Brown Butter Chocolate Malted Cookies
byI’m on a brown butter bender. I can’t stahp with the brown butter blondies and the brown butter buns, and now these Brown Butter Chocolate Malted Cookies. It would be a problem if it weren’t so awesome. The…
Holidays
Naked Orange & Almond Cake with Poppy Seed Cream Cheese Icing
byCake and flowers. Flowers and cake…it’s a match made in heaven. And it’s made even more fun when you get to work not only with one of your coolest friends, but when they happen to be talented, creative AND…
No Bake Key Lime Pie with Ritz Crust!
byFirst thang’s first – this pie is amazing. The crust is so far beyond delicious that a word hasn’t even been invented yet to describe how good it tastes. UH-MAZING. And the filling has three ingredients, stirs together in…
Double Vanilla Jam Donuts!
byGuess what day tomorrow is, homies? FAT TUESDAY! AKA Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday, Fasnacht, Mardi Gras and about a billion other names. Today, Fat Tuesday is celebrated in the Christian tradition as the last day before Lent, and therefore…
Midsommar Cake // International Eats
bySwedish Midsommar! Blue skies, flower crowns, white dresses, smorgasboards and strawberries! Doesn’t that sound gorgeous? Especially when those strawberries are part of this light, luscious cake! It’s simple, and utterly perfect. Two light layers of a simple sponge…
Chocolate Babka // International Eats
byOoooooooh Chocolate Babka. The coveted Babka, if Elaine Benes is to be believed. And as much as I believe the Cinnamon Babka to be worthy of recognition – the chocolate babka is pretty damned hard to beat. This…
Let’s make…Buttermilk Donuts!
byWhether it’s just too crazy hot, or you’re stuck in a blizzard, or it’s tropical storming like nobody’s business, sometimes the only thing left to say is ‘let’s make buttermilk donuts’. And the only thing to do after…
Lush Chocolate Milo Cake
byIs it a weird reaction to want to laugh hysterically when I spy something as delicious as this cake? Because that’s my instinct. It makes me so damn happy to see a cake this gorgeous. I get the giggles…
Raspberry Sparklers & Happy Holidays!
byHEYOOO! Man, I hate to repeat what everyone else has probably already said to you a million times, but WHERE DID THE YEAR GO? Seriously, the end of this year and the whole holiday shebang that goes with it…
Coconut Snow Balls // Cookie Week!
byIt’s Day #4 of Cookie Week, and we’re nearing the end of this sugar-and-butter-fuelled ride. Today, I’m sharing a beautifully light, utterly Christmassy, Coconut Snow Ball cookie! These are so easy to put together, perfect for doing with…
Raspberry Jam Rugelach // Cookie Week!
byWe’re on Day #3 of Cookie Week! And today, I’ve got a tender, rich little swirl of pastry and jam for you. Absolutely heavenly. Rugelach are just one of the awesome recipes that make me wish I had a…
Maple Shortbread // Cookie Week!
byDay #2 of Cookie Week! And today I’m bringing you a deceptively simple recipe for Maple Shortbread. This is a five ingredient recipe, no heavy equipment required, and not even any scooping, chilling or cutting of dough. The…
Double Chocolate, Walnut & Ginger Biscotti // COOKIE WEEK!
byWelcome to Cookie Week! A celebration of all things sweet, crumbly, chewy and perfectly portioned. I’ll be sharing a new cookie recipe every day this week with an epic cookie round up on Friday. I’m also over on Pinterest…
Saint Lucia Challah
byMy favourite thing to do at this time of year is EAT – but more specifically, to graze. You know, it’s a snacky time of year and I’m a snacky kind of gal. Actually that’s not true, most of…
Santa’s Reindeer Cakes
bySanta’s reindeer work incredibly hard. Really, it can’t be easy leading a sleigh through freezing cold, AND stinking hot weather all in one night. Through rain or shine or hail, sleet or snow. They have to slow down time…
Aebleskiver with Vanilla & Jam
byHave you ever wondered what a pancake, crossed with a cloud, crossed with a doughnut, crossed with a dream, would taste like? My very specific friend, this is your lucky day. Because that is EXACTLY what an aebleskiver…
Thick Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate
byGet your hands ready, because you are going to want to wrap them around a cup of this gloriousness, post haste! Get out a pair of matching flannel pyjamas, or a onesie. Turn on the heating, or if you’re…
Maple Gingerbread Bundt Cake
byDo you want to come and visit my cabin on Gingerbread mountain? Psych you guys, it’s not really a mountain it’s a cake! A bundt cake. The most casual kind of cake. There’s something about the hole in the…
Rum Ball Ice Cream
byLet me roll you a chewy, chunky, chocolatey scoop of Christmas. It’s a rum ball, baby, which in my opinion is just about the most seasonal treat there is. Sugar cookies, gingerbread, even fruitcake can find homes at other…
Croque Monsieur!
byOh hey everyone! Happy Thanksgiving, if it’s still Thursday where you live! And if it’s not then happy day-after-Thanksgiving, or as I like to call it, happy leftovers day. As I’m in Australia, I didn’t celebrate a full…
Super Easy Cranberry & Almond Croissants
byThese croissants are pretty much the most decadent sandwich recipe of all time. Most sandwiches? Butter, fillings, sauces, cheese…they’re freaking great. Let’s not make any bones about that. ALL SANDWICHES are great. My dream in this life might be…