“And what is the taste of New York?” asks Ruth Reichl in her book Garlic and Sapphires. “To much of the world it’s cheesecake.” Feature image: Pexels
Print Recipe Chessboard tea cakes (Lamingtons and coconut ice) Serves: 12 Cooking Time: 45 minutes + extra for setting Ingredients Lamingtons 1 day-old sponge loaf cake 480g (4 cups) icing sugar 80ml (1/3 cup) unsweetened cocoa powder 125ml (½ cup) milk 30ml (2 tbsp) butter 240g (3 cups) desiccated coconut Coconut ice 450g sugar 150ml
Date, lavender, marzipan and nut cake is an unusual flavour combination, but an absolutely delicious dessert. These rich, lingering flavours will be perfect with a cup of tea.
Print Recipe Popcorn and marshmallow cake Serves: 1 cake Cooking Time: 20 mins plus overnight for setting Ingredients Base 50ml butter 400g marshmallows 7 cups cooked popcorn Topping 200g marshmallows 500ml (2 cups) cooked popcorn sweets of your choice 80ml (1/3 cup) castor sugar, melted Instructions 1 Line a 20cm tin with silicone paper. 2
Print Recipe Greek rum and hazelnut cake Serves: 1 cake Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients CAKE 500g hazelnuts, toasted 100g ready-made vanilla cookies, crushed 15ml (1 tbsp) baking powder zest of 1 lemon 8 large eggs, separated 1ml (¼ tsp) cream of tartar 250g (1¼ cups) white sugar 135g butter, melted 100g mixed nuts, toasted