Some people might argue that this is a summer recipe, but others, like my father, would disagree. He enjoyed a bowl of ice cream every night – summer or winter.
BANANA WHIP ICE CREAM
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Category Archives: Desserts
CHOCOLATE CHEESE BROWNIES
Here’s another of Mum’s pinned together recipes. If I’d realised that there was a cellotape shortage in her kitchen I would have donated a couple of rolls to her bottom drawer. I guess at least the pins kept the recipes together and saved pieces getting lost. If that had happened we’d never have had this Chocolate Cheese Brownie recipe to enjoy.
APPLE CRUMBLE
My guess is that this recipe was one of the original ones Mum started out with after she married in 1941. I wouldn’t be surprised if it came from my paternal grandmother, who Mum lived with while Dad was overseas in the airforce during WW2. The piece of paper looks very well used.
APPLE CRUMBLE
- ½ cup of Self Raising Flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons coconut
- 1 tablespoon butter
Mix together to make the crumble. Cook apples, let cool and put crumble on top. Bake in a moderate oven 180o until the crumble is brown, about 30 mins.
RICOTTA LOVE CAKE
Mum collected this recipe from the Herald Sun cooking page, Checkout. The note with it says it was sent in by a lady from New Jersey in America. Just shows how even before the internet recipes were shared around the world.
PALMIERS
I’ve always thought Palmiers seem a bit plain by themselves, but I like the idea in this recipe of sandwiching them together with whipped cream for a dessert. They’d be lovely with some fresh berries.
SPICED BANANA PUDDING
Thel was one of Mum’s golfing friends and a very good cook, there’s a few of her recipes scattered throughout Mum’s collection. This banana pudding would have appealed to Mum as she and Dad both liked bananas, there were always some in the fruit bowl. This pudding would have been a good way to use up those that had ripened just a little too much.
SPICED BANANA PUDDING
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 3 bananas
- extra butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
Sift flour, baking powder and salt, add half the sugar. Fold in beaten egg mixed with milk and melted butter. Pour into greased slab tin, top with banana slices, brush with extra melted butter. Mix balance of sugar with orange rind and cinnamon, sprinkle over bananas. Bake in mod oven 30-35 mins. Serve hot or cold with cream or ice cream.
THREE NUT PIE
This combination of pecans, macadamias and almonds with brown sugar and corn syrup makes a lovely sweet and nutty dessert, which you can serve either warm or cold.
LEMON TART
I’ll admit that sometimes when I don’t have a lot of time to spare I buy a lemon tart from my local cake shop, but this old recipe of Mum’s reminds me that making your own isn’t all that hard. The advantage of making it yourself is that you can give it a bit more lemon flavour, bought ones are usually a bit sweeter and don’t have that real lemon kick.
APPLE, APRICOT OR BERRY PIE
Mum often served apple pie with ice cream as a dessert and this hand written recipe of a very easy to make version was one she used a lot. It’s really quite versatile as you can use fresh fruit or frozen fruit instead of the tinned if you want to.
CHRISTMAS ICE CREAM BASKETS
The combination of a crisp, crunchy brandy snap basket, fruit mince and ice cream makes this a winner. Especially as you buy the ingredients and just assemble it – a nice and easy Christmas treat.
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