Apple & Blueberry Tarts November 29, 2009

These are really simple, look cute and are delicious.  They also make great lunchbox snacks.

Ingredients:
3 apples
handful of frozen blueberries
2 tb raw sugar
1 tb cornflour
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp mixed spice

Method:
Peel and core the apples, and chop into small pieces.  Put them in a saucepan with enough water to cover them by about 1cm, and simmer until the apples are soft.  There should be only a small amount of water left at this point.

Roughly mash the apples to remove most of the lumps.  Then mix the cornflour with a little water and add this to the pot, over heat, until the mixture thickens.  Add the blueberries and sugar.  Mix well and the blueberries should squash a bit and turn the apple mixture into a purple colour while still leaving lots of whole blueberries (you could mash them together if you don’t want to have whole blueberries)

Set aside to cool.

Lay out sheets of shortcrust pastry, and cut them out with a scone cutter.  Grease muffin tins and lay a pastry circle into each one, to make a tart case.  I used these silicone mini tart cases to get that wavy  tart shape (minus the tomatoes of course LOL). Spoon about a tablespoon of mixture into each one.

I like to cut a small star or other shape from the scraps of pastry, it’s less fiddly than making a full lid, and seems to give them a nice finished look (and makes them stackable!)  You can brush this with milk, but it’s not necessary.

Bake for around 15-20 mins at 200ºC.  Set on a wire rack to cool, or eat while still warm.  Makes about 24 small tarts.

Berry Cheesecakes November 29, 2009

YUM!

I used cherries for the ones pictured, but any berry should work …. I’ve also done strawberries… I’m going to try blueberries next!…  I made these as individual serves in foil muffin cases, but you can make it as a whole cheesecake.

Ingredients:

1 pack of defrosted frozen berries (optional)
1 tin berries
Gelatine
Cheesecake makings (Recipe to come)

 

Method:
1). I used crushed butternut snaps as the biscuit base for the cheesecake, because it makes a really yummy base, and I used I used the pokey-stick from a mortar and pestle (is it the pestle? or the mortar?) to push it all down into the muffin cases… It was a bit fiddly… but I liked the look of them.

2). Drain the tin of berries (keeping the juice), and use about half of the berries, squeeze out as much liquid as you can, mashing them a bit, and mix these in with the cheesecake mixture. Spoon that on top of the biscuit base. Put that in the fridge to set.

3).  Use the tinned juice to make jelly, using gelatine according to the instructions on the pack, but add a bit extra gelatine so it sets firm…When making the cherry ones I added a few drops of black and red food colouring to give it that dark cherry look. Carefully pour the jelly ontop of the cheesecake (the coldness of the cheesecake will make it set very quickly, and if you don’t pour carefully it can make craters in the cheesecake), and place the whole berries ontop to decorate – either several like the top picture, or one in the centre like below.

If you don’t want to use the frozen berries on top, I guess you could puree the rest of the tinned berries and mix that through the jelly and just have that as the topping.

For the record….. frozen berries have a better taste and texture to tinned ones. I imagine most people would find that an obvious conclusion, but I wasn’t sure when I made the first batch, so I tried both…. the tinned is good for the syrup used to make the jelly, but the actual berries are mushier and don’t look or taste quite as nice as the frozen (which don’t taste or look as nice as fresh – but fresh isn’t always an option)… so use the frozen ones to decorate, and the tinned to mix through the cheesecake.

Apple & Cinnamon Cakes November 29, 2009

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (approx) – room temperature
1/2 cup raw sugar
Pinch each of cinnamon, cloves and mixed spice
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 cups SR flour
5 apples (sweet ones)
1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tb raw sugar mixed to dust

Method:
1). Peel, core and finely chop 2 of the apples, put them in a saucepan with a little water and spices, and simmer until the apple is soft. Drain off the liquid.
2). Beat butter and sugar, add 1 egg, beat well then add the other egg, mix in half the milk and flour, beat well then add remaining milk and flour. Beat until pale and creamy.
3).  Spoon a a little of the mixture into muffin tins, about 1/4 fill them. Place a few pieces of cooked apple onto this, then top with more cake mixture.

4). Peel, core and slice the remaining apples to make enough apple slices to top each cake. Brush the tops with milk and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar ontop.

5).  Bake in a preheated 180ºC oven for 10 – 15 mins until golden on top.

Apple Tarts November 29, 2009

These are really simple but look cute and are yummy.  They also make great lunchbox snacks.

Ingredients:
5 large apples
1 tb cornflour
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp mixed spice

Method:
Peel and core the apples, and chop into small pieces.  Put them in a saucepan with enough water to cover them by about 1cm, and simmer until the apples are soft.  There should be only a small amount of water left at this point.

Roughly mash the apples to remove most of the lumps.  Then mix the cornflour with a little water and add this to the pot, over heat, until the mixture thickens.

You may add sugar to this mixture if you like, but I have found if you use sweet apples, it isn’t needed.

Set aside to cool.

Lay out sheets of shortcrust pastry, and cut them out with a scone cutter to get that wavy edge.  Grease muffin tins and lay a pastry circle into each one, to make a tart case.  Spoon about a tablespoon of mixture into each one.

I like to cut a small star or other shape from the scraps of pastry, it’s less fiddly than making a full lid, and seems to give them a nice finished look.  You can brush this with milk, but it’s not necessary.

Bake for around 15-20 mins at 200ºC.  Set on a wire rack to cool, or eat while still warm.

Honeycomb Rocky Road September 7, 2009

Not a recipe as such… but to make these, just melt chocolate (I made 2 separate lots in milk and white chocolate)….  then pour a layer about .5cm thick onto a tray (you might want to use non-stick baking paper or a silicone sheet)…. use about 1/3 of the amount of choc you have, then top with marshmallows – pretty close togther.  I used one pack of pink & white marshmallows…. the whites went into the white choc one and the pink ones in the milk chocolate one.  Then crush some honeycomb chocolate bar (I used “violet crumble”) and sprinkle between the gaps in the marshmallows.  Then top with the rest of the melted chocolate and sprinkle more honeycomb on top.  Allow to set then cut into chunks with a heated knife.

Cannelloni September 6, 2009

Ingredients:
1 small onion, very finely chopped
1 tin crushed tomatoes
1 tb mixed herbs
1 clove garlic
1 jar pasta sauce
1 carrot, grated
1 small zuccini, grated
500g mince
cannelloni tubes
Grated cheese (optional)

Method:
Fry onion and mince until cooked. Add garlic and fry until it starts to brown.  Remove from heat and add the grated veg, herbs and enough of the pasta sauce to make the mixture moist

Fill the cannelloni shells with the mince mixture. Pour a layer of the tinned tomato into an oven proof dish, lay the cannelloni ontop of this, and top with remaining pasta sauce (adding some of the tinned tomato if needed.  Cover with aluminium foil and. Bake for about 25-30 mins, until the canelloni shells have softened.  Top with grated cheese, and return to oven without the foil, for an additional 5 mins until the cheese melts.

Gift idea – Cookie Mix in a Jar August 29, 2009

• http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2009/08/mix-things-up.html
• http://myfivemen.blogspot.com/2008/03/cookies-in-jar-recipe.html
• http://www.akronohiomoms.com/archives/773
• http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/02/holiday-gifts-8-homemade-gifts-in-a-jar-with-free-printable-gift-tags/
• http://hallmarkladybugs.blogspot.com/2008/12/cookie-mix-in-jar-easy-economic-and.html
• http://www.dominosugar.com/content/158/baking_gift_ideas.aspx

Mint Icecream August 12, 2009

http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/006066mint_chocolate_chip_ice_cream.php

Berry Muffins/Cupcakes August 10, 2009

(I divide the batch in half and do half raspberry and half blueberry.)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (approx) – room temperature
1/2 cup raw sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 cups wholemeal SR flour
handful of berries

Method:
Beat butter and sugar, add 1 egg, beat well then add the other egg, mix in half the milk and flour, beat well then add remaining milk and flour. Beat until pale and creamy.  Add the berries and stir to mix them in.  Spoon into muffin tins.   Bake in a preheated 180C oven for 10 – 15 mins until golden on top.  Best eaten while still warm

Bread August 10, 2009

Ingredients:
2 cups warm water
2 tb dried yeast
2 tb sugar
2 tb olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 cup wholemeal plain flour
3 cups bread flour (or plain flour)
1 cup wholegrain mix (see note)

Method:
Pour the water into a large bowl. I actually boil the kettle while I get everything organised and use 1 cup boiling water and 1 cup cold tap water to make water that is warm. The bread recipe I use suggests using hot tap water but you should never consume water from the hot tap!).  Sprinkle the yeast and sugar into this, give it a stir and leave it for 10 mins.

Then stir in the wholemeal flour, the oil and salt. Add the wholegrain mix and the remaining flour, a cup at a time, mixing well. Turn this out onto a floured bench and knead for 10 mins. You will need to add more flour as it gets sticky.  Then lightly oil the bowl you mixed it in, and the surface of the bread, cover the bowl with plastic wrap (I use one of those shower-cap looking things), and put it somewhere warm to rise for an hour. After an hour, knead it again. Then put it into a breadtin and cover it again, leaving it in the warm place to rise for half an hour.  (I use the top of our heater, which is nice and warm, you could turn the oven onto as low as it will go and leave the door open a bit if you have nowhere else warm to put it).  Once risen, slash the top (this apparently lets it rise better), and you could sprinkle it with sesame or poppy seeds if you wish, or some wholegrains.  Bake at 180ºC for about 30 mins, until the bread is browned and sounds hollow.

You aren’t supposed to cut into warm bread because it can ruin the texture, but it’s so damned hard not to!!!  if you like warm fresh bread (and who doesn’t!), you can do what we sometimes do, and use a smaller loaf tin for the loaf of bread (since it goes stale fairly quickly anyway, if you don’t use bread that much it’s a waste making a whole loaf), and make a couple of extra small loaves using teeny loaf tins, so we can eat the small loaves when they come out of the oven – because you have to test your bread worked…. yes indeed….quality control or something……several sample tests… just to be sure!…….(with butter slathered on)….. nom nom!

note: I buy a wholegrain mixture for adding to bread, that has rye, barley, corn, linseed and oats in it – and I often use a little over half a cup of this and the rest of the cup of crushed linseeds, or I use a full cup of the wholegrain mix.

recipe from here – http://20yearchallenge.blogspot.com/2008/10/basic-bread-recipe.html

Wholegrain Cheese & Ham Rolls August 9, 2009

This is a flavoured bread, using this bread recipe as a base.

Ingredients:
2 cups warm water
2 tb dried yeast
2 tb sugar
2 tb olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 cup wholemeal plain flour
3 cups bread flour (or plain flour)
1 cup wholegrain mix (see note)
1 cup grated cheese
1/2 cup finely chopped ham
2 tb chives

Method:
Pour the water into a large bowl. I actually boil the kettle while I get everything organised and use 1 cup boiling water and 1 cup cold tap water to make water that is warm. The bread recipe I use suggests using hot tap water but you should never consume water from the hot tap!). Sprinkle the yeast and sugar into this, give it a stir and leave it for 10 mins.

Then stir in the wholemeal flour, the oil and salt. Add the chives and wholegrain mix. Add the remaining flour, a cup at a time, mixing well. Turn this out onto a floured bench and knead for 10 mins.  You will need to add more flour as it gets sticky.  Then lightly oil the bowl you mixed it in, and the surface of the bread, cover the bowl with plastic wrap (I use one of those shower-cap looking things), and put it somewhere warm to rise for an hour. After an hour, knead it again. Then spread it out and sprinkle the cheese and ham over it, fold and knead it to mix this through. Form into golf-ball sized balls and place them on a baking tray about 1cm apart if you would like a “pull-apart” type loaf, where the buns are connected but you can pull them off… or about 3cm apart for separate ones. You can sprinkle some more ham over the top if you like. Bake at 180ºC for about 15-20 mins, until the bread is browned and sounds hollow.

Goes nicely with soup or for a picnic. If taking on a picnic, try to time it so they come out of the oven just before you leave, then wrap them in a clean teatowel and put them in an insulated container to keep warm.

note: I buy a wholegrain mixture for adding to bread, that has rye, barley, corn, linseed and oats in it – and I often use a little over half a cup of this and the rest of the cup of crushed linseeds, or I use a full cup of the wholegrain mix.

Chocolate Self Saucing Pudding August 9, 2009

Ingredients:
1/2 cup melted butter
3 tb cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1 cup SR flour
1/2 cup raw sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup raw sugar additional
2tb cocoa powder additional
1 1/4 cups boiling water

Method:
Mix the flour, sugar and first lot of cocoa together. Add the egg, melted butter and milk, and beat until smooth. Spoon this mixture into a greased baking dish (needs to be about a 6 cup capacity) and smooth off the top. Mix together the additional sugar and cocoa, and sprinkle this ontop of the pudding mixture, then carefully pour the boiling water over the back of a large spoon (this helps to stop the water creating holes when you pour it on). Bake at 180ºC for about 30 mins (until the top bounces back when pressed)

Chicken Sausage Rolls August 9, 2009

Ingredients:
1 chicken breast
1 carrot
1 zucchini
1 tin (drained and rinsed) lentils
1 clove garlic
1 tb dried basil
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp curry powder
Bread (about 3 crust slices – the crust is better because it is less soft/moist, you don’t want the mixture too moist or your sausage rolls can ooze)

Method:
Chuck that all in a food processor and blend until it makes a sausage mince consistency. Cut a sheet of pastry in half, a spoon the mixture out to make a line down the side of one half of the pastry sheet (about as thick as a thin sausage), roll the pastry over, and cut it into sections to make sausage rolls. Bake at around 200ºC for about 15 mins or until pastry has browned.

Rainbow cake June 14, 2009

http://omnomicon.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-make-rainbow-cake.html

Capsicum stuffed with rice June 14, 2009

I thought I’d give this a go, to see how it worked.  Not bad I thought (except the kebabs were overcooked)

Flavoured Rice
I cooked the rice in a rice cooker, as normal, but added some finely chopped  garlic, onion, mushrooms, a teaspoon of vegetable stock, and a teaspoon of lemon pepper …. it was delicious!

Then when that was cooked I spooned it into hollowed out capsicums and put those in the oven for about 15-20 mins to cook the capsicum.  I served them with chicken and vegetable kebabs, corn and broccoli    The rice works just as nicely not served in a capsicum too… you can serve it straight from the rice cooker.

Chicken, Leek & Spinach Risotto June 14, 2009

Ingredients:
2 chicken thigh fillets (skinless)
1 cup (uncooked) arborio rice
½ a leek, finely sliced
1 large garlic clove
1 tin cream of mushroom soup
3 tsp skim milk powder
3 cubes or ½ cup chopped spinach
Handful of grated cheese (optional)

Method:
In a large frypan, cook the chicken until starting to brown, add the leek, garlic and rice. Allow that to heat for about 30 seconds to a minute (don’t let the rice or garlic burn), and then add about 1 cup boiling water. Stirring well. Mix the milk powder with about 1/2 cup of boiling water, and add that to the pan. Stir until that liquid has been soaked up, then add the tin of mushroom soup, spinach and cheese if you wish.  Keep stirring and adding more water as needed, as the rice mixture starts to soak up the liquids. When it is almost ready – when the rice is just a little firm, remove from heat and put a lid on the saucepan and leave stand for 5 minutes before serving and the risotto should have finished cooking in the residual heat.

Pastry Pizzas June 14, 2009

These are simple and make great party food.  Just take sheets of frozen puff pastry, spread with tomato paste or pesto, add toppings and bake!

Simple toppings work best,  because the pastry is thin you can’t have too much topping.  Try:

• Ham, cheese & tomato paste (with olives or pineapple on top)
• Basil or olive pesto with cheese
• basil pesto with ham, cheese, mushrooms & olives

You can cut the pastry into shapes before adding toppings if you like.

Savoury Crackers (Biscuits) June 14, 2009

I made these crackers by adding multigrain mix (linseed, oats, rye, cornmeal etc.) that I bought from a store selling breadmaking supplies… to a cracker recipe I found in a magazine.   This made a tasty multigrain cracker, which I felt was more wholesome, but you can make it without this.

Ingredients:
1 cup wholemeal SR flour
Pinch Salt
3 tb butter
1/3 cup grated cheese
1 tb dried chives (or other herbs)
¼ cup water

Optional:
¼ cup multigrain mixture (or linseeds, bran flakes etc.)
dash of water extra

Method:
1). Put the flour and salt into a large bowl, and rub in the butter.
2). Mix in the cheese, chives and any additional grains.
3). Make a well in the centre, and add in the water. If you have added extra grains, you may need to add a little more water to make the mixture come together into a dough-like consistency (it should be fairly dry not sticky).
4). Knead until mixture has come together and is smooth.
5). Turn out onto a floured surface, and roll out as thin as you can, to about 2-3mm thick. Use cookie cutters (or cut squares with a knife) to cut shapes out and lay them on a greased or lined baking tray.
6). Brush the tops with milk, and bake in a preheated oven at 200ºC for 10 minutes, or until they are golden brown (mine in the image above were probably a touch overcooked).

Allow to cool completely before putting in an airtight container.

 

The dough can be a bit hard to work with, so thin and it’s a bit delicate……so click the “more” for my guide to working with it.

Fish fingers June 9, 2009

Pretty much the same as my chicken nuggets recipe Just take a piece of fish (I personally only buy Australian fish, as imported fish can not only take a while to be shipped here, but also swim in less clean water than ours)…. make sure it’s deboned and skin removed…. stick it in a food processor with a piece of bread, any spices you like, and blend to a minced consistency…. Roll out into little logs, flatten them, roll in breadcrumbs, place on a greased tray and cook at 180ºC for about 15-20 mins, turning halfway through.
You can freeze them and reheat as needed…. then you have the convenience of fishfingers, but you know exactly what is in them.

Crumbing mixture June 9, 2009

Use this mixture to give a bit of an extra zing to crumbed things (schnitzels, chicken nuggets, patties etc.)

In a large bowl mix together wholegrain breadcrumbs, powdered parmesan cheese, sesame seeds, garlic powder, salt, pepper, some herbs (things like chives, basil and parsley are good) and spices (whatever you like, try cumin, cardamon, and a touch of mixed spice).

Store this in an airtight container, and when you need to crumb something, pour a little out into a plate/flattish bowl, and crumb the item in that. You can then pour in more as needed. Don’t reuse crumbs, as there will be traces of the food you are crumbing left behind (and raw meat will spoil the crumbs)

Chicken Nuggets June 9, 2009

Ingredients:
6 chicken thigh fillets (skin removed)
1 slice wholegrain bread
1 garlic clove
1tb spices (I used lemon pepper & cumin)
Breadcrumb mixture (breadcrumbs, sesame seeds + spices)

Method:
Pop everything but the breadcrumbs into a food processor, and blend until it forms a paste-like consistency. Take spoonfuls and form into nugget-like shapes and toss in a breadcrumb mixture. Spray a baking tray with oil, and bake the nuggets at 180ºC for about 15-20 mins, turning over halfway through.
You can freeze these and reheat as needed. Makes about 25 nuggets

Slowcooker Lentil Soup June 7, 2009

Not so pretty to look at I admit, but tasty

Ingredients:
1 c dried green lentils
1 c chopped leek
1 bacon bone (one of the rib bits is best)
About 6 baby potatoes
1 tb ground cumin
1 c corn kernels

Method:
1). Wash and chop the potatoes into bitesize pieces. rinse the lentils.
2). Put everything except the corn into the slowcooker, with just enough water to cover the ingredients.
3). Cook on high until the potato is soft and breaking apart (about 5 hours)
4). Use tongs to remove the bacon bone, pull off any meat you can.
5). Use a potato masher to gently mash the soup. How much you wash depends on how smooth you want the soup to be. Mash just a little to make a chunky soup, or mash a lot (or even use a stick blender to puree it) if you like a smoother soup.
6). Stir in the bacon and corn into the slowcooker and turn it off. Allow to sit for about 5 minutes and then serve. Or allow to cool and spoon into containers for use later.

Pizza Dough June 7, 2009

(makes 2-3 large thin pizzas, or perhaps 1 large thick crust one)

Ingredients:
3 cups plain flour
1 tb dry yeast
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
3 tb olive oil
1cup warm water

Method:
In a heatproof large bowl, mix all the ingredients together to combine. Knead in the bowl until mixture is all together.

Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for a few minutes until the dough is smooth. Form into a ball

Rub/spray the inside of the bowl with oil, and place the dough ball back into the bowl. Cover with a damp teatowel and leave it to rise for an hour somewhere warm. It should double in size

If you don’t have somewhere warm (I’m guessing about 30ºC would be good?), turn the oven on for a moment to get it to a nice warm temp, then turn the oven off and place the bowl in there. You could also put the bowl on the top/mantle of a fireplace, or even in a sink of hot water

Once doubled, take dough out and punch it to remove air. Break into 1-2 pieces and roll out to desired thickness. Place on your pizza tray.

Top with your fave pizza toppings, and bake 220ºC for 20 minutes or 250°C for 10 – 15 minutes.

Carrot Muffins May 24, 2009

These are yummy, and the crumble topping makes them look a bit fancier than your average muffin!

ok, yes, I know these aren’t really muffins in the pic, but I cleaned out the cupboards and rediscovered my mini loaf pans, and just had to make some.. there are proper muffins in the pic below.

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Ingredients:
1½ c SR flour
1 c wholemeal SR flour
2 tsp mixed spice
¾ c raw sugar
¾ c sultanas (or ½ c sultanas and ¼c walnuts)
1½ c grated carrot
1 tb golden syrup
2 tb vegetable oil
1¼ c milk
1 egg, lightly beaten

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Topping:(optional)
2 tb plain flour
¼ tsp mixed spice
1 tb butter
1 tb raw sugar
1 tb rolled oats
1 tb desiccated coconut

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Method:
1). Mix the flours and spice in a large bowl. Add the sultanas, carrot and sugar, mixing well.
2). Mix the milk, golden syrup, oil and egg together, then mix this through the carrot mixture
3). fold this together gently, not mixing it too much (overmixing can make muffins tough)
4). Spoon the mixture into muffin tins.
5). If adding the topping, mix all the ingredients together, rubbing in the butter until you have a crumbly mixture. Sprinkle this over the tops of the muffins.
6). Bake in a 180°C preheated oven for 20 mins, until muffins are browning and a skewer comes out clean.

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Muffin recipe from here:
http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/nutrition/recipes/survival_I/treats2/carrot_muffins
topping recipe from here – http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/b/new-idea/747/apple-and-carrot-muffins/

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This mixture was enough to make 12 cupcake sized muffins plus some mini loaves.

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Other carrot muffin recipes that look nice:
http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/b/new-idea/747/apple-and-carrot-muffins/
http://www.freshforkids.com.au/recipes/pdf/FFKcarrotzuccmuffins.pdf

Tim Tam Cupcakes May 19, 2009

Ingredients:
250g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
125g unsalted butter, room temperature
200g sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
180ml cream
1 packet Tim Tams

 
Ingredients for frosting:
180g white chocolate, broken into pieces
180g cream cheese, cut into pieces
185g unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into pieces

 
Method;
1). Combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
2). Cream the butter and sugar, until it is light and fluffy.
3). Mix the eggs into the creamed butter & sugar, one at a time and add the vanilla.
4). Add the flour mixture and the cream in alternating lots while mixing well. Beat until the mixture is smooth.
5). Crush the timtams, and sprinkle half this into the mixture (Keeping the other half aside).
6). Spoon the mixture into muffin/cupcake trays (will make about 12-18 depending on the size).
7). Bake in a preheated 180°C oven for 20-25 mins, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn cupcakes out onto a cake rack to cool.

 
Frosting:
1). Place a heatproof bowl over a saucepan with a little simmering water, and add the chocolate to the bowl to melt it. Allow it to get warm but not too hot.
2). Beat the cream cheese together with the butter until it forms a light, fluffy mixture.
3). Mix in the melted chocolate and continue to mix well to combine.
4). Pipe or spread the frosting on straight away (before it sets) and sprinkle the remaining crushed timtams on top.

 

 
(From – http://thatsnoice.com/tim-tam-cupcakes)