Would you like to know how to make a cake that is all of the following? moist citrussy sweet – kids will like it …but with a bitter edge that takes it into grown-up territory high in protein (shrug… some people are into that) friggin’ easy – pretty much all you do is stir it … Continue reading
I’m trying to cook as many recipes from my Nigella cookbooks as possible, and started a series to cook through How To Be a Domestic Goddess some time ago. Well, it’s been on the back burner but here’s a review of her Salty Sweet Peanut Cookies. Nigella says that there’s “something about the contrast between … Continue reading
I’m always on the look out for gluten free recipes due to having a couple of friends who are coeliacs. In my travels across the internet (goodness, I sound like a wandering star) I have come across several mentions of putting chickpeas in brownies. Odd, I thought. That seems like a very strange thing to … Continue reading
While frantically trying to clear my backlog of restaurant reviews in order to take my blog on its new Second Year journey, I do need to post this recipe in a timely fashion for Christmas: Fruit Mince! Charged with making the mince pies for the family Christmas this year, I thought I’d try making fruit … Continue reading
Some more baking going on Chez Moi: some delightful gluten free almond biscuits (for which I got the recipe from a friend, but I note they are very similar to a Nigella recipe from Feast). And, an semi-successful experiment where I tried to recreate those apple cakes you get from bakeries all around Australia, because … Continue reading
So my self-challenge to cook all the recipes from Nigella Lawson’s How to Be a Domestic Goddess continues with two muffin recipes: Lemon-Raspberry Muffins and Blueberry Muffins. I cooked the lemon-raspberry muffins first, as I had a pressing need to get rid of the absurd amount of frozen berries I had filled up our tiny freezer with … Continue reading
So after devouring Nigella Lawson’s How to Eat cookbook cover to cover, I bought How to be a Domestic Goddess and have a bit of a blog project about to start: I’m going to try to cook every recipe in this book. This will result in: My getting a lot better at baking, perhaps turning … Continue reading
Apparently, cake pops (as popularised on Bakerella and a few other blogs) are the in thing to take to first birthday parties. Little balls of cake on sticks! Which are then covered in melted chocolate and decorated! I was the recipient of a leftover pop at work one day, and, wanting to bring something to a … Continue reading
I nominated myself to supply dessert for our family Mother’s Day celebration, and after I’d got over the original panic (I had this experience once where I made mudcake, which ended in me sobbing over uncooked brown sludge) I decided to make a cheesecake. Because I never had, and one must always take risks in … Continue reading
I’m not sure if I’ve told you this before, but I’m the only one not studying a postgraduate qualification in my share house (I dropped out). I’m living with a CFA candidate, a PhD candidate and a Masters student. Such high achievers! Therefore, I am of course, trying to make them fat. Only kidding. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Fresh Bread 