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Homemade Pizza Sauce, Margherita Pizza And A Giveaway

May 16, 2012

A simple recipe for a classic homemade tomato sauce to use on your pizzas or as your pasta base along with a recipe for Margherita Pizza and how it got its name

Tagged: | baking, basil, bread, cheese, italian, italy, margherita, pizza, street food, tomato, yeast

Confetti Layer Cake

May 9, 2012

Confetti Layer Cake - A colourful, fun cake with blue icing and lots and lots of hundreds and thousands for a boy's 8th birthday party

Tagged: | baking, birthday, birthday-party, blue, cake, confetti, layer, party

An old-fashioned crumble is a timeless classic. In this recipe, the humble apple is heightened to golden buttery goodness. The old-fashioned apple crumble is quick to made and easily adapted into a gluten free version using almond meal.

Tagged: | apple, autumn, baking, brown, cinnamon, crumble, dessert, nutmeg, pie, retro, spices, sweet, vintage

Just Brownies

May 3, 2012

A stunning brownie recipe that is dead simple. A true classic to make for a potluck or fancy dinner, this dense and moist brownie is a crowd pleaser

Tagged: | brown, chocolate, dessert, slice, sweet

Ricotta Muffins With Strawberries

April 21, 2012

Ricotta Muffins are moist and delicately flavoured. They shine with strawberries but are also a blank canvas for any kind of fresh or dried fruit and crunchy topping you might want to add

Tagged: | baking, breakfast, cinnamon, dairy, lunchbox, muffin, nutmeg, picnic, red, ricotta, strawberry, white

Pearl Barley And Feta Oven Pie

April 11, 2012

A beautiful vegetarian brunch frittata, this pearl barley and feta pie is light and golden with a salty crunch. Can be served warm or cold with a green salad for a sophisticated meal

Tagged: | brunch, cheese, egg, frittata, green, haloumi, pearl barley, peas, pie, spring

Cereal Nut Roll And Not So Sweet Chocolate Cake

April 3, 2012

An old fashioned nut roll tin find at a vintage thrift store gives birth to this Cereal Loaf and a weekend favourite recipe for a not so sweet Chocolate Cake

Tagged: | baking, breakfast, brown, cake, cereal, chocolate, kids, nut, old-fashioned, picnic, retro

Coconut Lime Cake With Rum Frosting

March 28, 2012

Coconut Lime Cake With Rum Frosting is a beautiful tropical cake that has a zesty fresh flavour steeped with the headiness of rum. A quick to bake, easy celebration cake!

Tagged: | baking, cake, coconut, cream cheese, green, high-tea, lime, liqueur, rum, summer, tropical, under the walnut sun, white

Anzac Cookies

March 23, 2012

Anzac cookies are chewy traditional biscuits baked with oats, coconut and golden syrup which were first created to send to Australia and New Zealand soldiers during World War I. This version is naturally nut-free and vegetarian, perfect for the lunchbox or a mid morning sweet treat

Tagged: | anzac, australia, baking, biscuit, brown, coconut, cookie, golden syrup, new zealand, oats

Quinoa And M&M Cookie Dough + Quinoa Cookies

March 16, 2012

A big bowl of golden, buttery, quinoa laced cookie dough studded with mini M&Ms. Good enough to eat byt itself or bake into cookies or stir through ice creams and toast into a crumble. Colourful, quirky and utterly delicious!

Tagged: | baking, birthday-party, breakfast, candy, cookie, cookie dough, crumble, kids, lunchbox, m&ms, oats, quinoa

Quinoa Muffins And Six Years Of Blogging

March 14, 2012

A super healthy breakfast, the Quinoa Muffin has a beautiful texture and is filled with natural ingredients that are high on fiber. With the goodness of wheatgerm and the tang of citrus peel, these muffins are a perfect healthy start to the day

Tagged: | baking, brown, buttermilk, citrus peel, egg, healthy, kids, lunchbox, maple syrup, muffin, quinoa, wheatgerm

Nutella Butter Cake

March 8, 2012

A tried and trusted decade old butter cake recipe gets a fancy and delicious revamp with dollops of Nutella swirled through it. This gorgeous Nutella Butter Cake is made for a hot cup of coffee

Tagged: | baking, butter, cake, hazelnut, nutella

Sour Cream Tart

March 2, 2012

Inspired by Ottolenghi's famous Very Full Tart from the Plenty cookbook, this Sour Cream Tart is lighter and full of the robust flavours of a sour cream shortcrust pastry, creamy ricotta filling and roasted vegetables and herbs

Tagged: | autumn, brunch, cherry tomato, eggplant, ottolengi, pastry, plenty, ricotta, savoury, sour cream, sweet potato, tart, thyme, tomato

Chocolate Beetroot Pudding Cake

February 21, 2012

A rich and indulgent dessert that is slow baked in a water bath. The result is a delectable combination of flavours, the chocolate and beetroot marrying beautifully into one moist, brownie like pudding cake

Tagged: | baking, beetroot, brown, chocolate, dessert, party, pudding, red, sweet, water bath

Daisy Cake

February 9, 2012

Daisy Cake is a beautiful 2 layer, old-fashioned, home-made cake baked from Margaret Dunn's charming cookbook Mrs. Harvey's Sister-In-Law And Other Tasty Dishes. The cake has yellow and white layers, hence the name

Tagged: | baking, cake, coconut, daisy, high-tea, margaret dunn, mrs. harvey's sister-in-law, old-fashioned, orange, picnic, retro, white, yellow

Brown Mushroom Tortano

January 31, 2012

Brown Mushroom Tortano - A gorgeous yeast Napolitan bread stuffed with balsamic glazed swiss mushrooms and stringy cheese. Perfect for picnics and barbecues

Tagged: | baking, balsamic vinegar, barbecue, bread, brown, italian, mushroom, picnic, summer, thyme, tortano, yeast

Carnival Cookies

January 19, 2012

I have always fancied the idea of old travelling circuses. Right from when I was a child and watched Dumbo to a young girl reading Mr. Galliano’s Circus by Enid Blyton under the covers

Tagged: | 101 cookbooks, baking, banana, chocolate, circus, fruit, hazelnut, healthy, heidi swanson, macadamia oil, nuts, oats, party, peanut, popcorn, super natural every day, theme

Sugarplum Buttermilk Cake

January 5, 2012

One of the best things about our Thursday Farmer’s Market are the sugar plums. They are small, perfectly shape, tart and blood red. I am always amazed at their beautiful texture. Crunchy and juicy,

Tagged: | 101 cookbooks, baking, buttermilk, food-blog, food-blogger, healthy, heidi swanson, high-tea, lemon, plum, red, sugarplum, super natural every day, sweet

Macadamia Tray Cookies

January 3, 2012

The New Year is old already. 3 days old here in Australia and there are no lingering signs of party pops, confetti or festive lights. People are back to work, couples are booking Valentine’s

Tagged: | baking, chocolate, cookie, flapjack, macadamia, nuts, oats, picnic, slice, sweet

Christmas Honeycomb Cannelloni

December 23, 2011

Christmas lunch should be a certified course at a stress management school. It tests nerves and is probably up there with planning a wedding or having a baby. Well, maybe I am being a

Tagged: | cannelloni, chickpeas, christmas, italian, lunch, parmesan, pasta, spinach, tomato