Sweets and Desserts
With berries currently in season, I have sometimes been having an apple and blueberry smoothie for breakfast. The refreshing and tangy taste combination provided the idea for this Apple and Blueberry Mousse Cake. Of course, I had to get chocolate in somewhere hence the soft chocolate cake base! As with my Easter Dessert Slice, I use a version of my Chocolate …
Slices
Recently, I had family staying and inadvertently overstocked on gold kiwifruit! I felt sure it would be possible to use them in baking, as is done with bananas, carrots, zucchini, etc. The result is this soft and moist Kiwifruit Slice. It is not unlike banana cake, although there is the occasional light crunch on a seed from the kiwifruit! As …
Biscuits
Coconut and Vanilla Biscuits were inspired by a liquid hand-wash that I use. No, don’t worry, I didn’t taste the hand-wash! But the lovely combined fragrance of the coconut and vanilla made me think that their flavours together in a biscuit could be quite delicious. The result is these crisp and light Coconut and Vanilla Biscuits. I use a vanilla pod …
Sweets and Desserts
My niece informed me the other day that there were precisely 93 days until Christmas! As the designated dessert-maker in our family, I wondered what I might make this year for Christmas Day dessert! I did some googling and came across “Japanese cheesecake”. As with anything, there are several variations but the general consensus is that Japanese cheesecake is lighter …
Biscuits
Pikelets to me have always been somewhat like scones – they can sometimes be dry and without much taste. I’ve always enjoyed the jam and cream on top more than the actual pikelet! However, pikelets can be mixed up and cooked fairly quickly, especially if morning or afternoon tea is desired at short notice. I decided to try a different …
Biscuits
My mother tells me that these aren’t traditional shortbread. And she’s probably right! But as you will know if you are following my blog, many of my recipes deviate somewhat from being traditional! However, Mum does admit that while the recipe isn’t traditional, the shortbread do look and taste like “proper” (Mum’s wording!) shortbread. They are my version of shortbread. …
Biscuits
Cracker biscuits have long been one of my favourites. I have often seen recipes for them but held the (unsubstantiated!) view that home-made crackers wouldn’t be a match for commercial store-bought ones. In more recent times, I have become aware of the high saturated fat, high salt and high sugar content of bought crackers which led me to try my own! …
Cakes
The creation of a banana nut loaf was inspired by two separate things. The first inspiration was a banana cake I tasted at a neighbour’s house which contained walnut pieces and had a deliciously moreish flavour (a touch, or perhaps slightly more, of alcohol, I found out afterwards!). The second inspiration, strange as it may seem, was my breakfast one …
Cakes
The inspiration for a cake flavoured with limes came one Saturday morning when I was out doing the weekly shop. Limes had just come into season and the lucious green skins caught my attention. By design, I don’t use a lot of sugar in this cake. Rather than icing the cake with lime-flavoured icing to enhance the lime flavour, I …
Slices
In recent months, I have been reading a lot of the emerging literature about sugar. It would seem that there are definite benefits to be had by reducing one’s intake of refined sugar. Subsequently, a lot of baking recipes now call for honey rather than sugar. The creator then claims it is healthier because it contains no refined sugar. My understanding …
