Years ago I used to be a Barista at Gloria Jeans (like Starbucks Australia) and since I went to Uni during the days I often worked the Thursday night shift. In Australia, malls open late on Thursday for what we call ‘late night shopping’. I think it’s supposed to coincide with pay day and…
Category: Sweet Treats
Almond & Black Tea Cake
In retrospect, Nuwan and I were very unprepared for moving to America. We thought of all the big things like the accents and driving on the other side of the road. But, we totally forgot that we were moving to a country that has a coffee shop around every corner. Tea is something that…
Kiri (Milk) Toffee
On occasion, at unreasonable times during the night (FYI 9pm is unreasonable when you have a baby) I get the urge to cook or bake. When I was pregnant I would make caramel popcorn at 10pm and then refuse to go to bed till it was all finished. Then I’d complain all night about feeling…
Mango Tart
Pastry can be a beast. It was a beast that I waited a long time to conquer. The first time I baked a chocolate ganache tart, 2 hours before the guests arrived it broke! I hadn’t quite mastered the removable base on the tin and the very short, crumbly pastry. I hated it! I hated…
Chocolate Biscuit Pudding
Chocolate biscuit pudding is one of those childhood dishes that make me truly happy. Can you imagine my excitement when my cousin informed me that Latin American grocery stores stocked Marie biscuits, made by Goya brand. I was thrilled! I couldn’t wait to make it and when I spied a grocery at Pike Place…
Banana Kinda Ice cream
Do you know what happens when you get frozen chopped bananas and blitz them in a food processor…ICE CREAM! As discussed earlier, my husband has a tendency to let bananas go bad. Now, when I see bananas threatening to spoil I chop them, stick them in a freezer bag and pop them in the deep…
Caramel Pudding/ Cheats Creme caramel
This is a really easy and simple pudding that is famous in Lanka. Everyone makes it and everyone loves it. This is Mr Firehouse’s absolute favourite. It’s guaranteed to win me “wifey of the day.” Ingredients 1 cup white sugar 1 can sweetened condensed milk I can full of water 1 tsp vanilla 4 eggs…
Lavariya
This is a post dedicated to my cousin Ruwanthi who specifically asked for the how-to. I don’t claim to be an expert, only that I have executed the process with some success. Some, being the operative word. Lavariya as I know it is basically a caramelised coconut wrapped in a string hopper. Great with a…
Dairy/Soy free Banana Bread
Have I told you about my lovely husband that always reminds me to buy bananas when I go shopping and then lets at least one of them rot in the fruit bowl. Well now you know. This has forced me to have a variety of banana friendly recipes to use up the soft bananas….good thing…
akkis kitchen 