Prep Time : 10 Minutes | Cook Time : 40 Minutes | Total Time : 1 hour | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! I am fascinated by baking from different cultures and different times in history. I have recently been reading about cooking during the second world war under rationing (particularly in the UK). I found some excellent books…
Prep Time : 15 mins | Cook Time : 40 mins | Total Time : 2 hours | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! Thanks for being patient while I sort through things. It’s a grey and blustery autumn week here in Wellington. The perfect time to bake something comforting. I love carrot cake. I have no truck with these ‘vegetables…
Prep Time : 15 Minutes | Cook Time : 60 Minutes | Total Time : 1 1/2 hours | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! I go through phases of eating bananas. I’ll like them for a while and then all of a sudden I don’t really feel like them anymore. This happened last week so I’ve had a bunch…
Prep Time : 20 + 20 Minutes | Cook Time : 30 Minutes | Total Time : 3 hours | Difficulty : Moderate Hello my lovelies! So many of my favourite things come together in this loaf. Honey. Poppy seeds. Bread. European and Middle Eastern flavour notes. A touch of lemon. Contrasting textures. It’s a fabulous sweet and sticky bread…
Something warm and spiced and comforting was in order. No reason why it can’t be elegant too. This bread falls squarely into the category of ‘looks really fancy and impressive but isn’t that hard to make’.
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…
Prep Time : 15 Minutes | Cook Time : 1 Hour | Total Time : 2 Hours | Difficulty : Easy You may have noticed that I love a good loaf. They are the epitome of fuss free cake, and they can be dressed up or down as you please. Lemon is one of my favourite flavours, and the poppy…
Prep Time : 15 Minutes | Cook Time : 60 Minutes | Total Time : 1 1/2 hours | Difficulty : Easy Good morning my lovelies! It’s still totally the morning… There were some technical difficulties getting the post up on time today. And by technical difficulties I mean I was still sleeping… Today’s moist spiced loaf was even liked…
Prep Time : 20 Minutes | Cook Time : 70 Minutes | Total Time : 2 hours | Difficulty : Easy Hello lovelies! What a week – my heart goes out to the people of Paris. I was heartened by images of Parisians lining up to give blood to help their fellow citizens. I was going to have a whinge…