There are few things better than enjoying a cup of tea (iced or hot) with a treat fresh from the oven. My friend Barbara shared her own...
All tagged Baking
Rock Christmas, Like a Nana!
So excited to announce to my generous blog readers I'll be teaching this lady's cooking tips ...
Tea with Sinmei Cheung
Am I the only one who finds it hard to stay on top of ever-changing "health" and "wholefood" trends? First there was ...
Jim Lahey's Bread
Apparently the world has known about this wonderful, no-knead bread recipe for about a thousand years. Where have I been? My discovery came ...
Tip #9
When whipping pure cream for cakes or dessert, add a pinch of...
Recipe: Nana's Chocolate Fudge Cake Icing (or 'Frosting')
'Icing' or 'frosting'? What are we meant to call this thing that helps us really enjoy cake? For Australians it's like the 'patty cake...
Recipe: Nana's Chocolate Fudge Cake
Cakes tend to sink in the middle. Well at least, many of mine do unfortunately. There are a myriad technical reasons for this but I'm going to be like the bad workman and blame my tools... bad recipes. I have only about five trusted cake recipes...
Chameleon Recipe: One Biscuit, or Four?
So I've been doing some experimenting with a reliable Nana biscuit recipe and am excited to report I've discovered that, like a quality winter coat or pair of boots, it's a cookie that can be styled in multiple ways!...
Passionfruit Shortbread Creams: A Recipe
I am lucky to be surrounded by grandmas who love to cook. Three of them to be exact! Aged 26 I'm aware this is unusual, half my friends never had the chance to meet their grandparents...