This chocolate malt layer cake was created for my Sister, who may or may not have passed it off as her own cooking. It consists of layers of devil’s food cake, malted chocolate buttercream, and mucho mucho crushed maltesers sprinkled…
Vanilla Ice Cream is a dessert which is so easy to get wrong. One wrong step and it’s bland, boring, hum drum. It’s difficult to impress with vanilla, because everyone’s had it, and therefore everyone’s an expert (or so they…
Making muffins is one of the easiest and most gratifying ways of creating an atmosphere of cosy domestic idyll. I think it’s the fact that muffins are so unnecessary, you never need a muffin, but they are always a delight….
Photo Credit: Stacey Bryan You can’t say I don’t deliver on my promises! You may remember my earlier foray into birthday-style cakes, and my impassioned promise to bring back birthday cakes for one and for all. What better way to…
I am somewhat of a classicist. I love a classic! Be that in music, architecture, design, fashion or food. Classic doesn’t necessarily mean old, just tried and tested, beloved by many, and not in need of “updating” to stay relevant….
Why a chocolate cake with pink icing? I honestly can’t say. There is just something about a chocolate and pink cake that has always appealed to me. There is something so birthday-y about it. On a completely unrelated note, whatever…
I know it’s not cool to invite yourself to parties, but people, you gotta invite yourself along to the ho-down that is making caramel at home. Fact is, this is one party that no-one ever seems to get an invite…
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Trifle is an emotive food for me, and it seems to be the same for a lot of the people I’ve spoken to. I personally feel that this emotional connection is a uniquely Australian phenomenon,…
Strawberries are at their peak at this time of year, and I am finding it impossible to walk past a tower of fragrant red strawberries without picking up a punnet or two. If you manage to summon the super human…
It was never my wish to curse you all as I am cursed, but please be aware that as I sit here typing this the theme song to the Brady Bunch is playing in my head, with the words ingeniously…
A few posts ago, I may have mentioned some cookies which made one act as though one were a certain Sesame Street monster. Here we have an altogether more grown up sort of cookie. Indeed, in my head I have…
There is something about recipe that has things like semolina, and pistachio nuts and honey in it. I feel inexorably drawn to ingredients like these, which have rich histories and are steeped in symbolism. At the best of times I…
COOKIES!! If you are imagining me saying that in Cookie Monster-esque tones, then you are bang-on my friend! There is little else in the world that offers such a simple pleasure as a chocolate chip cookie. It speaks of the…
When is a scone not a scone? I don’t know. I get the feeling that if ever a scone was not a scone, it was these scones. Am I making sense? They were really delicious when I made them…
Hello again, oh readers o’ mine. I feel that I have to start this entry with an apology, I never did wish you a Merry Christmas! So Merry Christmas to you and yours and here’s hoping that between now and…
Let’s all learn a lesson, shall we? Here is why it is a terrible idea to bake a tart in the middle of the Australian summer… It’s too hot! Now, I know that that seems a defeatist attitude, but it…
FOR THE RECORD…I made these the day before that episode of Junior Masterchef aired. Yes I am aware that few of you reading will have any idea what it is that I am referring to, so let me wind back…
I may have mentioned it before, but am too lazy to go back and check for real, that I have an abiding penchant for all things American. And that’s United States of American, to be precise. So for me, although…
I have mucho love for the brownie. According to Classic Home Desserts by Richard Sax, a fantastic book which manages to be informative and comforting at the same time, the brownie came into popular being aroung the beginning of the…
I made these little babies in response to the unforseen backlash of the Tim Cake incident which occurred a few weeks ago, but was only posted on Sunday. Here in Oz we would probably call them a slice, but…
Tim cake! This blog has been a long time in the making, mainly due to my own inactivity. I wanted to start one up, but to do it right! As of course, this blog will be my ticket to stardom…