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French Toast made with Sourdough Bread
French Toast – made with sourdough bread. This is topped with a selection of fruits, cinnamon sugar, maple syrup, and the item in the bottom left corner of the photo is custard. Try it, and you will see that custard is a crucial element on the plate with the sweet eggy bread, and cinnamon […]
Posted in Bread, Breakfasts, Featured Products, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Warming Winter Breakfast
As it is almost officially the middle of winter, Mum and I had a sneaky dash of warming brandy in our Sunday morning breakfast coffee. This was Mum’s idea entirely, and a very good one too, as was adding a bit more than a splash of cream to our coffee. The coffee we used was roasted […]
Posted in Breakfasts, Featured Products
Mocha Cake
Mocha flavour is a combination of chocolate and coffee. This Mocha Cake combines a coffee flavoured cake sandwiched together with two layers of Chocolate Butter Cream, finished with a Chocolate Ganache icing. This cake is very quick to make: just place all ingredients in a bowl and beat together….and done! The following recipe […]
Posted in Cakes and Cupcakes, Icings and Fillings
Mister D’s Doughnuts, Napier
Street sign outside Mister D’s: We had no doubt at all. Who can resist a doughnut? My family and I had a lovely afternoon tea at Mister Ds. We were there for one specific item on the menu – DOUGHNUTs. I have heard a lot about the Mister D’s doughnut experience, and even […]
Excursion off State Highway 2 (SH2): to Ormondville, Takapau, and Waipukurau
My friend and I travel the Palmerston North–Napier State Highway (SH2) frequently, sticking to the main route so as to arrive at our destination ASAP (with only one regular stop for coffee!), but lately there have been murmurings that we should get to know a bit of the countryside that we zoom past so […]
Posted in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Travel
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