During my childhood, all family celebrations always included a Chocolate Cake baked by my Mum or Nan. My earliest baking adventures always involved chocolate cake. This recipe, dubbed the Never Fail Chocolate Cake, is still a firm favourite with my … [Read more...]
Summer Entertaining {Australia Day}
Sponsored by Target We love to invite friends over for breakfast/brunch in summer. Breakfast is such an easy, relaxing meal to prepare. We live near the coast, so there is usually a nice sea breeze to keep us cool. We hosted a casual early … [Read more...]
Chocolate & Salted Caramel Tarts
Sponsored by Anchor Cream If you are planning your Christmas desserts, you can't go past these delicious Chocolate and Salted Caramel Tarts, served with homemade Vanilla Bean Ice-Cream and fresh berries. They taste amazing and look so elegant. We … [Read more...]
White Chocolate and Macadamia Slice
Tray bakes and slices are great when you need a sweet treat in a hurry. The White Chocolate and Macadamia Slice is a variation of our popular Chocolate Chip Slice and it can be in the oven in under 15 minutes. It is a tasty slice that is studded with … [Read more...]
Chocolate Weetbix Slice Recipe
My kids are both in the middle of first semester exams this week, so I have been baking some treats to help with their study! We love slices and tray bakes as they are so quick and easy to prepare. This week I baked a Chocolate Weetbix Slice … [Read more...]
Candy Cane Sleighs
Chocolate is always popular at Christmas (or any time of the year)! We love to make candy crafts that we can use as Christmas gifts. When Sarah was in primary school, her guide leader made the guides some Santa sleighs using Santa chocolates and Kit … [Read more...]
Spring Baking and Entertaining
Sponsored by Target Australia We generally hibernate over winter and don't entertain much during the colder months. Now that spring has arrived, we are looking forward to spending more time outdoors and having lots of BBQ's and meals with family … [Read more...]
Chocolate Bouchon
It is no secret that Sarah loves to bake. When she isn't baking (or studying which is taking up a lot of her time as she prepares for her end of Year 12 exams), she is researching recipes or looking through cook books. She recently purchased Bouchon … [Read more...]
Easy Weetbix Slice Recipe
Recently, I was sorting and organising my recipe file. I have lots of recipes that were clipped from magazines or hand written on scraps of paper and collected over the years. I came across an old recipe for Weetbix Slice. I can't remember where I … [Read more...]
Marble Cupcakes
Three of us have been sick with the flu this week so sadly that has cut into our time for sewing, baking, and crafting. The only cooking I have been doing is making soup - pumpkin; zucchini; and minestrone. There is nothing quite like soup to make … [Read more...]
Chocolate Caramel Slice
A favourite slice recipe at our place is Chocolate Caramel Slice. What's not to like? It has a coconut shortbread biscuit base, topped with a layer of soft caramel and then finished with thin layer of chocolate. It is very rich and sweet, but … [Read more...]
Koala Cupcakes
Every Australia Day celebration needs Koala Cupcakes. We first spotted Koala Cupcakes on Pinterest but grey frosting didn't appeal (food should never be grey!). So instead, Sarah baked some lamington cupcakes and decorated them to look like Koalas. … [Read more...]
