An ultimate, luxurious, carrot cake ladened with pillowy dreamy cream cheese icing and scattered with crunchy pecans. Some might think this a perfect cake to serve at Easter. Well, I thought the same and I thought it would be lovely for you all to serve it at Easter time and the little bunnies would love…
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Ricotta and Rhubarb Cakes with Vanilla Mascarpone and Meringue
Perfectly moist and delicately flavoured ricotta and rhubarb cakes with a big dollop of creamy vanilla bean mascarpone dolloped on top, sprinkled with tangy raspberries and crunchy crumbled meringues. These little cakes are beautiful to look at and even better to eat! This is without a doubt my favourite time of year. Autumn. I know,…
Hawaij Gingerbread Men
A recipe for Hawaij (hawayij or hawayej) Gingerbread Men. A twist on your classic holiday cookies with cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and clove spices. Hawaij? Whaaaaaaat’s hawaij? It’s a word my auto-spell check hates (turns out my spell check loves hawaii not hawaij which has made writing this post rather frustrating) and it is…
Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies
Rich dark chocolate fudge brownies topped with sour cheesecake topping and tart raspberries. The perfect combination that makes the most delicious and decadent brownies you’ll ever try! Like any Mum I am always so so proud of my little boys and try to tell them everyday. Last week however my pride hit new levels…
6 Minute Chocolate Cake
An easy and quick chocolate cake that’s in the oven in 6 minutes. Drizzled with a chocolate glaze, this is chocolate heaven and it’s vegan! 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,…
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…