Tweet This simple basic mixture is very versatile and you can use it can to make cupcakes, patty cakes or a light slab cake. If you trace the map of Australia on greaseproof paper and lay it over the top of the cooled cake, you can make a lamington cake for Australia Day. You can [...]
Tweet Cooking with Sheridan 050112Here’s a terrific way to use leftover panettone from Christmas and New year celebrations. The recipe is from the 2012 Paesanella Calendar which photographer Andrew Payne and I put together recently. Place the blueberries and half the raspberries in a bowl. Combine 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier and 1 tablespoon sugar. Pour [...]
Tweet This recipe is from my new book, The Cook’s Garden. If your family like scones, they will love these ones, so you might want to double the mixture. I like my scones to stand high (somehow it feels so much more generous), and always bake them close together, packed side by side, so that [...]
Tweet This is a terrific tart for any season, similar in style to a frangipane tart, but without the pastry base. It can be made in a ceramic quiche or pie dish and served straight from oven to table. It’s also good with tinned fruit. Preheat oven 180 C. Line a 26cm flan dish [...]
Tweet This delicious, three–layered cake is from my new book The Cook’s Garden (NH $49.95), in-store now. It’s easy to make and you can serve it for afternoon tea, or warm as a dessert with cream. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Cream together the butter and sugar, add zest and egg yolk. Fold in [...]
Tweet If you’re off to London this summer, don’t miss the new Winnie the Pooh playroom at the Athenaeum Hotel (recently recognised as the Best UK Family Hotel). Packed with loads of Winnie toys, musical instruments, Lego Duplo, colouring sets and games all featuring the beloved bear and his friends, the Hundred Acre Wood setting [...]
Tweet What would you do with this fat strawberry? I’d use it in an Eton Mess (a mixture – or mess – of smashed meringues, whipped cream and berries). Just where the name comes from is a mystery – some people say it may have come about when a Labrador dog accidentally sat on a [...]
Tweet Maddison Fogarty (who is currently living in Hong Kong), made a batch of these scones from Mini Chef – Cooking with Kids the other day. Didn’t she do well? You can serve them with butter or whipped cream and jam. For soft scones, wrap in a clean tea towel for ten minutes as soon [...]
Tweet The recipe for this luscious tart was given to me by Courtney Bracks, the talented owner/chef of Ciao Thyme and Café Viva in Darling St., Balmain, Sydney. Courtney has cooked for the stars – but doesn’t have stars in her eyes. Preheat oven to 220degC/200degC Fan Forced. Grease a 35cm x 13cm tart dish [...]
Tweet The recipe for this luscious tart was given to me by Courtney Bracks, the talented owner/chef of Ciao Thyme and Café Viva in Darling St., Balmain, Sydney. Courtney has cooked for the stars – but doesn’t have stars in her eyes. Preheat oven to 220degC/200degC Fan Forced. Grease a 35cm x 13cm tart dish [...]
