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The best party ever! ….well that’s what the kids were saying
After a marathon cooking day on Friday, it all culminated yesterday for my niece’s 4th Birthday Party. It was her first proper party so we decided to go all out! The theme for the party was princesses...
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Strawberry Macarons
So as you would have seen from my last post we celebrated my niece’s 4th birthday last weekend with an amazing dessert buffet. On special request from my niece I made her some pink macarons for the...
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Anzac Biscuits
This Thursday 25th April is Anzac Day. Not to detract from the meaning of Anzac Day, but whenever it comes around it always reminds me to make a batch of the best Anzac biscuits. The history of the...
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Anzac Cupcakes with Salted Brown Sugar Buttercream and Anzac Biscuit Crumble
So you made a batch of Anzac biscuits, and as delicious as they are you still have a couple left over and don’t know what to do with them. What to do? How about making a batch of these delicious Anzac...
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Wait, are those roses made out of Bacon?
So what do you get for the guy that has everything he wants already? Well, something involving bacon is often a good idea (unless they’re a vegetarian then it may need to involve ‘facon’ – yes that’s...
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Bacon Cheese and Caramelised Onion Quiche
After last weeks Bacon Roses I had a lot of bacon leftover! So how better to use it up than make a super easy, super tasty, Bacon Cheese and Caramelised Onion Quiche. Quiches are so versatile, you can...
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Maple Syrup Cakes with Vanilla Mascarpone
We all know that maple syrup is awesome generously slathered over hot pancakes for breakfast, but did you know its also really awesome to use in baking! You can use it in cakes, cookies, cheesecakes or...
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Crunchy Granola
Good lord! No wait, not the Neil Diamond song but delicious golden crunchy granola goodness. Granola has to be one of the yummiest ways to start the day, and its so easy and inexpensive to make. Some...
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Chocolate Banana Brownies
So let’s set the scene. You’ve got a hankering for a chocolate brownie, but you don’t have any chocolate in the house, its raining outside so you don’t want to go to the shops, but you do have some...
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Walnut Coffee Crumb Cake
Now stay with me, I’m going to stretch a long way to make this link… This weekend is the Queens Birthday long weekend here in Sydney, which made me think about posting something old fashioned and...
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Cinnamon Sugar Coated Maple Apple Cakes – I think I’m in love!
I saw this recipe in a Donna Hay cookbook a while ago and thought to myself, that looks good I should make that – I really wish I hadn’t waited so long to make this as I think it is hands down one of...
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Balsamic Strawberry Muffins
Strawberries are hands down one of my all time favourite foods. In fact I love anything strawberry flavoured, if I’m getting a milkshake it has to be strawberry, if I have a bag of lollies I will...
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Banana Macarons + some handy macaron baking tips
Ok so I know I’ve posted a lot of macaron recipes already, I seem to be a bit obsessed, but I just love trying out new flavours! The amount of flavour you can get into a delicate little macaron is...
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Pizza Bolognese with Homemade Pizza Base
Believe it or not, even though I have done plenty of baking in my time, I have only just recently started baking bread. For some reason working with yeast just seemed like it was going to be too hard,...
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Cheese, Onion & Char-Grilled Capsicum Bread
I still seem to be on a bit of a bread baking obsession at the moment. Ever since I discovered just how easy it is make bread I have not stopped baking it. I started with basic bread, moved on to pizza...
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Banana & Coconut Bread
Ahh banana bread, the socially acceptable cake that you can eat for breakfast, how could anyone not love it! I’m a big fan of both banana bread, and coconut bread (Bill Granger’s recipe for coconut...
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Chorizo Sliders
I have a theory that everything in miniature is just better. Mini hot dog – love it; mini quiche – yummy; mini sausage rolls – great; mini burger aka a slider – awesome! Along with looking awesome...
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Spaghetti & Meatballs Cake
My dad always says that he doesn’t want cake for his birthday, even though he will happily eat it whenever it’s around. This year I came up with a great idea to make him a cake that doesn’t look like a...
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Croissants
I’m here to reassure everyone out there that sometimes when things don’t quite work perfectly, they can still be incredibly tasty! These Croissants are far from perfect, in fact on my third turn of the...
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Smoky Chorizo & Beans
Chorizo has to be one of my most favourite things on the planet, the smoky spicy flavour is just awesome. This dinner is a perfect quick meal for those nights when you really don’t feel like cooking,...
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