CAKE TIME! I’d like you to meet my new favourite ‘plain vanilla’ cake recipe. Except it’s NOT just plain vanilla! It’s brown buttah baby. And it also has plenty of beautiful vanilla bean paste. And it’s made with buttermilk,…
Well, it’s official, I’m a published author! So I guess it’s time to pack up this here blog and put an end to all this. PSYCH! I love it way too much to ever quit. What possible other reason…
#POPSICLEWEEK! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, thanks to pop-genius Billy Green!! Popsicles left right and centre! Brownie pops, and funfetti pops, and dark and stormy pops….go check out all the POPS! You know me, my…
Would you take a look at this beauty? This gorgeous bohemoth is the no-bake cake of oven-less cook’s DREAMZ! It’s a gooey, sticky, crunchy chocolate crackle base (kind of like a rice crispy, but not), topped with a…
WHAT A WEEK! I know I’ve been light on the recipes this one, pals! And I’m sorry, but I have had some hectic, crazy times with a lot of freelance fun. I was down in beautiful Byron Bay…
It’s. All. About. The. Frosting. I happen to love the cake also, but I’m not going to lie to the cake part, like heyyyyy you’re important too. I would never patronise carrot cake in that way. Carrot cake…
So, my phone exploded the other day. There I was, casually sitting on my couch, watching an episode of one of Jamie Oliver’s old shows and eating some hazelnuts that I scrounged from the back of my cupboard (classy…
FUN! This gooey brownie, topped with rose-scented fairy floss and strawberries is all about the fun. It’s fun to make, fun to look at, so fun to eat. I’m completely smitten with it, and what’s more it really…
Cake 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…
First thing’s first – the Valentine’s Day giveaway is over! Winners have each been contacted individually and thank you to everyone who entered. And now, onto this sticky, chewy, chocolate-y mud pie of a cake. Because even…
Swedish 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…
Is 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…
Here we are! Another Monday has rolled around, and it’s time for the first installment of International Eats! Street Food Monday was so much fun, butI kind of wanted to expand on the theme to include all kinds of…
This is a very special cake, for a very special lady, Jessica Merchant of How Sweet It Is! Through the wicked organisational skills of the lovely Bev of Bev Cooks and Ashley of Edible Perspective we, the Invisible Internet…
It’s Halloween! Full disclosure: we don’t really have Halloween in Australia. It’s a very new thing for us, and only in recent years has the insistent desire of teenagers to dress up and get drunk finally brought the holiday…
OK, it’s time to get out your fanciest pair of fat-pants. Because this cake is so fancy, and yet so trashed up, you may feel some confusion. You’re going to want to cut yourself an obscenely giant slice, but…
I’m 85% certain that if Izy Hossack and I did not live in opposite hemispheres, we would be coffee pals. You know those people, who you just catch up with for a coffee and laugh about stupid jokes for…
Sweden! Hands up if you’re as obsessed with Scandinavia as I am? Anyone? In Scandi countries, they have this thing called a ‘cake table’. And it is basically the afternoon tea of my dreams. You invite all your…
Happy Wednesday, everybody! It’s my birthday tomorrow, so in joyful anticipation of all the fun that I’m about to have (sleeping in, reading new cookbooks, not doing dishes) I thought that I would give you my top 10 recipes…
This cake is a PARRRTAYYYY. I’m talking layers of tender chocolate cake, filled with creamy, milk chocolate-toblerone ice cream, smothered in honey chocolate sauce, and topped with yet more toblerone chunks. This cake is a babe. If it…
Did I ever tell you guys that I went to France when I was 15? Yes I am officially one of the 6 luckiest people in the world and I have my extremely generous parents to thank for that….