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English Cake

Feb

16

2010

The Haviv family often offer English Cake (Gateaux Anglais) with coffee in the afternoon. It is quite dry, which is good with coffee, but originally didn’t appeal to me. In New Zealand cakes tend to be more moist. Like most of Robert’s recipes this was a bit loose and it took a couple of years ...

Bread Pudding

Feb

14

2010

Lunch at Gadi and Yaffa Wainer’s is always a high light of my trips to Israeli. Yaffa always serves up something fab. One of her favourites is bread pudding … and she does it really well. Perhaps it is the challa which, being a sweet bread, I usually find rather uninspiring. But in a pudding ...

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 Ingredients 125 grams softened butter80 grams light brown sugar180 grams golden syrup90 grams runny honey1 teaspoon grated lemon rind1 teaspoon vanilla1 teaspoon ginger1/2 teaspoon cloves1 teaspoon cinnamon1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon baking soda500 grams of plain white flour Instructions Cream butter and ...

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's Kids Chocolate Cake Eti Wainer-Iluz Print Recipe Ingredients Ingredients for Cake4 eggs3/4 cup sugar10 tablespoons horrible kids chocolate drink Milo or Shocolit or some such2 cups flour5/8 cup oil3 teaspoons baking powder1 cup waterIngredients for Icing200 grams bitter chocolate100 mls cream Instructions Instructions for CakePreheat oven to 180º CCream eggs and sugarAdd chocolate drink and beatAdd 1 cup ...

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. Chocolate Brownies Steven Thomas Print Recipe Ingredients 200 grams dark ...

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. Fresh Fruit Cake Galit Haviv-Thomas Print Recipe Pin Recipe Ingredients 70 grams butter2/3 cups sugar3 egg ...

Sweet Toppings for Pancakes

Feb

21

2005

I almost always serve Hotcakes, Pikelets, Scotch Pancakes and Crepes with a sweet topping of some kind. Lemon and sugar is the classic topping for crepes and large pancakes. As a child I remember assembling them at the table; we sprinkled our own sugar, squeezed over the lemon juice by hand, rolled them up, and ...

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 Ingredients Ingredients for pastry1 3/4 Cups flourpinch of salt1/2 cup sugar115 grams butter or margarine chilled1 egg1/4 teaspoon grated lemon zestUp to 2 tablespoons of waterIngredients for tart200 g dry amaretti biscuits50 g blanched hazelnuts100 g ground almonds3 tablespoons of sugar200 grams plain cooking chocolate3 tablespoons milk50 grams butter3 tablespoons liqueur amaretto or brandy is recommended, but ...

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's Mega Muffins Forrest Chambers Print Recipe Ingredients 1 lump margarine 150-200 g2-3 eggs1/2 - 3/4 cups sugar2 + cups flour2 teaspoons baking powderBig dollop vanillaMilk yoghurt, soymilk[Optional lumps] Nuts chocolate chips, big red maraschino cherries ...