Chocolate Puff Eclairs
Is it a chocolate eclair? Is it a cream puff? No, it’s a combination of the two with an easy delicious filling. These will be the crowd pleaser at you next event! You only need four main ingredients, which I know you will most likely have in your kitchen! What...
A Whole lot of Hot Chocolate
What is more warming and energising than a mug of sweet hot chocolate on cold and frosty day? Take off your gloves and wrap your hands around a steaming mug of hot chocolate. What makes this recipe so great is that it allows you to make a whole batch of hot chocolate,...
Tasty Toasted Cheese Mousetraps
One can only guess that the name of these cheesy ‘mouse traps’ originated from the idea that even the smallest creature lurking in the house would be tempted by these. What ingredients do I need? Tasty or Colby cheeseA TomatoSmall bunch of Parsley An...
The Best Fudgy Chocolate Icing Recipe
This is the chocolate icing recipe that you didn’t know you needed! I bet once you make this – that you will never make another type of chocolate icing ever again. Pair this icing with a chocolate cake. Or perhaps a banana cake. Or a red velvet cake. The...
HI – I’M PHILIPPA
I am the station cook at Otematata Station in the Waitaki Valley of the South Island, New Zealand. Most days I provide smokos (morning and afternoon tea) and lunches to our staff of shepherds. Some days if they are out on our remote high country blocks I will also prepare a lunch that can be eaten with a cuppa in one hand and their lunch in the other. Read More.