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 …
This vintage recipe never goes out of date! My English grandmother taught it to me on one of my many weekend sleepovers at her house when I was little. Weekend sleepovers always included baking, although this recipe requires no baking at all! It’s that time …
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’ve had quite the morning, and I thought that while I still have adrenalin pumping through my veins, I should write about ANZAC Day and the morning tea at the Australian Ambassador’s residence in Rome that I catered for. If you read my last post, you …
Annabella recently informed me in shock that she was in need of a pavlova recipe, and her first port of call in her online search was my blog! (Brava!)… She called me indignantly asking why on earth didn’t I have my pavlova recipe posted here! …
For any traditionalists that wanted to have a more classic Tarte Tatin as opposed to the pear version that I posted recently, I thought I’d make an original Apple Tarte Tatin this morning and post the recipe for you. (I just hope you appreciate the …
I love Tarte Tatin, and although it isn’t hard to make, this recipe is even easier, substituting Maple Syrup for sugar and water. I’ve always made it traditionally with apples, but this is a nice alternative. The earthy flavour of the maple syrup marries perfectly …
