This recipe was one from my mother’s repertoire, and the page it’s written on in my recipe book is the dirtiest page in the whole book. It shares the page with the Chocolate Self-Saucing Pudding… and between the two the cocoa smudged pages are a …
These cupcakes are delicious! (If I do say so myself)! This recipe is more sweet than the Matcha Roll Cake recipe, especially with the buttercream on top and it’s more of a normal cake consistency. I loved the buttercream with matcha added, the flavour was …
I have long been intrigued by desserts made using the delicate and beautifully green Matcha Tea powder. I tasted a matcha cake when I was in Australia earlier this year, and I loved how the tea flavour was infused into the cake, kind of like …
I’ve always loved seeing photos of sliced layer cakes that have graduating shades of colour in the layers and I’ve always wanted to make one. I decided Annabella could help me, and I started by making a dose of a very basic madeira cake …
I’ve been thinking a lot lately of lemon desserts and felt that every blog should have a poppy seed cake recipe. Today was a rather indulgent day in the kitchen, taking this very classic recipe and giving it quite a facelift! I will confess that …
After making 120 little Lamington squares for ANZAC Day, I didn’t manage to eat one. My friends Carla and Maria were also saying that the Lamingtons disappeared too quickly, so it was then that I decided maybe I should make us all one big layered Lamington …
I love a chocolate brownie, and I haven’t had one for years. I love the crisp ‘crust’ on top, and adore the fudgy centre. As you know, I’m also a lover of Christmas Fruit Mince and as luck would have it, I still have quite …
When I make this cake, I rarely tell anybody that there is beetroot as one of the main ingredients until after they have tasted it. Then, when they are saying how delicious it is, I tell them about the beetroot, and enjoy looking at the …
If you are planning on starting all good things after the Epiphany (which is when all good intentions begin in Italy, after the Befana), I suggest that before you start that diet, if you plan on sinning a little beforehand, you may as well sin …
Don’t think that you can’t use any of your favourite dessert recipes to celebrate Christmas Day. A little bit of imaginative decoration can see any cake or dessert dressed up sufficiently to pass any Christmas celebration dress code! My friend Mia asked me for a …