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Danish Gingerbread

Dec

22

2008

Kath Wattam – a Kiwi friend who lives in Copenhagen – introduced me to Danish ginger cookies. Apparently they’re a Christmas treat. I love them so tried making my own. Makes about 80 cookies. Danish Gingerbread Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Eti’s Kids Chocolate Cake

Feb

21

2008

Most mums have a chocolate cake to serve up to the kids. This is Eti’s. Eti Wainer-Iluz Eti's Kids Chocolate Cake Print Recipe

Krantz – Plaited Yeast Cake

Jul

1

2007

Galit loves Krantz – a plaited a yeast cake with layers of chocolate or poppy seed spread. Apparently the chocolate variety is German in origin, but the poppy seed variation is middle eastern. I’ve tweaked my original recipe to use the proportions recommended by Yaffa Wainer in honour of the fact that Galit still remembers ...

Chocolate Brownies

Feb

21

2006

One time Davina came to visit and mentioned her chocolate brownies. So after she got home I asked for the recipe. Davina, being American, shipped me two packets of ready made brownie mix. I’m not really a ready mix kind of guy so I made my own recipe. Steven Thomas Chocolate Brownies Print Recipe

Fresh Fruit Cake

Feb

21

2005

Unlike the dried fruit cake recipes common in New Zealand, this cake has a wet mixture. Our recipe is based on one from an Israeli book, although we had to reduce the quantities significantly to fit in our 20 cm x 20 cm cake tin. Galit Haviv-Thomas Fresh Fruit Cake Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Chocolate Nut Tart (Crostata di cioccolata con nocciote)

Feb

21

2005

This tart is divine and really impresses when I have to bring a dessert to a function. Chocolate Nut Tart (Crostata di cioccolata con nocciote) Print Recipe

Forrest’s Mega Muffins

Feb

21

2001

Forrest has a nice way of just sloshing in the ingredients. The result is more like a Cup cake or Queen cake than a normal Muffin, but still very good. Forrest Chambers Forrest's Mega Muffins Print Recipe

Orit’s Hot Apple Cake

Feb

21

2001

To Israelis a ‘Granny Smith’ is a ‘Grand Smith’ so when Orit Schwartz told me to use ‘Grand’ apples I thought she meant big, and used big sweet eating apples. Ah, well, Lesson 1 learnt. It is important to use Grannys as they’re not as sweet as alternatives. This cake is plenty sweet enough as ...

Chocolate Banana Cake

Feb

21

2001

We love it. The cake is moist and tasty – just the way I like them. Our family likes this cake so much that it is the most commonly baked cake in our house. It started life as a banana cake but we found the chocolates adds that special something. Galit Haviv-Thomas Chocolate Banana Cake ...

Baklava

Feb

21

2001

Mmmmmm. Little sweet middle eastern pastries. Perfect with black coffee. Steven Thomas Baklava Print Recipe