Mary Berry is an inspiration I often turn to for a reliable cake recipe and I was in the mood to make a cake using apples. There’s always a couple over at the end of the week and they usually get stewed or just popped into my bag for lunch while out of a weekend. […]
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Lemon Capri Torte
There is something lovely about baking with lemons in the middle of winter. The aroma not only provides warmth to the kitchen, but the taste provides a little hint of summer and warmer days to come. However, this torte is also extremely comforting with it’s pudding like texture. This recipe was published by Sophie Dahl. It’s summer on a cool winters day. […]
Pear and Walnut Bundt Cake
With three pears going soft in the fruit bowl and a new bundt pan to test run, this recipe jumped out at me. The simplicity of preparation and ingredients meant I could whip this up on a quiet Saturday afternoon with no effort at all. The result is a moist, flavoursome cake that also keeps […]
Victoria Sponge Cake* (or the only Victoria Sponge Recipe you’ll ever need)
I love the Victoria Sponge Cake. There is something so simple, yet so alluring about it. A light, lovely, sponge cake filled with jam, fruit and cream is a perfect reminder of summer. The first recipe I ever made from Nigella Lawson’s How to be a Domestic Goddess, was the Victoria Sponge. I fell in […]
Autumnal Birthday Cake
I recently turned 25; knowing I’d like to make a cake for my family, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to make the Autumnal Birthday Cake from How to be a Domestic Goddess. This cake looks inviting, however it required 475ml of maple syrup. In Australia maple syrup costs over $8.00 for 250ml so […]
Cocoa Apple Cake
Sometimes you just need to bake. This week wasn’t ideal; I wasn’t well, and I was coming home from work frustrated and tired. I had also been waiting impatiently to try out my new Nordic Ware Heritage Bundt Tin. You may also remember Alex very generously gave me the Nordic Ware Fleur de Lis Bundt […]
Hummingbird Cake
With such a lovely name, this is a cake for the tropics. Packed with pineapple, banana and coconut; topped with a cream cheese icing, it is a great cake to make for any occasion but especially good for afternoon tea on a sunny day. If you have a couple of blackened bananas you are thinking […]
3 Milks Cake or Pastel de Tres Leche
This was a cake made purely out of curiosity because I honestly could not imagine what it would taste like or that the 600ml of milk would actually soak in to such a small cake. In origin, it is a fairly recent Latin American celebration cake. Essentially, it creates a very soggy, sweet cake – […]
Gateau A L’Orange Et Aux Amandes (Orange and Almond Spongecake)
I recently enjoyed four days off work. On Tuesday, after having lunch in the city with Mum, we wandered in one of the department stores. I say wandered, because I practically dragged mum to the Kitchen Appliances. I could never afford a Kitchen Aid; they are expensive and up until recently I was only casually employed. In the […]
Peach Blossom Cake
This recipe rose to prominence as challenge on the 2011 season of Masterchef Australia. It seemed that the challenge was in it’s simplicity. I was enchanted by the name of the cake. I loved Merle. As her cake was in the oven, she sat down with a cup of tea and started knitting. However, this cake, is a […]
A Tale of Two Kitchens 