Ice Cream Cake!

I've been making so many different flavours of ice-cream lately... I thought I'd try to make a cake! Ice-cream cake is my absolute favourite. I made this with a layer of chocolate cake at the bottom, topped with vanilla bean and very light raspberry ice-cream. Didn't have a chance to add half a bottle of cream liquer in it, as half of the "customers" were kids. Haha!

Crispy Lemon Yogurt Waffles

I can never understand what's the fuss over those waffles sold at neighbourhood bakeries. They are usually green with an overpowering scent of artifical flavouring, and most of all they are soft and floppy. I much prefer the frozen ones that I like to put in my toaster.

These I made from scratch with a waffle iron borrowed from a dear friend. Super yumms! I added some plain yogurt and lemon rind in my batter (milk, butter, flour, baking soda and salt), and I tried adding some dried blueberries to the last few... What a great way to start the morning! Well, Except that I've had to slave over the waffle iron for 45 minutes just to get a decent sized stack going. And real maple syrup for me thanks!

Decadent Chocolate Fudge Cake

This is my favourite cake to make as it is easy, and no one seems to mind a slice of it. I'm never totally satisfied with the way my frosting turns out tho... I like the pretty blue pearls!

Beef and Pork Rissoles (with tons of veggies)

We love to rissoles for our picnic dinners as they are fun to eat without any mess. I like to throw in lots of veges. The usual suspects are leeks, garlic, tomatoes, shredded carrot, cabbage, celery, bell peppers, peas etc. etc. To add some flavour, I like to add some fresh herbs like basil, oregano and rosemary, or corriander powder, tumeric and cumin. The veges should be browned in a little oil first and cooled before you add the meat.

A great way to hide veges for kids (and adults) who won't eat their greens!

Chocolate Orange Pudding

This is a super easy pudding you can make in a jiffy, no baking and very little mess!

1) Dice up some white / vanilla cake (you can use store-bought) and lay in a jelly mould.
2) Heat about 2 cups of milk and 1 cup of heavy cream, then stir in about 250g dark chocolate.
3) Sprinkle 1 sachet of gelatin and whisk till dissolved.
4) Toss in the grated rind of an orange.
5) Pour into the mould, and chill!

Yumm!