Who’s got their Christmas menu sorted? I think we’ve finally confirmed ours. This year we’ll be having a late Christmas lunch at our house, Mike will be doing his famous smoked salmon, I’ll glaze a ham and we’re also going …
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All the strawberries cake
Strawberry season has arrived! In our family, fruit eaters fall into two camps – those who like cold fruit, and those who don’t. I am firmly in the ‘don’t’ camp. As the weather gets warmer, we have to keep most …
Ginger gems
Sometimes it is nice to just bake something simple. Sure, there’s a time and place for fancy cakes and a two day dough process, but mostly we just want something that’s ready to eat in under 30 minutes. Our grandmothers …
Kids in the kitchen – triple threat lemon cupcakes
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 …
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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 …
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 …
The return of the man ‘flu + lemon slice
It’s that time of the year again – man ‘flu season. The season where husbands everywhere become incapable of fetching themselves a glass of water because, cough cough cough, they’re sick. Anything that requires getting off the couch is too …
Kids in the kitchen – Bradley’s ginger crunch
Baking with kids requires a whole new level of patience. Penelope, who’s 4, likes to go in with all guns blazing and has to do everything ‘by myself.’ This means flour gets sifted onto the bench instead of in the …
Lamingtons
These lamingtons very nearly didn’t happen. On my first attempt, I only just managed to scrape together enough butter, which I then spilt all over the bench while gesturing madly at something. On my second attempt, I was pouring the …
once upon an egg 