Cake

Cinnamon and Apple Cheesecake

  I got this recipe from The Australian Women’s Weekly BAKE book. 687 pages of time-honoured recipes. I made this cake last weekend and took it to share with people at church. Note: the longer this cake is out of the fridge, the harder it is to cut. I’d recommend […]

Lamingtons

The lamington is an Australian culinary icon. It consists of sponge cake dipped in chocolate and then rolled in desiccated coconut. It was accidentally created by a maid-servant of the thoroughly British Govenor of Queensland, Lord Lamington, in 1901. The maid-servant was working at Government House, Brisbane, when she accidentally […]

I’m Pecan Nuts

Of late, I have been going through a nuts phase (not mentally). One nut has captured my heart and my taste buds in particular: the pecan. So decadent, laced with their caramel overtones, they make the perfect post-dinner snack on their own, or can feature in a multitude of desserts. […]