Cake

Flourless Blackberry and Chocolate Muffins

Catering for glutards (those who are gluten-intolerant) can be tricky at times, especially when wanting to bake something sweet. Gluten-free flour can be pricy too, with a 750g bag retailing for around $7. I prefer to use recipes that contain meal of some sort. This recipes uses almond meal which […]

Banana Bread

An old favourite that often gets forgotten about until you have a slice, and the memory of how awesome it is floods your system like a hit of narcotics; banana bread. Ridiculously easy to make. Why not make a loaf and take it over to someone’s place for a spontaneous […]

Rainbow Cupcakes

These little babies would brighten anyone’s day. Simply prepare your favourite butter cake, divide the batter and colour, then spoon in the layers. Fiddly but worth it.

Chewy Speculaas Blondies

A day of misery and rain and nothing better to do than watch the Tony awards and curl up with a blondie (brownie’s sister). This recipe comes from Edd Kimber’s The Boy Who Bakes and is the perfect treat to bake on a cold winter’s day as it is full […]

Titanic – 100 years on

In a little under an hour and half, it will be one hundred years since the Titanic sank to her dark depths. So, as it turns out, I have a keen fascination with the infamous disaster. It has apparently been building up over the years, and came out in full […]

Red Velvet Cupcakes

My only previous experience, or incident, if you will, with a red velvet cupcake was when I spat one into the garbage bin outside Magnolia Bakery, Greenwich Village. Despite its coming highly recommended, I found the cake to taste like a combination of old cupboard and cold fat. I have […]