Cakes

Carrot + Cardamom Cake

Prep Time : 15 + 20 Minutes | Cook Time : 40 Minutes | Total Time : 2 hours | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! I spent Friday hanging out with my two best gals shopping and eating (the two things we are best at). Because I was thinking about it all week, I had to make this cake…

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Muffins

Zucchini, Feta + Cashew Muffins

 Prep Time : 15 Minutes | Cook Time : 20 Minutes | Total Time : 1 hour | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! I know it’s raining right now, but picnic season is just around the corner so it’s a good time for portable foodstuffs. I made these muffins first a couple of weeks ago when we had a…

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Loaves

Date + Ginger Loaf

 Prep Time : 15 Minutes | Cook Time : 60 Minutes | Total Time : 2 hours | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! I am clearly in holiday mode posting on a Tuesday! I’m in Melbourne this week on a family holiday, showing my folks some of the awesomeness that Melbourne has to offer. Today is a shopping day…

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Cakes, Cupcakes

Dead of Night Cupcakes

Prep Time : 15  + 15 Minutes | Cook Time : 20 Minutes | Total Time : 1 hour | Difficulty : Easy Halloween baking is essentially regular baking with lots of make up on. There’s lots of food colouring and fine motor skill involved. How about something simple, seasonally appropriate, requires no piping, no food colouring and tastes like…

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Yeast Breads

Berry Cheesecake Scrolls

 Prep Time : 30 + 20 Minutes | Cook Time : 15 Minutes | Total Time : 3 hours | Difficulty : Moderate Hello my lovelies! Turned out nice again today… The weather at the start of spring is all over the place here and right now it’s in a very very rainy place. Not to worry – rainy weekends…

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Cakes, Cupcakes

Lemon + Honey Madeleines

 Prep Time : 15 Minutes | Cook Time : 10 Minutes | Total Time : 30 Minutes | Difficulty : Moderate Welcome to spring my lovelies!! It’s a bit grey today but it has been fabulous here lately with sunshine and mild weather and longer days. I felt like I needed something light and lemony and these madeleines totally fit…

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Life

#Bakingitbetter – A Wellington on a Plate Adventure

Hello my lovelies! Sorry for the radio silence – I had been preparing a post to keep you all up to date on what I’ve been up to, namely the #Bakingitbetter Mystery Box Baking Challenge, part of Wellington on a Plate. For those who aren’t from around these parts, for two weeks in August every year Wellington restaurants put on special…

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Cookies

Whiskey + Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

Prep Time : 15 + 10 Minutes | Cook Time : 15 Minutes | Total Time : 90 Minutes | Difficulty : Easy While I do my best to be healthy, and for the most part I succeed, sometimes you have to admit that chocolate and liquor just make life better. Like when you put them in cookies! When I…

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Cakes

Apple Streusel Snack Cake

Prep Time: 20 Minutes | Cook Time: 30 Minutes | Total Time: 1 hour | Difficulty: Easy I am a huge fan of apples so autumn is like heaven. And I may or may not have come home from the house of my best girl the other day with a sack of delicious green granny smiths. She totally said I…

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