It takes a stupid amount of patience to make the custard that can only be appeased by taste testing at regular intervals. Oh and cream. The secret is cream. All the cream.
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Christmas Bakewell Slice
I thought if I waited much longer to post this recipe it would quickly become irrelevant - after all who eats Christmas fruit mince after Christmas? The answer is everyone should! Fruit mince goes super on special after Christmas! ALL the slice! ALL the time!
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Ginger Crunch (with extra ginger and extra crunch)
My week (and a bit) in summary:
- I signed on the dotted line for an epic new job and resigned from my first ever big kid job,
- I prepped for my trip to Asia next week,
- The section I contribute to in Critic Te Arohi won best lifestyle section at the National Student Media Awards,
- I went on a date with a mega McHottie,
- I made some ginger crunch.
#winningatlife
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Raspberry Coconut Ice
Woman in the kitchen.
Apparently that is where we are supposed to be. In all honesty the kitchen is my favourite place to be but why is there such a social emphasis on the woman of the household being responsible for the nutrition of her family or friends?
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ANZAC Caramel Slice
Instagram is full of #ANZACbiscuit posts today. For those of you not currently in New Zealand or Australia or for those who live in pineapples under the sea, today is ANZAC day. The day in which we remember those who have served and sacrificed for our country.
I have already posted about ANZAC biscuits and ANZAC biscuit cupcakes so I decided to do something a little different and try out an ANZAC caramel slice.
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Caramel Coconut Slice
Finding physical evidence that I ever made this slice in my flat is hard to come by. It seems to disappear as quickly as it comes out of the oven. I hid portions of the first batch I made in the freezer but they were soon discovered and devoured by sugar craving flatmates.
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