Red Velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing.The food historians may differ about the origin of the red velvet cake, but one thing is certain: the cupcakes have gained widespread popularity in recent years. These are made sans butter!!
Pumpkin swirl brownies, veggie in decoy as a camouflage to tempt the children.
Jam cupcakes with chocolate frosting--just one bite reveals the sweet surprise inside these treats.
Eggless Ginger Cheesecake, with crunchy ginger biscuits as base and slivers of crystallised ginger embedded in the topping.
Devils Food cupcake with ganache mints and cream cheese frosting. The familiar flavours of a full size cake are reinvented into tiny, irresistible treats such as these decadent chocolate cupcake.
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| Kahlua infused Tiramisu--the original recipe, eggless, with a sprinkling of cocoa powder,topped with chocolate sauce. This is truly a dessert to be devoured. |
Berries Tiramisu,eggless but with a hint of Orange liquer.Every morsel is heavenly bliss.
Christmas Chocolate Yule Log with White Chocolate frosting.
Apricot Cheesecake sans eggs
Cinnamon and Honey Wafers sandwiched with cream and strawberries
Flavouful strawberries are layered with cream and yogurt between rounds of crisp honey and cinnamon wafers,then dusted generously with icing sugar. Serve it within half an hour, or the biscuits will soften.
\This is a gorgeous dark treacle tart, with a moist sticky layer of figs, encased in a crumbly pastry case with walnuts adding a nutty crunch, to offset the sweet taste of the tart, serve still warm, with creme fraiche or a dollop of whipped cream.
This dark, bittersweet chocolate torte is filled and covered with coconut pecan. Absolutely divine!
This is Australia's most famous dessert named after the Russian Ballerina. Its crisp on the outside with a marshmallow-cream center.
This wonderfully, intense passion fruit mousse is set in ragged, dark chocolate cups and served in a pool of passion fruit sauce.
topped with orange segments and passion fruit.
This cheesecake has a very light, creamy texture and is baked without a crust. Orange and grapefruit segments make a colourful topping.
What it looks like, when sliced. German Chocolate Cake
- Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 9-inch springform pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper, and butter the paper; set aside. Place 7 ozs chocolate and 10 tablespoons(11/4 sticks) butter in a heatproof bowl, and set over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir occasionally until melted; set aside.
- Sift together11/4 cups all purpose flour and 1/4 tsp salt; set aside. Place 1 cup sugar and 2 large eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and beat until fluffy and well combined, 3 to 5 minutes. Add 2 tsps vanilla and chocolate mixture, and stir to combine. Add dry ingredients, and stir to combine. Divide batter between the two pans using an offset spatula to distribute batter evenly, and smooth the layers. Bake until the center is set, about 20 minutes. Transfer pans to a wire rack to cool completely before unmolding. Makes one 9-inch torte
- Place one layer on a 9-inch cardboard cake round. Spread filling over the layer, and invert the second layer onto the top, leaving the smooth side up. Press down gently on top layer to evenly distribute filling to edges. Using a metal spatula, smooth filling flush with sides of cake. Refrigerate until ready to glaze..mb
Coconut-Pecan filling
Directions
- Place one 14- oz sweetened condensed milk, 10 tablespoons(11/4 sticks) unsalted butter, and 1 tsp vanilla in a medium saucepan, and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and combined.
- Whisk 4 large egg yolks in a medium bowl, and, whisking constantly, add some of the hot milk mixture to the egg yolks until combined. Whisk the mixture back into the saucepan, and cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture thickens slightly, about 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat, and stir in 2 cups shredded coconut and 11/2 finely chopped pecans. Cool completely, and refrigerate in an airtight container until ready to use, up to 2 days. Makes about 2 cups,enough for one 9 -inch Torte
Directions
1.Preheat oven to very slow(140 degrees centigrade). Make sure bowl is perfectly clean and dry. Place 4 egg whites at room temperature in the bowl and beat with an electric mixer on slow speed until frothy. Increase speed to high, and beat until stiff.
2. Beat in 1 cup of caster sugar, one tablespoons at a time,beating well after each addition.
3.When all the sugar has been added,mixture should be extremely stiff and glossy,with firm peaks. Using a metal spoon,gently fold 1 tablespoon cornflour and 2 tsps white vinegar into the meringue.
4.Cover tray with baking paper or lightly greased greaseproof paper and draw a 200cm circle on the paper.
Pile meringue mixture into the circle -- it should about 5 cm high. Bake in a preheated oven for 11/2 hours. Turn the oven off,open the door a few centimeters, and allow Lovlova to cool in the turned off oven.
To serve : Peel paper form the base of the Lovlova and cover top with whipped cream. Decorate with kiwi fruit and passion fruit or other in season fruits. Serves 8-10. Picture shows the soft, melt in the mouth gooey centre. Absolutely divine.
Souffle cheesecake
1. In a food processor, blend 500 g packaged cream cheese, 2 tablespoons cornflour, 1/3 cup icing sugar, 4 egg yolks, 3 tablespoons dark rum,1 tsp vanilla and 2 tsps grated lemon rind until light and creamy.
2. Whip 4 egg whites until soft peaks form, then gradually beat in 1/2 cup caster sugar to form a stiff, glossy meringue. Gradually fold meringue into the cream cheese mixture.
3.Spoon into greased,25 cm pie plate and smooth top.
4. Peel 1 grapefruit and 1 orange; with a sharp knife, cut between membranes to remove segments. Arrange segments on top of cheesecake and bake on the upper rack of a hot oven (200 degrees centigrade) for 30 minutes or until golden brown around the edges. Remove cheesecake from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
To serve: Cut in wedges and sift a little icing sugar over the top. Delicious plain,or with whipped cream.
