Sponge Drops

  Good old-fashioned sponge drops – they are quick to make, have few ingredients and are a great addition to a high tea. When they come out of the oven, the sponge drops are slightly crisp, but they lose the crispness when sandwiched together with whipped cream, so sandwich them together several hours before serving, […]

Posted by Admin on March 28th, 2016 | No Comments Posted in Cakes and Cupcakes, Condiments, Jams and Jellies, and Sauces, Confectionery, Icings and Fillings

Melting Moments with Passionfruit Icing

      Melting Moments are lovely old-fashioned biscuits, but to add an extra frisson, these ones have a subtle passionfruit flavoured filling – (which really means these biscuits can be called ‘Passionate Moments’!) The recipe for the biscuits given below is my Grandma’s recipe, just as she used to make them, but you can […]

Posted by Admin on November 8th, 2015 | No Comments Posted in Biscuits, Icings and Fillings

Preserved Passionfruit Pulp

    In New Zealand, passionfruit fall from the vines in late February and through March (late summer and into autumn). My Dad grew the passionfruit used in the following recipe, and he is so successful at growing these that we had abundance of them. Rather than see them go to waste, we decided to […]

Posted by Admin on March 15th, 2015 | 1 Comment Posted in Condiments, Jams and Jellies, and Sauces, Desserts and Puddings, Fruits