You NEED this cake in your baking arsenal. I am just going to come out and say it, this cake is a GAME CHANGER! It literally takes six minutes, yes six minutes to make. The hardest part is finding the ingredients in your pantry, or maybe getting out that baking tin from behind all the…
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Henry’s 2nd Birthday: Kid’s Construction Site Party
My little baby is T-W-O! How did that happen? Not long ago I was carrying home my little baby boy home from the hospital now I struggle to even carry this 15kg/33lb future front row rugby star (actually I’m secretly hoping he takes up tennis, golf or soccer, something that’s not going to give a…
Plum and Lime Layer Cake
It’s pretty, it’s pale pink, it’s sweet from the roasted plums, it’s tangy from the lime, it’s fluffy from the buttermilk, it’s got beautiful delicate frosting and it looks like it’s made for a princess (albeit a bit of a hipster princess with the semi-naked icing look, but a princess nonetheless). This weekend my little…
Luxury Dark Chocolate and Nut Cookies
I hear there were a couple of celebrations in the USA this week. Considering over half my lovely followers are American, I thought I had to mention them. So on Tuesday there was this little celebration, you may or may not have heard of it, it’s usually accompanied by a few sparklers, nothing big. It’s…
Spiced Pumpkin Layer Cake
My son calls this the Halloween Cake. Why? Well it has pumpkin in it of course. Pumpkin in a cake? Yes! Stick with me for a minute. The Halloween Cake a.k.a my Spiced Pumpkin Layer Cake is layers of warmly spiced pumpkin and walnut cake sandwiched with fluffy cream cheese maple frosting topped with decadent…
Plum, Lemon and Bittersweet Chocolate Choux Bombs
Rich dark chocolate, whipped cream, creamy plum custard and tangy lemon curd in a little dreamy choux pastry bite, could this possibly be the perfect little dessert? Hmmmmm….well regardless these little Plum, Lemon and Bittersweet Chocolate Choux Bombs are one seriously delicious treat. I have a friend, who sadly has just moved to the UK…
Strawberry and Basil Galette
The other day my darling mother-in-law asked me to make these Strawberry and Basil Galettes for her. No problem you might say. Recipe looks pretty straight forward, strawberries are in season and you love to cook right Kate? If only it was that simple! (Don’t worry, these are really easy to make, I don’t want…
Honey, Orange and Cardamom Cake with Yoghurt and Pomegranate
Christmas Eve is tomorrow. EEEEEKKK!!! As always, I have left everything to the last minute for Christmas…including this blog post on Honey, Orange and Cardamom Cake with Yoghurt and Pomegranate. All the websites giving advice on blogging suggest that you should be pumping out the Holiday themed posts about three to four weeks before the…
Peppermint After Dinner Mints
Remember those after dinner mint slices that would come out at the end of a dinner party and were the height of sophistication in the eighties? At least I thought they were pretty classy with their dark chocolate and individual little sleeves. Well, they’re back! I’m declaring them totally cool again and on trend. My…
Salted Caramel and Hazelnut Slice
Over the last few weeks my recipes have taken a slight healthy bent – refined sugar free lemon curd, refined sugar free raspberry and lemon cake, raw chocolate bliss balls and healthy quick tortilla soup. But today I will not apologise because this is unashamably sweet tooth heaven. Gooey salted caramel. Rich dark chocolate. Crunchy…
Basic Bliss Balls
I’m not sure I should start off a food blog post with this story, but I’m going to. The other week the whole family went to Henry’s little friend Bella’s first birthday. It was such a lovely birthday but the aftermath was not cool, seriously not cool. Two nights later my husband and I woke…
Raspberry and Lemon Cake
What do you do with all that Homemade Ugly Lemon Curd you made yesterday? Make a Raspberry and Lemon Cake of course. Layers of moist lemon, raspberry and almond cake studded with tangy raspberries, topped with creamy mascarpone, cream cheese and vanilla frosting and drizzled with your lemon curd. Enough said. You need to make this….