It’s the school holidays again, which means filling two weeks with activities that suit everyone. My son is quite happy pottering around home. His current obsession is airplanes so the living room/hallway/spare room/backyard are all filled with various planes and …
Category: Baking
Fruit toast buns
Any fruit toast fans out there? I really love it, but only in A, an airport lounge, or B, at a hotel buffet. For some reason, those thick slices that have done 2 circuits in the conveyor belt toaster, followed …
French chocolate tart
Hello chocolate, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again. Way back in our university days, my friends and I played a game where one word in a song title would be replaced with a word that is …
Apple sponge (gluten free!)
Spring is being a total tease at the moment, one day it’s warm and sunny and the next it’s back to a cold wind. It messes with ones wardrobe. It does have one redeeming factor though, and that is pudding. …
The best banana bread in the world
I’ve called this the best banana bread because it truly is, and also because ‘wholemeal peanut butter chocolate chunk banana bread’ doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. And yes, saying it’s the best is a big call, just …
Cookie Monster cupcakes
Today’s post is brought to you by the letter ‘c’, for Cookie Monster and for cupcakes. Cookie Monster loves cookies, nom nom nom! And I happen to love cupcakes so we’d make a great couple. These Cookie Monster cupcakes are …
Raspberry cheesecake brownies
I often face a dilemma if I’m dining out. It’s a real first world kind of problem and it involves dessert. 9 times out of 10 I will go for the chocolate option, unless it’s mixed with something gross like …
The best tiramisu
I wonder if there’s an underlying reason why my last 3 recipes have all contained alcohol. Perhaps it’s just because of, well, life? In fairness though, I made this tiramisu because my sister requested it for her birthday (happy birthday …
Cherry macarons with Pinot ganache
It’s been a while since I’ve thrown my toys over baking. The last time was when this tart broke me. I mean, I’m glad I made it but it will be a while (read: never) before I make it again. I …
Chocolate + whisky cake with whipped ganache
Chocolate + booze = a good thing. I could just leave it at that, but it probably needs some explanation. A birthday needs cake, which brings me to point one: it was my dad’s birthday on the weekend (happy birthday …
once upon an egg 