Category Archives: Ice Cream

Strawberry Granita

February 26, 2012

My ice cream machine has been put to good use lately for weekend desserts.  Vanilla bean ice cream and a chocolate ice cream with chocolate chunks has been our family favourites but Tilly has been requesting a strawberry sorbet. Last … Continue reading →

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Cardamom And Coffee Ice Cream

September 27, 2011

For a while now I have been dreaming about ice cream flavoured with cardamom and coffee.  It sounds like a divine combination and when I was flicking through the latest issue of Donna Hay I found a recipe for Cardamom … Continue reading →

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Frozen Yoghurt Ice Blocks

September 22, 2011

Another quick school holiday activity is making ice blocks.  Our ice block moulds are buried deep in storage with the majority of my kitchen supplies so we raided our craft supplies and found some paddlepop sticks and plastic cups. Greek … Continue reading →

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Strawberry And Vanilla Meringue Ice Cream Cake

August 18, 2011

My gorgeous Matilda had her 7th birthday yesterday.  The week leading up to her birthday had the dining table covered in cookbook after cookbook which she studied carefully before deciding on her birthday cake.  Big decisions needed to be made.  … Continue reading →

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Tiramisu Ice Cream Cake

May 2, 2011

Tiramisu is one of my favourite desserts and it is best unadulterated with just savoiardi biscuits, espresso coffee, Marsala, egg yolk, mascarpone, sugar and finished with a sprinkle of cocoa powder or grated chocolate.  I did, however, make the exception … Continue reading →

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Choc Mint Ice-Cream Cake

April 11, 2011

When a boy turns 9 I guess it is time to do away with the Australian Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake book.  Levi didn’t really have a great interest in flicking through all the birthday cake books this year to choose … Continue reading →

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Lychee And Coconut Ice-Cream

January 28, 2011

I am having so much fun with my ice-cream maker and this sublime ice-cream makes buying your own machine worthwhile.  You just can’t buy this dreamy flavour. The combination of lychee and coconut is one I’d heard of but never … Continue reading →

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Fresh Georgia Peach Ice Cream

January 6, 2011

I took Levi to the tennis last night. “When I watch it  on TV it is actually quite boring but when I went to see the tennis at the stadium it was quite cool”. Levi He peppered me with questions … Continue reading →

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A Stunning Orange Sorbet

January 3, 2011

Happy New Year and welcome to my new blog!  Joel gave me a new domain for my blog, as a little extra Christmas present, so today he used his last day of holidays to set it up.  Very convenient to … Continue reading →

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Mocha Fudge Chunk Ice Cream

December 12, 2010

To celebrate the end of the school year we packed up the kids and spent a couple of nights on the Sunshine Coast. We managed to have beautiful weather and escape the incredible deluge of rain we’ve been having along … Continue reading →

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