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So I have been asked to make a slice for an event coming up. “Any slice will do”. Any slice?? There is like a thousand different slices, that are all awesome. How am I meant to choose??

The way that is best, especially considering I am on a no-eating-baking kick, I will make some slices and take them to my family to vote. I know this family is kind of crazy on the high calorie foods so I’m gonna skip the fruity/lemon/blueberry crumb bars all together… I hope this is a good decision!!

Tonight I will be making:

• Caramel Mocha Nut Slice
• Caramel White Chocolate Macadamia Slice
• Coffee Toffee Bars
• Florentine Slice

I really want to try out Nanaimo bars but I think they don’t quite keep up with the standards of the rest. My flatties and family are gonna be stoked with the leftovers…. off to the supermarket to buy CALORIES kthxbai

edit: decided against caramel white choc macadamia.. maybe next time…

• 420g of microwaved pumpkin, blended
• 375g can  Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 g ground cinnamon
• 1g ground ginger
• 2 g ground nutmeg
• 3 g salt
• Pie crust (I made my own)

1. Preheat oven to 220 degrees C (425 degrees F). Whisk everything together in medium bowl until smooth. Pour into crust. Bake 15 minutes.
2. Reduce oven temperature to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F) and continue baking 35 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted 1 inch from crust comes out clean. Cool. Garnish as desired. Store leftovers covered in refrigerator.

1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup dessicated coconut
125g butter (melted)

1 can (375g) sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons golden syrup
30 grams butter

150g chocolate

preheat oven to 180 degrees centigrade.
combine first 5 ingredients and mix well. press into a lined 20x25cm pan or similar and bake for 10 minutes or until lightly golden.
heat next 3 ingredients in a saucepan, bring to boil and stir for 5 minutes trying not to burn it.
pour over the base and bake for a further 10 minutes.
remove from oven and cool. melt chocolate and pour over the top, smoothing evenly. cool and cut.

Ew excuse crap photo from a crap camera

This cake is dense, moist, nutty and fruity, thanks to the fact it is made with no flour, 3 whole oranges and ground almonds. Grind your own in a food processor with a little sugar or buy pre-ground.

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Pecans and Butterscotch have never really appealed to me, but somehow this recipe did…

I have never ever made a cheesecake before, shock horror, and so I have no idea whether or not this is going to set. Not only that, but I screwed up my oven timer melting butter for the banana cake I was making simultaneously and so I have no idea how long I baked it for. Stay tuned for is it set… /edit: it set perfectly

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