Kate's Crazy Culinary Creations

Last week I had someone bring in a bag of home grown limes into work. Of course I straight away began thinking about what I was going to make. One of my favorite blog, Sally's Baking Addiction , happen to post a recipe for this slice. I had already thought about making a Key Lime pie but this was an interesting and easy take of a favorite of mine. So here goes. Preheat your oven to 170 degrees Celsius. Line the base of a baking pan with foil. Allow for overhang, this will make it easier to remove later. Lightly spray the inside of the foil with nonstick spray. Set aside whilst you prepare the base. Place your biscuits into your food processor and blitz to a fine crumb. Place into a medium size bowl and mix in the melted butter. Press the mixture into the pan. Using the back of a spoon to spread out evenly and compress the base mixture. Place the tin in the oven and cook for 10 minutes until the base is slightly brown. Now to make the filling, in a large bowl beat the cream ch...

I have just started receiving a fortnightly fruit and vegetable delivery from Aussie Farmer's Direct. This was the inspiration for this recipe as I had some vegetables to use and thought this was the perfect recipe to use them. I had made another vegetarian lasagne before but this one was far better than the last. Firstly you need to preheat your oven to 180 degrees celcius. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Peel and slice the pumpkins and sweet potato into 1 cm thick pieces. Lay the pieces onto the baking trays, pumpkin on one and the sweet potato on the other. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil over them and some salt and pepper. Place in the oven and roast for 20 minutes or until soft. Whilst the vegetables are roasting you will need to make the tomato based sauce. First you will be need to cut up the vegetables. Finely dice the onion, chop the red capsicum into pieces about 2 cm, halve and slice the zucchini, chop the eggplant and slice the mushrooms. Put all the ...

This is a recipe that I have made a few times now. It looks spectacular and is pretty easy to make. It can be thrown together last minute and it looks like you have spent hours preparing it. So firstly preheat your oven to 160 degree celcius and prepare the baking tins. I made 3 cakes in 20 cm tins. If you wanted you could make 2  and slice them in half to make 4 layers. I find 3 works better, but have made it with 4 before. Line the base of your tins with baking paper Now for the cake, place the butter, sugar and vanilla in your electric mixer. Beat for 10-12 minutes until light and creamy. Gradually add the eggs and beat well. Fold through the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and milk. Spoon the mixture into the pans, as evenly possible. Place in the oven and cook for 45-50 minutes. Once cooked stand in the tins for 10 minutes, then turn out to cool on a cooling rack. Now for the filling dissolve the coffee granules in the water. Mix together the coffee mixture, mascarpo...

Well this is the last recipe from my Mother's day, and my favourite. I made mine into small pies (6) but have also made it into one large pie before. This was one of my first experimental recipes about 6 years ago. And it always turns out well. It is also a walk down memory lane. Firstly to make the pastry. Sift together the flours and a pinch of salt into a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub through the flour with your fingertips until is resembles breadcrumbs. Then stir through the sugar. In a small bowl or mug lightly beat together 1 egg and 1 tablespoon of chilled water. Drizzle over the flour mixture and use a butter knife to cut the liquid through the flour mixture. Bring the dough together with your hands into a smooth ball. Divide the dough into 2 ball, (One slightly bigger than the other). Cover with cling wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes whilst you make the filling. Peel and core the apples. Cut each apple into 8 wedges. It is important that you ...