welcome twenty fifteen!
A very happy New Year to you all! 2014 has been great, but tiring…which I am sure you can gather from the absence throughout the latter part of the year! But […]
A very happy New Year to you all! 2014 has been great, but tiring…which I am sure you can gather from the absence throughout the latter part of the year! But […]
Rice krispie treats, did you have them as kids? I can remember they were one of my favourite treats. And I still love them! Although they don’t exactly scream sophistication […]
Half birthdays really is a thing. Just ask Pinterest. I even saw grown-up cakes celebrating half birthdays. So baking “half” a cake to celebrate Hadleigh’s first six months didn’t seem […]
Baby is due in a week (eeek!) and I’m back on the peanut butter train. For the first three months of my pregnancy the only thing I could stomach was […]
I have been craving a delicious orange and poppy seed cupcake for ages now, and after eating a disappointingly average one from a café a while ago I thought it […]
We’ve had another birthday at work this week, and although there should never be a reason needed for cake, this was a good a time as any to bring something […]
I was born in South Africa and in South Africa banana bread is very traditional. You will find it at any and every gathering where tea and coffee is served, […]
One of the great perks of winter in my opinion is the food we get to eat. For example, digging your spoon into a steaming hot self-saucing pudding on a […]
It is probably no secret by now that I love to make as much as I can from scratch. And snacks are no exception. I love to make my own […]
To me, nothing quite says mid-week winter dinner like a good home-made pie. I have never been a huge fan of pies, there was a time when I refused to […]
Oh the cravings again. This time it has been for banoffee pie. Nothing weird about that as such, except I have never been a huge fan. I think I may […]
I have this week discovered the most marvellous invention on the back of a pack of Arnott’s biscuits. I normally never read the recipes printed on the back of biscuit […]
I really like cauliflower. I don’t mind how it is prepared and served (except of course if boiled down to mush). One of my favourite ways of preparing it is […]
This morning we woke to another perfect Brisbane winter’s morning. Nice and warm (for winter) and the bluest sky you can imagine. Mornings like that make me want to leap […]
It’s my sister’s birthday today. Normally a very happy occasion, but right now we are separated by more than 2,000 kilometres and the Tasman Sea. And it makes me sad […]
My good husband has been asking so nicely for weeks now for me to bake him a coffee cake. There has been a few occasions lately requiring ‘occasion specific’ baking, […]
One of my fondest childhood sweet treat memories is chocolate fudge with crushed biscuits (if you grew up in South Africa like I did, you’ll know it as Marie Biscuit […]
I love to cook. I also love fresh, healthy, and tasty food. On the weekends I don’t mind spending hours in the kitchen preparing good meals from scratch. I find […]
I have been taunted yet again by more cravings, this time it has been cinnamon. It feels like I am smelling it everywhere. I am starting to wonder whether the […]
Cheesecake is one of those versatile desserts that can taste amazing with just a few ingredients and be paired up with most sweet things. I have worked on a very […]