Had none, so made some... Mayonnaise

Easy as!

1 egg ,
1tsp salt
1tsp sugar
1tsp dijon mustard
1T wine vinegar
1C oil

Put first 5 ingredients into food processor. Process, and add oil in a slow steady stream until mixture is as thick and creamy as you prefer. Refridgerate. Use within 3 weeks..... Yum!

Chocolate Square

Doncha just love compilation recipe books?!
(And kids that can bake for you!!)


Master 8 was home with a bit of a head cold, so I let him lose in the kitchen. 
He made this with next to no help...
(Can you tell he did the icing?!)


1/2C sugar
1C coconut
1C flour
5oz butter (about 150g)
2dsp cocoa
1t baking pdr
1c kornies (cornflakes etc)


Melt butter, pour over rest of ingredients, mix thoroughly. 
Press into greased (or lined) tin. 
Bake for 20 mins at 180, and ice when cold....

Chocolate Button Biscuits

4oz butter (125g)
1c flour
1t coffee pdr
3/4c sugar
1t baking pdr
1t vanilla ess


Mix all ingredients together, then roll into balls, flatten slightly and then press choc buttons (or if you don't have choc buttons, use choc drops or pebbles or anything really!) into the middles and bake for 15-20 mins at about 160-170.


This recipe made 21 bikkies.. smallish, but perfect for lunchboxes. The coffee gave it an interesting flavour!

Three-way butter sponge

3 eggs
1c flour
3/4c sugar
1t baking pdr
1.5T melted butter with 3T milk

Beat eggs with sugar.

Add flour and baking pdr.

Warm milk and butter and add to mixture.

(For choc sponge, add 1 dessertspoon cocoa)
(For orange sponge add grated orange rind and ice with orange icing).

Bake in sponge tin for 20 mins at 170.

This was super easy to make, and cooked perfectly. I didn't ice it, just sprinkled with icing sugar. It is nice and moist and light....!

Compilation recipe books - how awesome! 'Apple Surprise'

Got a new recipe book yesterday - one of those 'Grandma gave one to me, so I will give one to you'...

This recipe is called

'Apple Surprise'

Seems kinda like a apple self saucing pud!

1C flour

1T sugar

1 chopped apple (I peeled mine too)

1/2C milk

1T melted butter

2t baking pdr

Mix together to form stiff dough (add milk a little at a time in case you don't need as much)

Put into greased baking dish.

Pour over....

1.5c boiling water

4T brown sugar

1T butter

Bake at 180 for 20-25 mins.

I will serve mine with cream!

Critique and photo to come as this is still baking...

Easy as, and tasty, 'Cheesy muffins'...!

2C self raising flour (or 2C flour, and 2tsp baking pdr)

2C grated cheese
1 lrg egg
1C lager or beer (flat or bubbly)
2T chutney (I used yellow picadilli)

Oven at 220

Mix the flour and cheese together in a bowl.

Using a fork, beat the egg in another bowl until yolk and white are thoroughly blended. Add the beer, stir briefly then pour into cheese and flour mixture.

Fold until flour is just dampened. Add some chutney at this stage so it stays in streaks (of colour)

Spoon into greased muffin tins. Bake for 10-15 mins.

Note: Do not use the last good beer in the fridge that the husband is looking forward to that Friday night after a hard days work....

(I have used both lager, and beer, and both taste as good. No chutney would = no flavour!)

Best ever 'curried stir fry beef'. Yum!

250g rump steak, thinly sliced into about 4mm strips
2tsp cornflour
1T soy sauce
1/2tsp sesame oil
2t worcestershire sauce
2T oil
1 clove garlic, sliced
2-3tsp curry pdr
1tsp sugar
1T water


Mix meat with cornflour, soy sauce, sesame oil, and worcestershire sauce. Leave to stand for at least 15 minutes, then stir fry in oil, in hot pan. Remove from pan as soon as it has lost its pinkness.

Add a little more oil to pan (to make 1T oil) if necessary.
Add sliced garlic, then curry pdr, then sugar. Add water if there isnt enough liquid to dissolve curry mixture.

Add meat, toss for no more than 1 minute, then serve on rice with veges.

Loads of flavour in this dish! Definitely a do-over!