cupcakes
School holidays are on. The kids are home all the time. I don’t say that as a bad thing. It makes me anxious about work. My work. I sneak away now and then to catch up. I feel guilty. So I leave it...
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Oat And Salted Dark Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
I was sitting at this gorgeous little table in the corner of a cafe, right next to a closed glass panel window. Through the cafe’s branding decal stuck to the glass, I got an occasional glimpse of a...
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Cacao Nib And Mint Frozen Yogurt
Once when I was seven and happily sucking on mint lollies perched atop a very small tree, my slightly older and much naughtier cousin who was sitting next to me swinging his legs said very matter of...
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Homemade Milo Ice Cream And Underwater Adventures With Nikon AW100 Waterproof...
Today I saw the temperature gauge in my car hit 48 degree Celcius (118 degree Fahrenheit). That would be like sitting inside an oven while slow baking one of Donna Hay’s cakes. After a drive to...
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Chocolate Fudge Cake
This is virtually my first cake of the year. Barring a banana bread, I took a sabbatical from baking cakes. And I feel rejuvenated. A little chocolate in the kitchen is almost a requirement come...
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Lemon Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes And Seven Years Of Blogging
Every morning when I wake up, one of the first things I do is to check whether my site is accessible and not abducted by aliens. It has become second nature, a habit. Something that I have been...
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Milk Chocolate Brownies
Milk chocolate is synonymous with childhood. Smeared cheeks, sticky fingers, sweet breath and foil wrappers stowed away in books as treasures. It is only after we grow up that we banish the treat of...
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Chocolate Nutella Pots With Boozy Cream
This planet is a very special place. For a number of reasons. One of them is chocolate. And the other is egg. They both make men weak and women swoon, especially if they are molten and runny. How...
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Announcing The Cook Republic Cookbook Deal With Random House Australia And A...
There is a little girl in pigtails. She is six. She has just discovered the magic of reading on her own. It has opened up countless new worlds for her to explore. She jumps in feet first and never...
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Lemon Chocolate Cheesecake Pots And How To Make Lemon Peel Powder
This has been my kitchen for 6 years. This is my kitchen this morning and has been for the past two weeks as I write the book. This little bench is like my island in the vast ocean....
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Homemade Mocha Puffs And Breakfast In Bed For ELLE Australia
I remember doing impromptu one pan fry-ups in our pjs and sipping mugs of steaming coffee nestled in between still warm sheets on days when the sun had forgotten to rise and the chill in the air was...
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The Valentine Smoothie And Healthy Smoothie 101
I have an addiction. I feed it at eight o’clock every morning. Long before I feed it, I am thinking about it. Wondering how it will make me feel. Today, I fed it as usual. My addiction. It...
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Milk Chocolate Popcorn With Sprinkles
When I was growing up, we only had popcorn at the movies. Twice, maybe thrice a year. Life was simple. Yet, that was enough to fuse a strand of thought in my head. One that connected popcorn with...
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Are You Nuts Chocolate Powerballs
We moved into our newly renovated home last week. From the garage. Just a hop, skimp and jump away. It was monumental. We were indoors. We had a TV (it is pretty darned important people and it can...
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Creamy Coconut Millet Porridge
Growing up, my favourite breakfast porridge was a sweet bulgur concoction often served with nuts and fresh cream. My mum was always experimenting with different grains whether it was breakfast bars...
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Peanut Butter And Dark Chocolate Skillet Cookie Plus Win 5 One Year...
Once in a while, you will see something that will spark an idea, followed by a chain of thought and create a little story in the complex labyrinth of your brain. You will connect the dots and create...
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