TASTES LIKE HOME
“There are a handful of cakes and biscuits that form part of every Kiwi and Australian home cook’s repertoire. Melting moments and yo-yos are two of them. They’re similar in that they’re both biscuits sandwiched together with a filling, but Mum didn’t like the way yo-yos crumble, or their dryness (they contain a lot of cornflour) so she made a hybrid of the two sorts using custard powder from the melting moments and called it a mo-yo. Mum likes to play around with old recipes a little these days as she’s been baking for so many years that she feels the need to be creative. She does all her mixing in a red plastic bowl she’s had for more than 30 years. Her favourite knife is a bone-handled butter knife that’s almost as old as she is. She does have some new equipment– she uses the microwave in some crafty ways.