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2 July 2015
Pretzel and Peanut Chocolate Brownies
This Peanut and Pretzel Brownie was inspired by one of the new limited edition Dairy Milk chocolate blocks that have been released by Cadbury.The brownie (...)
30 June 2015
Chocolate Pecan Pie
The recipe for this Chocolate Pecan Pie is one that we created and originally shared early last year over on High Tea With Dragons as a guest post while (...)
25 September 2014
Banana Walnut Cupcakes with Banana Icing and Candied Walnuts
I made these cupcakes a while ago for an SPCA cupcake day fundraiser some of the students had organised at school. I think these ones never made it to the (...)
31 July 2014
Bread by Dean Brettschneider
There is nothing quite like the taste and aroma of warm, fresh-out-of-the-oven bread baked in your own kitchen. Bread is the latest book from New Zealand (...)
24 June 2014
Caramel Nut Slice
This slice is an absolute favourite at my workplace at the moment and in a very short time I’ve been asked to make it several times by those who have sampled (...)
8 June 2014
Pret Chocolate Brownie
This brownie makes me happy. Here’s the deal – about this time last year, Simon and I went on an amazing five week adventure around Europe. While there, I fell (...)
19 May 2014
Profiteroles with cream and chocolate ganache
Making choux pastry has been on my baking 'to do' list for a while now and I kept bumping it down the list as I'd heard that it was difficult and was quite (...)
23 April 2014
Caramel Brûlée Slice
Sorry this has taken me ages to get this up. This is the slice from our high tea. I think I grilled the top at little too long - it was more brown looking than (...)
23 April 2014
Banana pudding with caramel sauce made in rice cooker
This is yum! The caramel sauce is addictive; I was such a piggy that I licked the leftover off the plate! I was interested in this recipe as it is made in the (...)
23 April 2014
Mars bar cupcakes with brown sugar flavor
These were absolutely delicious! To make them I adapted this muffin recipe, so that I got the wonderful taste of the brown sugar but a more “cup-cakey” (...)
23 April 2014
Orange Cupcakes
These are a light fluffy cupcake with a punch of orange. Just delicious heading into Summer! Ingredients:1 ¾ cup flour1 cup sugar½ teaspoon salt2 ½ teaspoons (...)
22 April 2014
Pineapple and Coconut Muffins
It’s now Autumn here in New Zealand and it is starting to get a bit cooler in temperature. But, these Pineapple and Coconut Muffins are the perfect way to add (...)
9 April 2014
White Chocolate Brownie
Doesn’t that White Chocolate Brownie in the picture look divine? It’s just one of the recipes in the new Sweet: Treats to Share cookbook published by Penguin. (...)
5 April 2014
Sweet treats to share - irresistible recipes from new zealand bakers
Sweet: Treats to Share is a brand new book (in stores from today) that is packed with more than 80 irresistible recipes from some of New Zealand’s best-loved (...)
17 March 2014
Berry Crumble Slice
This Berry Crumble Slice is delicious – the recipe comes from my Nana and my Mum has started making it too! To make it, use whatever berries are in season with (...)
5 March 2014
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
I’ve made this Pineapple Upside Down Cake using this recipe a few times now and it’s a really simple one to whip up. The cake has a nice sweet flavour and I (...)
21 December 2013
Individual summer vegetable tarts
I made these last week to take along to a get together hosted by Lydia Bakes. We all have quite the sweet tooth so I thought something savoury would go down (...)
16 December 2013
Individual Berry Tarts
Yesterday I was invited to attend a get together hosted by Lydia Bakes. I decided to make two types of little tarts, one sweet and the other savoury (recipe to (...)
4 December 2013
White chocolate and macadamia cookies
I can’t believe it’s taken me nearly four years to get around to making some white chocolate and macadamia cookies! I used our tried and tested (+ incredibly (...)
26 November 2013
Peanut Butter Billionaire Brownie
I had been planning this Peanut Butter Billionaire Brownie bad boy for a while. At first I wanted to make something like Millionaire Shortbread (caramel (...)
22 November 2013
Funfetti Cupcakes
If you are a regular reader you’ll remember I mentioned last week that my wee guy had chicken pox. While I was at home with him he put in a special request for (...)
15 November 2013
Kumara and Bacon Mini Muffins
I made these Kumara and Bacon Mini Muffins a few weeks ago when we had a long weekend. We were away with my parents ‘up North’ and I wanted something that I (...)
5 November 2013
Mini Chocolate and Coconut Cupcakes
In the holidays I got stuck into wedding planning (and got so much done that I now have to stop or I am going to look like a crazy lady having everything done (...)
25 October 2013
Olive, salami and cream cheese muffins
These muffins were created out of stuff we had left over in the fridge. I wanted to make something savoury that we could take as morning tea to work. There was (...)
29 September 2013
Peanut butter and nutella thumbprint cookies
If you’ve been following the blog for a while now you’ll know that both Mel and myself are big fans of Nutella, you’ll also be aware we both have a soft spot (...)
