Pineapple Christmas Cake
This Pineapple Christmas cake recipe is well known to New Zealanders, and has been ever since our pre-eminent chef Alison Holst first made it on ... Read more
Louise Cake Slice
Louise Cake, with its shortcake crust slathered with raspberry jam and crowned with a delicately crisp coconut meringue, has been part of the New Zealand landscape ... Read more
Baumkuchen (Tree Cake)
The January 2014 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Francijn of “Koken in de Brouwerij”. She challenged us all to bake layered cakes in the ... Read more
Upside Down Peach & Passionfruit Cake
Time to celebrate a wee milestone (insert crowd cheering). This is my 300th recipe posted on this blog!! Yep, that’s 300 cakes, cookies, desserts, meals ... Read more
Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream & Caramel Sauce
You gotta love technology! Up until this last weekend, I’ve made do with a hand beater during the three years I’ve been writing this blog. ... Read more
Lime & Raspberry Friands
When my aunt and uncle from up north suddenly arrived on the doorstep, I had just enough time to whip up a batch of friands ... Read more
Chocolate & Salted Caramel Layer Cake
It’s exactly a month ago that I made this celebration cake for my brother’s birthday. Yes, it’s taken that long for me to get around ... Read more
Gluten-Free Easy Chocolate Cake
I’ve made a couple of different chocolate cakes before, but this Easy Chocolate Cake has just become my go-to recipe. Why? Coz for very little effort ... Read more
Lemon Curd Layer Cake
It’s been two birthdays in a week in our family and, hey, any excuse to make a celebration cake, right? This uber-delicious Lemon Curd Layer ... Read more
Zucchini Chocolate Cupcakes with Mascarpone Cream
Want an exceptionally moist chocolate cupcake? All you need do is add zucchini. I kid you not! It’s the zucchini (or courgettes as we refer ... Read more
Berry & Vanilla Cheesecake
I simply can’t resist cheesecake! I mean, who can, right? And, I have to say, this Berry Cheesecake proved an absolute winner! Almost all of ... Read more
Gluten-free Carrot Cake
I’m not on a gluten-free diet, nor am I a real fan of carrot cake, but I made it in response to the call for ... Read more