Chocolate Buttercream

  Makes enough icing for 12 cupcakes This chocolate buttercream is one bowl wonderful! I am never going to win any prizes for my cake decorating but what I lack in skills, I definitely [Read More]

Ginger Slice

This slice is totally old skool and totally delicious. Think crumbly, buttery shortbread on the base with a lightly spiced icing topping it all off. I blame those ginger nut biscuits for putting me [Read More]

Stained-Glass Window Biscuits

These egg-free stained glass window biscuits are as pretty as they are delicious! I've given this recipe an extreme makeover - with some new pics, a new list of ingredients and a new how-to. My new [Read More]

Peanut Butter and Almond Cookies

Everyone will go nuts for these delicious Peanut Butter Cookies! I love peanut butter so hard. Talking of hard, I used to keep peanut butter in the fridge which made it impossible to eat because it [Read More]

Almond Stars

Makes 24 Ingredients 1 3/4 cups (250g) plain flour 2/3  cup (150g) caster sugar 2/3 cup (70g) ground almonds 1 pinch cinnamon 200g unsalted butter 2 egg  yolks ½ [Read More]

Spiced Banana Bread

If you look through the recipe roll here on the blog, you'll soon see that I go bananas for banana bread. There's the Raisin and Walnut  Mini  Banana Loaves, Nutella Banana Bread, Choc Nut Banana [Read More]

Chocolate Coconut Cakes

Makes 6 This was one of the first recipes I ever posted and since then it's had an extreme makeover with new pics and a shiny, new Thermomix conversion. These days I'm a wannabe minimalist but [Read More]

Grandma’s Jam Drops

I can't wait to share this recipe for these jammy bites of deliciousness and some top tips for the perfect jam drop! I am a bit obsessed with biscuits with jam - remember these Vanilla Jam Star [Read More]

Chocolate Roughs

Makes 24 This was one of the first recipes I've ever posted and it's since had a bit of a facelift with some new pics and the addition of a Thermomix conversion. It's an oldie, but it's a goodie! [Read More]

Melt and Mix Coconut Cake

I bake when I'm happy, I bake when I'm sad, I bake when I'm bored and I bake when I'm mad. I don't think I have ever said, "I don't feel like baking today." Saying no to baking is not in my DNA. [Read More]