I’ve finally conquered the mighty hot cross bun. I’ve never had much success with these before, my previous attempts could have been used for shot put, but finally, success! Also, I’m glad Easter is once a year, because these are …
Category: Dessert
The very best carrot cake
I’ve always been a firm believer that vegetables do not belong in dessert. Carrots are for dinner, not cake. Zucchini belongs in fritters, not muffins. Black beans go in tacos, not brownies. I made this cake because a few of …
Homemade marshmallow Easter eggs
There is a lot of controversy about Cadbury here in NZ. For what was once a kiwi favourite, they’ve done themselves no favours in recent years. Causing huge public backlash, they used palm oil in their chocolate (although they don’t …
Frozen hot chocolate
It’s still so hot here in Auckland. The air is thick with humidity and it’s making everyone so grumpy. I really feel for the kids who have to sit in class during the hottest part of the day so sometimes …
Baklava
So I had planned to bake something pretty extravagant this week, but then I went and shattered the glass bowl of my stand mixer. Again. Luckily, a friend had lent me her copy of ‘Food Safari’ and in amongst all …
Little Girdlebuster pies
It was years ago when I first saw Nigella on TV. Somehow I’d missed the buzz around ‘How to be a domestic goddess’ and jumped on board the Nigella train around the time the ‘Nigella Bites’ TV series was airing. …
Little almond butter cups (DF + V)
It’s that time of the year again when you put the kids to bed and then sit down for an episode of MAFS whilst trying not to eat an entire block of chocolate. I am the first to admit that …
