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Ricotta and honey tart – a perfect dessert recipe

I blog almost nothing but sweet things but truth be told I do not have a sweet tooth. I crave savoury things, with a specific nod to the cheese family. Give me brie or give me death.

Many of my fav desserts – which I daren’t make lest I scoff the lot – have a cheese element: tiramisu, baked cheesecake, red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, cheese platter…

I have new cheese-esque addition to the top dessert list after recently baking this incredibly easy and delicious ricotta and honey tart. Continue reading →

Tags: almond, bake, baking, blogging, cinnamon, eggs, food, honey, lemon, pastry, recipe, ricotta, sugar

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Categories almond, Dessert, Fast & simple, from scratch, honey, Tarts and Pies

Donna Hay brown butter pound cake

19 Jul

Brown butter, I have decided, should be included in the government’s food pyramid. At the pointy end – nestled between legumes and fresh vegetables.

It is utterly delicious and life-changing. Who’d athunk that simply cooking butter until dark golden could create such a luscious taste sensation? Continue reading →

Tags: bake, baked, baking, blogging, brown butter, butter, cake, food, from scratch, loaf cake, recipe, sweet, vanilla, yogurt

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Categories Cakes

Baked blueberry lemon doughnuts

12 Jul

Lemon is lovely, don’t you agree? I adore baking with citrus – the aroma of a zested lime or lemon coupled with the scent of general baking is amazing.

I recently found myself with a glut of lemons after my mum-in-law gave us a basket full from her tree. This recipe only used one of countless lemons but the freshness of these lemons really lifted the taste. Continue reading →

Tags: bake, baked, baking, blueberry, buttermilk, cooking, donuts, doughnuts, easy, eggs, food, lemon, recipe, sugar, yogurt

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Categories donut, doughnut

Vanilla cake with salted burnt honey sauce

7 Jul

Get your tasting spoons ready, bakers: the sauce in this cake is something you will be unable to resist.

Donna Hay created the salted burnt honey sauce in a recent edition of her eponymous magazine. Do not underestimate the bewitching properties of this sauce: four ingredients is all it takes to lift a lovely cake into superstar mode. Continue reading →

Tags: baked, baking, cake, cooking, cream, Donna Hay, easy, food, from scratch, honey, recipe, sugar, vanilla

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Categories Cakes

Brown butter rice crispy treats / salted caramel rice crispy squares

2 Jul

Omgosh – treat is the correct word here! This recipe for brown butter rice crispy squares is super dooper easy and super dooper delicious. In case you’re still not sold, you need just four ingredients, one pan, and no baking required. Continue reading →

Tags: baking, brown butter, cookbook, cooking, food, kid-friendly, recipe, squares, sweet

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Categories Dessert, easy, Fast & simple, from scratch

Tequila cookies

11 Jan

When I was a teenager, many millennium ago, tequila was the go to drink for party people. Never me, of course – I drank nothing but water on nights out with friends #Ummmm

Anyway, the image of tequila as a cheap and cheerful beverage was only recently extinguished for me when the Hungry Dad brought home a fancy bottle of tequila. Clue number one that it was nothing like the drink of days gone by: the bottle stopper wasn’t a mini sombrero. Clue number two: it wasn’t a ginormous bottle and it cost more than I care to admit. Continue reading →

Tags: alcohol, bake, baking, biscuits, cookies, cooking, food, from scratch, recipe, recipes, tequila

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Categories alcohol, Biscuits and Cookies, easy, Fast & simple, tequila

Donna Hay rum & raisin Christmas cookies

19 Dec

These are the cookies Santa is waiting for each Christmas Eve as he frantically makes his journey across the planet on his sleigh.

Rich, chunky, chocolatey and with a hint of rum they will give Mr Claus a much needed energy fix to help him keep on keeping on. The oats will help his cholesterol levels after all those other treats he has snacked on during his journey and the rum will soothe his weary bones. Continue reading →

Tags: alcohol, baking, biscuits, chocolate, Christmas, cookies, cooking, Donna Hay, easy, food, raisins, recipe, rum, vanilla

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Categories alcohol, Biscuits and Cookies, Fast & simple

Chocolate peppermint squares

1 Dec

I admit: chocolate peppermint is my least favourite flavour combo. I know, I know – I can hear your howls of protests from here. This unorthodox position has lead to at least two people questioning the fact that we could possibly be friends. On the plus side, I am the best person to share a box of choc with, as I will insist that you have the peppermint filling. No really – it is all yours…

These squares, or slice as we Antipodeans call it, are chock full of pepperminty pleasure. You can, of course, adjust the mintiness by adding more or less flavouring. Continue reading →

Tags: bake, baked, baking, chocolate, Christmas, cooking, easy, food, from scratch, peppermint, recipe

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Categories Bars, Dessert, easy, Fast & simple, from scratch, mint, Other sweet stuff, Slices

Hungry for travel – a family holiday to Japan

13 Oct

The Hungry Family recently returned from a trip to Tokyo, Kyoto and Tokyo Disney. It is fair to say that we are all smitten with this amazing country. The food was incredible and fresh and inexpensive, the people were friendly and polite, and everything was spotless – even the toilets at train stations were immaculate. And the shopping. Oh.The.Shopping. Our suitcases were bulging at the seams on our return with Japanese lollies (candy), various spicy sauces, whisky, clothes and Disney everything! Continue reading →

Tags: family, food, holiday, Japan, Kyoto, sushi, Tokyo, travel