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, […]
Tag: baking
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Apple Cinnamon Empanadas
These beauties were the direct result of an empanada maker I won at a Tupperware party. Yes, I’m 24 and I go to Tupperware parties. Willingly. The empanada maker also came with a little recipe brochure, which is where I got the recipe for these empanadas. These were made when I was feeling energetic enough […]
Never Fail Cake
It’s Mel again! In honour of Masterchef’s finals week, I decided to finally attempt a recipe my aunt had recommended at Easter – Julie Goodwin’s Never Fail Cake. Julie Goodwin was the inaugural winner of Masterchef Australia in 2009. I would just like to say I dislike the term ‘Never Fail,’ as it leaves so […]
A Tale of Two Kitchens 