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Baileys Chocolat Luxe Shots in Hollow Chocolate Easter Eggs
What goes great with chocolate? More chocolate of course (and even better is alcohol disguised as chocolate). I had a bottle of Baileys limited edition Chocolate Luxe and some hollow chocolate Easter Eggs, and this is the result: These are great for after dinner treats. You could even put the Baileys in […]
Origami Easter Bunny Rabbit
This bunny is made in two parts; so you will need a square piece of paper 15 cm x 15 cm (6 inches x 6 inches) for the body and another piece of paper the same size for the head. TO MAKE THE BODY OF THE RABBIT: Fold a square […]
Posted in Craft, Easter, Festive and Celebrations, Paper Crafts
Hot Cross Buns (with fruit, and without fruit)
This shows half of the hot cross buns with fruit and half without. Hot cross buns at Easter are a must, and this is a lovely hot cross bun recipe. Mum has been using this recipe since the 1980s, when it appeared in an issue of New Zealand More magazine. Mum and I […]
Posted in Bread, Easter, Festive and Celebrations, Muffins, Scones, and Loaves
Easter-themed Chocolates and Chocolate Ganache Filling
On Easter Sunday Mum and I made our own Easter-themed Chocolates. We used Whittakers 50% cocoa dark chocolate. Chocolate with at least 50% cocoa solids is recommended for melting (65% and above is better still). Milk chocolate has a lower amount of cocoa solids and white chocolate has none at all, only cocoa […]
Posted in Confectionery, Easter, Icings and Fillings
Vanilla Easter Biscuits with Royal Icing
The eggs only. They look eggs-tra specially eggs-cellent. We didn’t put all our eggs in one basket: we added a chicken and bunnies as well. A pretty blue bowl of pretty biscuits : “Time consuming but absorbing, and fun to make” – this how Mum described the making, baking, and icing […]
Posted in Biscuits, Easter, Festive and Celebrations, Icings and Fillings
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