Quick & easy danishes
Some easy peasy danishes I whipped up today which were so good I wanted to post a recipe so I could make them again.
bakingCategory
Earl Grey & honey layer cakes
Ok this is pretty gorgeous you guys. The fragrant, slightly floral tea flavoured cake with thick, sweet honey icing is lovely. I made 2 mini layer cakes but you could easily make this in a loaf tin or round standard sized tin.
Banana cake
This pretty cake is simple with only a few ingredients but turned out fluffy and soft with a great banana flavour. A pretty dusting of snowy icing sugar makes it perfect for tea time.
Spicy pumpkin & date muffins
I know, I sound like a complete knob asking people to use organic stoneground unbleached freshly milled plain flour but the reason for that is that I accidently purchased some online, thinking it was just regular old plain flour. Anyway, if you manage to get your hands on it, it’s a lovely, healthy flour which[read more…]
Coconut bundt cake
So I made a little bundt cake today – I say little, because I halved this awesome recipe but only had a 24cm bundt tin and fretted for half an hour while it was baking. It turned out perfectly though! The crumb is amazing – fairly dense yet somehow light and fluffy and the flavour is pleasingly[read more…]
Oatmeal raisin cookies
On needing to use up oats, peanut butter chips and raisins and looking for the perfect oatmeal raisin cookies one night, I decided to go directly to a good source and found this great recipe (is anybody else so confused by the over abundance of recipes online now? I know I know, I’m part of the problem). Anyway,[read more…]
Speculoos (cookie butter) chip loaf
I love Speculoos (cookie) butter and often smash it between Speculoos cookies but am always on the lookout for baking recipes using it. So I found this recipe for cookie butter chips, then whipped up a spicy sweet loaf cake. You’ll need 24 hours for the Speculoos chips to set before you make the cake.
Raspberry maple brioche pudding
I really really love brioche pudding, which is pretty obvious since there’s at least 3 other recipes on my site. Anyway, it’s finally cooled down here and feels like autumn so I made this one today for an impromptu afternoon tea treat. It’s definitely a keeper and possibly my favourite pudding so far.
Lemon blackberry cake
So I made this lovely lemon blackberry cake the other day. To avoid using an electric mixer and too much washing up, I used oil instead of butter and just whipped it up by hand. So easy and I loved using the blackberries I froze from summer.
Easter mini carrot layer cake with cream cheese icing
Carrot cake always reminds me of the uni refect, 2nd year. The vegetarian café I’d often go to served the best carrot cake with lashings of cream cheese icing and good coffee. I’d kid myself that carrot cake was good for me, what with all the carrots and walnuts and things. However. After stacking on 10kg, I realised all that carrot[read more…]
Raspberry, white chocolate, coconut & streusel muffins
These are some cute muffins I baked the other day. They’re lovely and great to freeze for heating up later. I’ll be back with another recipe post when the weather’s a bit cooler and I feel like baking again
Australia Day golden syrup cake
Trust me, once you try Lyle’s golden syrup, you’ll never go back to the stuff in the squeezy bottle, it’s amazing; sort of deeper and darker and more treacly in flavour. If you’re not into golden syrup though (but honestly why?), then you could always make this a honey cake or maple syrup cake, those would[read more…]
One bowl Speculoos stuffed Speculoos, pecan & peanut butter blondies
I’ve seen Speculoos spread around recently with everyone saying how delicious it is (had never heard of it before) and had to try some. I mean I’ve bought the bikkies quite a few times, usually for Christmas but this is sort of a spicy cookie butter, it’s amazingly good. I purchased my Dutch goodies from here.[read more…]
Orange almond mini loaves
I made some sweet little orange loaf cakes at the end of winter, using whole oranges. So not surprisingly, they’re Intensely orange flavoured, bitter/sweet and super soft. I added a bit of almond essence for a stronger almond flavour but if you’re not into that, leave it out or add vanilla instead. They are a teeny bit[read more…]
Curry puffs
So I made these cute, tasty little curry puffs yesterday. The filling is spicy/sweet and surrounded by crispy puff pastry; dipped into tomato sauce, they made for a brilliant afternoon snack with a beer.
Vanilla berry coconut mini Bundt cakes
Has anyone else ever done this?! Found a mysterious item in your kitchen? I found a fancy mini Bundt tin in my cupboard shaped like sunflowers which I’ve never used (we live in a flat and while there’s a decent amount of kitchen cupboard space, some things are hard to get to, being up high or right[read more…]
Chocolate chip loaf cake
Sometimes a simple loaf is just the thing. I loved how hearty yet soft this lightly vanilla scented loaf was with chocolate chips inside and sticky ganache all over.
Happy Friday and have a strawberry bun
I revisited one of my old recipes for strawberry vanilla rolls last weekend and made them a bit more special. It’s worth taking a look if you’re in the mood for some spring baking! Have a sweet weekend all.
Soft & fluffy wholemeal blueberry oat streusel muffins
These rustic muffins are relatively healthy and wholesome and I gave them a fluffy texture by using wholemeal cake flour (basically just cornflour added to plain wholemeal – makes for a really soft crumb but with added fibre and such). These are packed with blueberries and a bit spicy with a light crunchy topping; they’re just the thing for morning tea.
Peanut butter chocolate chunk muffins
These are so easy to whip up. I love how the chocolate chunks were all melty warm from the oven. I used a friand tin to make them a bit fancier but a normal muffin tin will do.
Apple caramel brioche pudding
So I whipped up an autumn inspired luscious squidgy pudding full of caramel, apples, cream and brioche. So good with thick cream!
Citrus poppy seed loaf cake
I don’t bake with poppy seeds enough so thought I’d throw some in a citrus loaf cake I baked a while back. Poppy seeds give a tiny little satisfying crunch in this zesty loaf in which I replaced some of the flour with almond meal; almond meal adds a soft texture I love in cakes. Initially I planned[read more…]
Woodland flourless chocolate cake
I spotted a magical cake recently and for fun, really wanted to recreate my own; I then became sucked into a vortex of cuteness on Etsy and before I knew it, I’d purchased a few woodland animal figurines for Christmas decorations. You’ll probably be seeing them perched randomly on top of cakes and things down[read more…]
Lemon cherry ricotta loaf cake
Ricotta makes a beautiful cake; soft with a delicate crumb. So I decided to use some to make a lemon cake with soft, sweet cherries dotted throughout and a thick, fudgy berry icing. Jam, preferably a decent, mostly fruit filled one, is perfect for whipping up a quick icing (I made this icing a while back) although this time[read more…]
Blackberry peach crumble (vegan)
I purchased some coconut oil ages ago and never know what to do with it! I was going to use my usual unsalted butter for this crumble but then thought I’d try the bottle of coconut oil sitting gloomily at the back of my fridge instead. Despite the fact that I’m not particularly paranoid about[read more…]
Roast breakfast peaches
The fragrance of these roast peaches throughout the house while baking! Vanilla scented, sweet and caramelised – a lovely (and health conscious) breakfast, even if you do have to turn on the oven on a sunny morning. Totally worth it and their warm sweetness went so well with some cool Greek yoghurt.
Australia Day golden syrup scones with golden syrup butter
Golden syrup is my favourite syrup out of all the syrups. I mean I love maple syrup, treacle and honey and I know they’re probably way healthier (I don’t even really know how golden syrup is made!) but golden syrup is so thick and luscious with a sweet flavour which is difficult to explain, it actually tastes[read more…]
Cherry tomato, cream cheese & basil tart
The flavours of summer right here in this gorgeously cheesy, tomato & basil tart. I whipped up a quick, fragrant and rustic pesto to have with this and it was perfect for a light lunch.
Lime raspberry friands
I’ve been neglecting my friand tin lately. It’s really just the egg yolks left over that throws me a bit but it’s always a good excuse to make luscious, home made custard or crème brulee. Anyway, raspberry season is the best because I enjoy baking with berries more than anything and these look quite festive.
Chocolate, salted peanut & maple caramel slice
Are we sick of salty caramel things yet? I hope this particular trend isn’t over because this slice is pretty epic; a dialled up version of old fashioned caramel slice to which I added some salted peanuts and a bit of maple. This is a great recipe for Christmas because you can take it to work[read more…]
