Eliza is a darling friend of mine – we have similar tastes (in clothes, men and food, too!) and I decided to create these little meringue ‘gems’ for her about a year ago. I based them on a recipe I saw on TV by Hope and Greenwood (Sweets Made Simple), but I decided to…
Category: Bakes
Celeriac and Potato Au Gratin
I recently bought a small black ceramic baking dish from Tiger. I love that store. If I was a rich girl, I will buy everything I love from that store and just create a little Mad Hatter Tea Party all for myself. Now, that’s an idea… Back to the baking dish – it was…
Hro and Sophia’s Lemon Cheesecake
Culturally, here in Greece when it is your birthday, you buy sweets and treats for the people around you – your friends, co-workers, and family. It was to be my birthday in a few days, and I have known these 2 girls who work for George for quite a long time – Hro and Sophia….
Soft Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip cookies remind me of Famous Amos. Growing up, at the local Subang Jaya mall – Subang Parade, the smell of freshly baked cookies would overwhelm us. The famous Famous Amos cookies would cost an arm and a leg (compared to other sweets) and they are an occasion-related occasional treat. They are my brothers…
Double Chocolate Fudge and Oreo Brownies
To continue with the Christmas theme, this is a decadent dessert that I concocted all by my lonesome – a hodgepodge of trial and error. I saw photographs of brownies while I was surfing through Tumblr several years ago with broken pieces of oreo cookies in them and I thought ‘Why not a layer of…
Greek Baked Spiced Quince
I can’t remember the first time I had quince – although I can remember the first time I cooked it. I was about to give up – peeling and coring and cutting the fruit is so hard! It’s a very tough fruit, so be very careful when you are cleaning and coring the fruit. As…
3-Tea Cupcakes with Honey Frosting
I am crazy about tea, and my favourites are Earl Grey and Jasmine. In Malaysia, when we eat Chinese food at a restaurant, like for Dim Sum, we will always have Jasmine tea with our food. And to think that here in Greece I have been told many times that only people who are ill drink tea….
Halloween Anniversary Trilobite Chocolate Cake
Last week it was Halloween. A few days before that it was also our Wedding Anniversary. 8 years! The idea to combine George’s love for weird creepy crawly looking fossils and my love of chocolate just came naturally. This was my first attempt at making a decorative cake, and I have to say, George and…
Eleni’s Rose Sugar Cookies
Today is my best friend’s birthday. Happy Birthday Eleni! I was very glad that she loves these soft cookies that I made. During my most recent trip to London, I bought a small portion of culinary rose petals. I decided to make a soft, buttery cookie with rose petal sugar and rosewater. Eleni loved it…
Raspberry Bread
I recently read somewhere that the centre of the galaxy tastes like raspberries. What a wonderful thing. I love raspberries. They are quite hard to find here in Athens, unless you are willing to pay 5 euros for a small punnet. But recently, the prices of fresh berries have gotten cheaper, and you can find…
Cherry and Rose Cake
My recent trip to the UK, I had purchased a lot of special ingredients that I have always wanted to use when I cook or bake. One such purchase was a small container of dried rose petals from Waitrose. I wanted to bake. I wanted to make a cake. So, I made one. I wanted…
Peach Clafoutis
The landlady gave me some wild peaches the other day. They grow in her garden in her village in the Peloponnese. They are quite small in size, and not those big round kinds you find in the supermarket. They are quite tasty, and since I had quite a few (I ate half in a space…
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