Caramel. That word usually gets me in BUT this Date Swiss Roll is the perfect vehicle for caramel. This is a Swiss Roll on steroids! Whats a Swiss Roll? “A Swiss roll, jelly roll, roll cake, or cream roll, or Swiss log, is a type of sponge cake roll filled with whipped cream or jam or icing” No body really knows why it’s called a…
Desserts
Chocolate cake in 10 minutes
Can you make this chocolate cake in 10 minutes? Yes you can. Have you ever finished dinner and thought …now I’d like dessert? Here’s dessert!! You can have chocolate cake hot straight from the oven with ice cream or cream. Ha ha perfect! Hey dessert munchers, this is the recipe for you. Of course, you…
Banana Bread recipe. The toasting kind.
So you have been after a Banana Bread recipe? Well, this is the one you need. It’s not cake, it’s real banana bread, just like you get at your favourite cafe. It has great banana taste but just the perfect texture you want for a Banana Bread Many people have asked me for a recipe…
Date and Ginger Pudding, Tahini caramel
This Date and Ginger pudding is extra special. It is comfortingly full of ginger but most importantly it is sticky and sweet and hits all the dessert benchmarks. It’s extra special in its own right though and requires no eggs or dairy to make. It’s great to know you can make an amazing sticky date…
Fruit cake, Christmas cake, last minute hacks
Never let anyone tell you you are too late! This fruit cake can be made at any time at all- even the day you want it. It’s a boiled fruit cake that can be mixed all in one pot before baking. It really is as simple as that. No marinating no creaming just mix, simmer…
Honey and Yoghurt Tart
Are you trying to think of a dessert that is equally good at dinner as it is for an impressive afternoon tea? Of course, you are. This Honey and Yoghurt tart is a make ahead beauty that is an easy recipe plus EVERYONE always loves it. Yes, I even promise this dessert is great 3…
White Chocolate Mousse Cake, yuzu & black sesame
This beautiful dessert looks like it might be hard to make but don’t be fooled. It is really quite easy. Impress someone you know this weekend with a slice. Light and creamy with a sesame twist and a hint of citrus. White Chocolate mousse cake makes a great dessert with citrus This dessert has the…
Pastry. How to make Shortbread pastry
This is one of my most secret recipes. I have used it for about 20 years to rave reviews. Now it’s your turn to make it. Here’s my ultimate guide on how to make Shortbread Pastry Making pastry at home is not as hard as you think. Shortbread pastry is very forgiving and bakes up…
Lemon Ricotta Cake and Life by the Lakes
This Lemon Ricotta Cake is a simple home classic. Stir together any where anytime no tricks required. It’s really very easy, moist and full of lemony goodness. Stir together Lemon Ricotta Cake Everyone needs an easy cake up their sleeve. This is one for you. It makes a great dessert, perfect to share as a treat…
Strawberry Frangipane Tart, heart felt baking.
Strawberry Frangipane Tart is a real treat when you have an abundance of Strawberries. This has a classic almond meal filling thats light and unfussy. Make it ahead of when you need it for a relaxed spin on dessert. If there are no strawberries try other fruits such as nectarines, peaches or poached pears, quinces…
Molecular Gastronomy. Powdered Nutella and much more!
Have you ever wondered how to make some of those special powders, that you get in restaurants? You can! You’d be surprised how simple it is. I’m going to show you how to make Nutella powder and while we are here, Peanut butter (nut butter) or even Olive oil powder to amp up the style like…
Lemon Tart with Mango and Passionfruit it’s Vegan
This Vegan Lemon Tart will leave you wanting more. Its light and extra lemony and goes well with Mango and Passionfruit Vegan Desserts You would have to have been living under a rock to not have tried some kind of Vegan dessert by now. Veganism has crossed the road and got to the other side…
Caramel Sauce. Salted, no- split, smooth
This is the Salted Caramel Sauce you have been looking for. It never splits and stays smooth and molten. The perfect sauce hot or cold. Remember when Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch sauce was on every menu. Every menu… without fail. Thank goodness we have moved on a bit. But holdup. The other day I…
Vanilla Ice cream. No churn. 3 ingredients.
Vanilla Ice Cream that requires no churning?. It means just a good whip of the #3ingredients and you have Ice Cream, so easy, so many possibilities. Condensed Milk Ice cream has to be the easiest ice cream you could possibly make without an Ice Cream machine Its no secret this Ice Cream is a favourite…
Choc Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Choc Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches are so much fun to eat and to make. This easy recipe will have you eating creamy ice cream before you know it. I made these Choc Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches this week. I needed a dessert that could be whipped out on a hot afternoon and not…
Nutella Brownie Tiramisu Frangelico and Hazelnuts
Nutella Brownie Tiramisu is wonderfully fudgey brownies made with Nutella (yes!) then layered with Mascarpone cheese are sloshed with coffee and Frangelico and they will steel the show for sure. It seems a bit of an unlikely combination this Nutella Brownie Tiramisu but let me assure you it has been fully taste tested and approved…