CHECKERED COOKIES

I made these cookies as a thank you for one of my friends as I thought the checkered pattern would be popular with his little son but the cookies didn't make it to his son .. he ate them himself! :) On the tray you can see the other pattern which I made as well.

MIXED FRUIT PIE

I felt like making a fruit pie but I had too much pastry so I made two. One is with two kinds of grapes and the other one is with kiwi and slices of peach. I can't wait for the spring & summer season in which you get lovely summer fruits for crumbles, pies and coulis.

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MARSIPAN COVERED GENOISE

I made an airy genoise (very light vanilla cake), layers covered with strawberry jam and whipped cream and the top layer is covered with some more jam so the marsipan would stick nicely. It's best not to put too much on the layers as you you need to push it down a bit and you don't want it squirting out. I then covered the cake with a rolled out layer of marsipan. The flower was made from marsipan and a touch of chocolate to create the middle of the flower. I made one with strawberry jam and the other one with bits of cut up pineapple, quite teasty! :)

BANANA PIE WITH VANILLA CREME

This is a combination of home made pastry, vanilla creme and slices of banana soaked in crème de banane (a banana liqueur).

APPLE CRUMBLE PIE

this is my easy peasy apple crumble pie. It's a combination of apples, crumble and pastry. Made warm with some vanilla ice cream it can't go wrong!