Coconut Ice
I can safely say that it was this recipe that began my adventures in the kitchen. When I was little, my twin sister Lisa & I would take it in turns to spend the weekend at our English grandmother’s house. Every weekend that I stayed …
Finger Food
Almond Bread
This is a recipe taken from The Australian Women’s Weekly cookbooks, and I do believe it’s the recipe my mother would use every Christmas. I have added pistachio nuts to it too. Almond Bread 3 egg whites 120g caster sugar 135g all-purpose flour, sifted 150g …
Old Fashioned Rum Balls
This is one of the easiest recipes I will probably ever write here, and it’s been a party crowd pleaser for many years – in Australia anyway. The original recipe provides a milk chocolate and coconut flavour, and excluding the Rum, these are great for …
Decorated Christmas Cookies
Christmas isn’t just fun for all the traditional baking, it’s also fun for decorating cookies and especially so if you want to involve your children. If you do get your children to help, prepare yourself for a bit of mess and you can’t be obsessed …
Caramel Mudcake Cupcakes decorated for Christmas
With Christmas just around the corner, it’s time to start baking! Whether you’d like to make these as an original gift idea, (I often made cupcakes at Christmas time for my children’s teachers) or you want some festive looking place cards to enhance your Christmas …
Hummingbird Cupcakes with Dried Pineapple Flowers
Hummingbird Cake is a cake made famous in America when the recipe was published in the 1978 issue of Southern Living and the recipe went on to become that magazine’s most requested. The recipe was submitted by Mrs. L.H. Wiggins, although historians believe the recipe …
Cecina – Farinata di Ceci
Cecina is a very popular street food found predominately in Liguria, Livorno and Toscana, cooked in a wood fire oven and has a characteristic crunchy, golden crust. It’s basically made from chickpea flour, water and olive oil so for street food I’d call it …
Mango, Coconut & Lychee Jellies with Agar Agar
I made these jellies throughout summer and they have become my go-to favourite when I want something sweet, yet fresh, refershing and relatively healthy. The ‘healthy’ part depends on what you add to your jelly. The key to making this is using Agar Agar, and …
Supplì al Telefono
My last post discussed Arancini Siciliani and I felt it is only fair that I also publish a recipe for Supplì – especially considering that Rome adopted me when I moved here from Tuscany almost five years ago. The history of supplì in Rome is …
Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
*Blog post in collaborazione con Mamì Con l’arrivo di primavera è bello decorare i cupcake con qualcosa floreale, e con i fiori e foglie in ghiaccia di Mamì non è difficile di realizzare deliziose cupcake che renderà qualsiasi party un vero successo! Mamì ha anche pensato …