She’d had serious doubts but unexpectedly fell in love at first bite. Swooning at the cloudlike gluten-free genoise sponge made with cornflour and flavoured with vanilla, merging as one with the chocolate icing and delightful dessicated coconut, she instantly realised why Australians and New Zealanders […]
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Crazy cocoa and raspberry rainbow cake recipe! Gluten free! :)
A colourful, magical rainbow in a cake. Who could resist? Okay, maybe people like my brother who have strong feelings about E numbers in food. I did try using natural food colouring, I really did. But that plan failed and I’ll explain why later. Wait, […]
A simple spelt scones recipe and the story of two villages – with drawings! :)
Get comfortable dear reader for there follows a short tale of foolishness and discord all over some simple spelt scones. How did a little boy make things right so everyone could stop fighting and just enjoy their deliciously light and fluffy scones made with natural […]
Cumin and cayenne pepper gougères (cheese choux puffs) recipe! A great apéritif …
… for a dinner or party! Or a rainy day snack behind a window (scroll down photo101 people!). So imagine you’ve been climbing in the mountains four days and when you return a group of climbing friends come to your house for a little party! […]
Chicken, ham and cheese cake recipe with pistachios, rosemary and garlic – a quiche-cake!
Another savoury cake! Woohoo! Today’s offering is the second in our savoury cake series, a fine example of the picnic cake de voyage that is popular in France but might prove confusing to others. Friends have looked peturbed, ‘hmmm, it’s like a quiche, but it […]
Ispahan lychee, raspberry and rose meringue nests recipe for Chinese New Year!
Don’t panic! It’s all under control! Yes, it’s ‘run-like-a-headless-chicken’ time for food bloggers as we attempt to cope with Valentine’s Day, Pancake (Shrove) Tuesday and Chinese New Year all within the same week! Globalisation has led us into an almost constant state of celebration. Hurray! […]
Healthy citrus curd mille-crêpes cake recipe!
Hello sweet reader, want to go slightly overboard this year and create a mille (thousand) crêpes cake with me? Well maybe not today, unless you’d love a bout of last-minute panic shopping and cooking, but any day of the year can be Pancake Day! Despite […]
