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…
Buckwheat Pancakes with Caramelised Bananas and Sweet Dukkah
My son George has recently become obsessed, I mean OBSESSED with pancakes! Every morning my little four year old gets out his stool in the kitchen, gets the bowls and baking ingredients and we make pancakes together. Sounds idillic and picture perfect doesn’t it? NOT AT ALL. …my kitchen floor is covered in flour… …there…
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…
Cheat’s Chocolate Mousse Pots
A make ahead dessert. That’s fancy enough to entertain with. That’s… chocolatey crunchy silky decadent and… FOOLPROOF! The holy grail of desserts? Sure is! Cheat’s Chocolate Mousse Pots with crunchy chocolate biscuit crumbs and tangy freeze-dried plums. I have a little obsession with second hand cookbooks. I have shelves of cookbooks and I am proud to…
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…
Blueberry Popsicles
My husband suggested to me the other day that maybe I might like to write about something other than him on my blog. Particularly, he suggested that he could no longer be the butt of all my jokes. So. Dum de dum dum…. How about them Dolphins, hey? Ummmm… What do I write about then?…