Recipe Journal

Strawberry Ripple Cake

Food has the unique ability to transport us; from a time and place to the warm embrace of someone dear to us. For me, the chocolate...

Blood Orange Marmalade Drizzle Cake

As Spring approaches, the last of the blood oranges appear in the shops; I made marmalade to preserve their amazing colour and flavour. ...

Caramel Upside-down Cake

This is a cake for all seasons; in the warmer months it can be made with the amazing Queen Garnet plums, as it is in this recipe; in the...

Blood Orange Cordial - Salute E Vita

I spent my early childhood years in the grey flinty midlands of England; before we came to Australia as ten pound tourists, I was lucky...

Chocolate Fudge Cake... Your New Best Friend

Everyone needs a chocolate fudge cake recipe in their repertoire, an old friend that won't ever let you down. This is the first recipe...

Just Like Your Nana's ... Simple and Delicious

Scones - who doesn't love them? Despite the endless quibbling about how to pronounce the name, whether you put the jam on first or the...

Chocolate Chip Shortbread

Chocolate chip shortbread is the greatest biscuit; buttery, crunchy and melt-in-the-mouth. They keep well, are simple as anything to...

Baking As Therapy

'life is what happens when you're busy making other plans' John Lennon's words have never rung so true as in the past few weeks of my...

Lemon Curd Shortbread - Tea Time Favourite

Shortbread is a universally popular biscuit, not just in Scotland, where it originated before the middle ages, but also in England,...

Chocolate Brownie Biscuits

As with many things in the annals of food history, and history in general, the origins of the brownie are somewhat obscured. Certainly...

Yorkshire Ginernuts - Dunker's Delight

Yorkshire gingernuts - these are the biscuits of my childhood. I remember wondering what all the fuss what about, as ginger wasn't high...

Strawberry Financiers - mini almond cakes

These light delicious little French cakes originated in the 17th century, becoming popular in the 19th century, taking their name from...