Out of all of the apartments in Japan we were looking at prior to arrival, only one had an oven. We didn’t go for that apartment as it was built in the 1970s and you really want to avoid living somewhere that was built prior to the 1980s or even 2011 if you can avoid…
Tag: Baking
Whittakers 100s and 1000s Barvarian
So I was doing yoga on Tuesday and my mind was wandering. The Whittakers 100s and 1000s chocolate had been back for a couple of weeks, its last release was in 2014, and I was struck by the idea of trying to making a barvarian dessert from my tried and true recipe. This recipe I…
Isolation day 14: Wow, has it really been 2 weeks already?
This morning my partner and I were discussing what we missed most while New Zealand is under the Level 4 Response level to COVID-19. He misses fast food, particularly sushi, and we are down to our last 4 frozen pieces of KFC chicken. I, on the other hand, have been relishing this isolation after a…
Isolation day 2: Rocky Road
No, this post title does not mean that I have found it hard to settle into a new routine due to isolation, I made a messterpiece in the form of Rocky Road Slice yesterday. It looks lumpy and unorthodox due to the layers but as my Chef Flatmate said, and I quote, ‘Its like crack!’,…
Chocolate Self Saucing Pudding
A recipe from my youth, Mum would make a double batch to feed the six of us during winter. It is cakey, chocolatey and, as long as you have an oven and electric beater, not too difficult.
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