It’s Vintage Saturday! Some of the most popular posts on the blog are the vintage recipes. I love exploring these recipes. While, there are still a high number of things I’d like to make from the Australian Women’s Weekly Cook Book, I must explore the many other books I have in my collection. Today’s recipe, […]
Category: Food
Vegan Chocolate Cake
A Recipe Over Three Days by Mel On Tuesday I was invited over to dinner to my friend Lauren’s house (you should visit her blog). Lauren and Alan recently moved to St Kilda from Bath and I promised them baked goods. It was the perfect opportunity to make one of my favourite cakes, this chocolate […]
Maple Pecan (or Walnut) Bundt Cake
LOVING maple syrup on my pancakes as I do (honestly, I drown them, it’s a bit sickening to others, or so I’ve been told…), this cake immediately jumped out at me when I first leafed through Nigella Lawsons’ Kitchen. The delicious combination of maple syrup, nuts, a fluffy sponge and a pretty pan are an absolute […]
Ginger and Treacle Spiced Slice
It’s Mel again! I love Ginger. I love Treacle. I saw this recipe for Ginger and Treacle Spiced Tray Bake from Mary Berry’s 100 Cakes and Bakes and I knew I had to make it. I quite like Mary Berry from the Great British Bake Off which I’m not ashamed to admit I love.
Apple Patty Cakes
Hi, it’s Mel. I think I mentioned in my first post that I have a slight cookbook addiction and I own many cookbooks, some of them are quite old. My favourites do come from the Australian Women’s Weekly. Why is that so? I think because as a child, the Women’s Weekly cook book adorned my […]
Caraway Seed Cake
Inviting some friends over at the last minute, I wanted to whip up something simple but comforting for dessert, not to mention using only what I had to hand. This Caraway Seed Cake fitted the bill perfectly, served warm with vanilla ice cream. Luckily I had an extra set of hands to help so […]
Coffee and Walnut Layer Cake
I was feeling in a generous mood so decided to make a cake to share with my colleagues at Monday morning tea. Having plenty of walnuts in the house, I decided to make this delicious looking sponge from Nigella Lawson’s Kitchen. Though the recipe calls for the batter to be made up in a food […]
Pumpkin Soup
Hi, It’s Mel. I find there a few things more comforting than soup. One of my favourite soups would have to be Pumpkin Soup. I could eat bowl after bowl of it and not get tired of it. There is very little that could be better than home-made pumpkin soup. As my sister is not […]
American Style Cornbread Muffins
I had a hankering for something savoury after all my cake baking and have recently been reading into American cooking. While I wasn’t inspired by anything in Jamie Oliver’s cook book (Jamie’s America), it did remind me of my Food Safari cook book. These muffins were featured in the USA section and described as “going […]
Store-Cupboard Chocolate-Orange Cake
Last night, spurred on by MasterChef*, but not willing to go to the lengths of a carrot snowman, I decided to make my favourite standby cake – Store Cupboard Chocolate Orange Cake from Nigella Lawson’s Domestic Goddess. This is a recipe for which I always have the ingredients to hand and one I know I […]
A Tale of Two Kitchens 