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Kiwi Afghan Biscuit’s – ‘Award Winning’

Kiwi Afghan Biscuit’s – ‘Award Winning’

by Philippa Cameron | Mar 13, 2025 | Biscuits, Sweet Smoko

The Afghan biscuit is a crunchy, chocolatey Kiwi classic topped with smooth icing and a walnut. If you grew up in New Zealand, chances are you’ve enjoyed an Afghan biscuit with a hot cuppa. This chocolatey, crunchy, walnut-topped delight has been a staple in Kiwi...
Date and Walnut Cake to Feed a Crowd

Date and Walnut Cake to Feed a Crowd

by Philippa Cameron | May 15, 2020 | Recipes, Sweet Smoko

A moist, rich cake with glorious coffee icing Sometimes when you taste a cake you just have to have the recipe.  For one of my followers Kirsty and her mum, who were working in the shearing sheds at the time – this was the case.   The farmer’s...

Phillipa Cameron

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.

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