Vanilla Poached Nectarines
As summer develops and the price of stone fruit drops, I like to poach yellow fleshed peaches and nectarines. When I was a child Mum “stewed” summer fruit to serve … Continue reading
Hazelnut Bread
This is an oldie but a goodie, a great festive season standby. Today I used hazelnuts, but you can use pistachios, almonds or walnuts, or you can use a mixture … Continue reading
Sandra’s famous Chocolate Hazelnut Cake
This is as good as cake gets! A rich amalgamation of chocolate and nuts, it’s never cloying and never dry and the chewy nutty texture prolongs the chocolatey sensory pleasure. … Continue reading
Lemon and Ginger Fingers
I got a bit frantic hunting out this recipe. It wasn’t in the book where I expected to find it. Eventually it turned up hiding in my battered blue folder … Continue reading
Marieke’s Orange Poppyseed Cake
Years ago when I was dabbling in my first food business, I would regularly take myself away at weekends to cooking schools hoping for inspiration. My absolute all time favourite … Continue reading
Apple Ricotta Pancakes with Caramelized Apples
Breakfast in our house is usually DIY. Toast, cereal, fruit, OJ and coffee are the norm, but having house guests is a good excuse to make a Sunday breakfast … Continue reading
30 Second Banana Ice Cream
Sure, you can make banana bread, banana muffins, banana cake and banana smoothies with fruit past its prime, but the problem with all of these delicious treats is that … Continue reading
JAFFA FRUIT CHEWS
This is a variation on an earlier post Fruit Chews with featured white chocolate bits and lemon zest. The household opinion on favourites is divided, I like white chocolate and … Continue reading
Mosaic Melon Wedges
From memory, this recipe came to me in a leaflet of low calorie desserts. I have made it countless times as an eye catching fruit option on a dessert … Continue reading
Sesame Coated Jam Drops
I love to make fruit preserves. The cupboard is laden with jam made from plums off friends trees, fragrant berries bought cheaply at the height of their season and apricots, … Continue reading
APPLE and LEMON CHEESECAKE TART
Our blog’s primary function is for me to hand over family recipes to my daughters, for my granddaughters. We had some hands on time in the kitchen baking last Saturday, … Continue reading
LUMBERJACK CAKE
I was making this cake long before it gained commercial popularity in cafes across Melbourne. It came to me during a whole food hippy phase in the early eighties, cake … Continue reading
GOLDEN APPLE CAKE
My other half loves puddings and pies, especially if they’re made with apple and he’s an especially happy boy if I serve him pudding with custard. This recipe ticks both … Continue reading
DATE AND WALNUT SLICE aka CHINESE CHEWS C 1967
Who knows why this date and walnut slice was dubbed “Chinese Chews.” I remember them well from my teenage years, the high density of fruit and nuts per square centimetre … Continue reading
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