Chocolate Prune Cake with Pedro Ximinez
byThis cake is an enigma. Whatever you think it is, that’s what it’s not. Is it a loaf cake? It’s certainly shaped like one, but it’s texture is soft and fudgy. Is it a brownie, then? Hmm, it’s chocolatey…
Baking
Monkey Bread with Orange & Smoke
byCool recipe title, right? Of course, that’s not the point. The point is that brown sugar, yeasty bread, cinnamon, and orange have a new best friend. And that best friend is a hint of smoke. It’s subtle, not…
Victoria Sponge with Blackberry Curd
byI could not stop taking pictures of this cake. Isn’t it a beauty? I love it, not only because it’s babelicious (a total babe, and delicious), but because it epitomises my favourite kind of recipe. This is just…
Valentine’s Shortbread with Raspberry & Rosemary Jam
byBecause it’s made of SHORTBREAD and JAM! GEDDIT!?!?!?! If being alive for 23 years has taught me anything, it’s that Valentine’s Day is a time for being a total goofball, spending zero to no money, WAAAAY overusing…
Swedish Vanilla Bread
byLet me blow your mind for a second: I have not purchased a loaf of bread since the beginning of 2014. WHAAAAAAAAT? Yep. My manfriend and I have been making all our bread from scratch! That no-knead bread…
Hazelnut Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
byYou know what’s a good time? Cookies. Is there anything more delightful, more soul-satisfying than a freshly baked cookie? IS THERE? Because if there is, I want to hear about it. My cookie habit is getting out of…
Rich Cream Biscuits & Coffee
byThis is about as down home as breakfast can get. And about as perfect. Fresh, buttery flaky biscuits, first thing in the morning? Yes. That’s what I want the morning to be like in my house all the…
Damp Lemon & Almond Cake
byThis is THE cake for all seasons. There is never a bad time to make this cake. Cold? Well, this cake is bright with lemon (a winter fruit, did you know?) so it will bring a little warmth…
Eggnog Peach Cobbler Cake
byHear that? That distant sound of jangling reindeer bells? Christmas is coming! It’s that time of year when we all light fires, wear sweaters, drink eggnogg and mulled cider, and sing Christmas carols around the fire… Except…
Maple Chocolate Pecan Pie
byIt’s Monday, chums, and as a result, I baked you a pie. Because Pie Mondays should be a thing. Work would be a lot less of a bummer if you knew there was a cup of coffee and…
Cinnamon Almond Babka!
byI am bringing the Holiday spirit to November, HARD. Because in case you didn’t know cinnamon = the flavour of Holidays. Yes that’s right, it’s a little known fact. The Holidays have a taste; the taste is cinnamon….
Sweet Potato, Cream Cheese & Rosemary Biscuits
byThese biscuits are something else, you guys. I did not grow up with biscuits, in fact here in Australia, a biscuit is a cookie. But now that I know and love these feather-light disks of butter and flour,…
Jam Tarts
byAfternoon tea-time everybody! Excuse me while I sing ‘jam tarts, jam tarts’ to the tune of that song ‘ bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?’. Because apparently it is no trouble at all for me to make…