baking Archives

apple and almond meal muffins

My favourite muffins so far, these use up leftover homemade almond meal, left over whey from making cottage cheese as well as homemade yoghurt. Very moist and delicious.

sugar free banana, raspberry and yoghurt muffins

Some experimental baking with tasty results stemming from my quest to reduce my sugar intake (I use brown rice syrup in this recipe instead).

christmas baking

We got in some Christmas baking last week. Just before the tummy bug hit. While the weekend was not much fun, last week we had lots of fun making mess and eating biscuits. I wanted to share this cheap and easy recipe from the Down to Earth website, which is what we used to bake [...]

wholemeal apple pancakes

These pancakes are just that little bit healthier and tastier with the inclusion of wholemeal flour and grated apple.

butterscotch self – saucing pudding

An easy, yet impressive dish whipped up from basic pantry staples. A fall back on dessert for when you feel like something a little sweet.

orange and poppy seed mini muffins

These mini muffins, with a delicate citrus flavour, are great for packing in your bag for a snack on the go.

best ever choc chip cookies

I would like to tell you that there is no photo to go with this recipe because we are having a camera malfunction (which we are actually) but the truth is we gobbled the lot up before I even thought to take a photo. I first read this recipe in a Bill Granger recipe book, [...]

red velvet cake

Something a little decadent for today. Red velvet cake is a popular American cake often served on Valentines Day due to it’s red hue, offset by the white icing (my poor photography skills don’t do this cake justice). Generally red velvet cake calls for buttermilk, but I substituted sour cream instead as buttermilk can be [...]

an old classic for a special day

Today is Australia day and what better way to celebrate it than with some classic Australian food. We’ll be munching on some hot fresh damper bread along with our barbie (for our non-Aussie readers, not the doll but colloquial for barbeque). Damper is the traditional soda bread of the Australian swagman who spent weeks at [...]

‘leftovers’ choc banana cake

Baking is a great way to use leftovers hanging around the fridge before they go bad. This creation used up a single leftover banana, some yoghurt and cream.