Recipes

Carrot & Walnut Cake
Is there anything more comforting than spiced carrot & walnut cake with cream cheese frosting? It's been a cake that I've been baking for many years, with a recipe I found along the way and shoved into my personal recipe collection. Where it hails from exactly, I'm not entirely sure anymore sorry, but I thought I would share it with ...
Full chocolate macaron shells
Thought I would share a recipe for chocolate macaron shells. I asked the All Things Macarons facebook group for advice on how to convert a regular mac recipe to chocolate - I was advised to try reducing the almond meal/flour by 5%, and to reduce the icing/powdered sugar by 5%, and then replace that 10% total with cocoa powder. This ...
A review and remake of the BEST Cinnamon Apple Cake Sitting in my fruit bowl sat two rejected Pink Lady apples - sad to not have made it into our week of fruit intake. "Fear not", I thought as I held them in my hands, "for I am a skilled baker and will find a delicious way to bring new ...
Lactation Cookies
Looking for a small boost for your milk supply? These delicious cookies have 3 active galactagogue ingredients - oats, brewers yeast and flaxseed meal. Sometimes it can be hard to find the time to fix a proper meal when you're in between changing nappies and feeding bub, having a stash of these ready to go can help buy some time ...
Mixed Berry & Ricotta Cake
I originally stumbled across this recipe while searching for something to make with some leftover ricotta cheese I had after making a lasagne. This is an absolutely amazing cake - moist, light, and the pops of berry in it is just heaven. A light dusting of icing sugar is all it needs for a gorgeous addition for a spring Sunday ...