Ferrero Raffaello Clone

Ferrero Raffaello Clone

The Raffaello: Ferrero Rocher’s younger, less attractive sister. I shouldn’t be quite so harsh these white chocolate coconut balls actually have quite a following. I won a box of Raffaello’s the other day and after the tenth one they did start to grow on me however my heart still lies with the original golden Rocher.

My ‘clone’ attempt worked out fabulously well. They looked extremely authentic with the desiccated coconut on the outside and all the right flavours where there: coconut, almonds, white chocolate and the crunch of wafers. My centres could be tweaked a little to achieve a texture closer to the original.

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Black and White Cookie Fiasco

Black and White Cookie

So I had an interesting Halloween this year: I baked the best cookies in the world and possibly the worst cookies in the world all on the same day. I’m not complaining though………………  I can’t be fantastic all the time right? LOL!

This was my first attempt at the Black and White Cookie, I tried my first one in New York and it was pretty good I really wanted to share this little piece of American pop-culture cuisine with my family and friends as the closest thing we have here in Oz is the Neenish tart – it looks the same in

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