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Category Archives: Baking

White Chocolate and Cranberry Cookies

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Clare — 4 Comments ↓
white chocolate cranberry cookies

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?  Who me? Yes you! Couldn’t be. Then who? Ok, it was me.  These are bloody delicious! Super morish! And make a delicious morning, afternoon tea, or dessert, or lunch… I may have Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Recipes | Tagged chocolate, cookies | 4 Replies

Hummingbird Cupcakes

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Clare — 12 Comments ↓
metallic hummingbird muffins

My cooking and baking has been heavily influenced by Instagram photography prompts recently.  And honestly, I’m really glad for the inspiration.  Some times I just can’t muster up the enthusiasm to scrounge through the pantry and cook dinner AGAIN. So Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Recipes | Tagged cupcake, hummingbird, muffin | 12 Replies

Gluten Free Chocolate Brownie

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Clare — 8 Comments ↓
Gluten Free Chocolate Brownie

I’ve been searching for the perfect brownie recipe for a while.  Well, hasn’t everyone.  You want the perfect combination between moist and rich, but not too sweet. There’s a couple of cafes near by that make amazing gluten free chocolate Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Recipes | Tagged brownie, chocolate | 8 Replies

Chocolate Beetroot Cake

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Clare — 28 Comments ↓
Chocolate Beetroot cake

Sometimes I find it really hard to find the words to write to go with any given recipe.  For example, for this beetroot cake, I was tossing up between telling you about the three sad soggy beetroots I found in Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Recipes | Tagged beetroot, cake, chocolate | 28 Replies

Peanut Butter and Choc Chip Cookies

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Clare — 11 Comments ↓
peanut butter and choc chip cookies

The last couple of weeks have been crazy busy.  We’ve had concreters, plumbers, electricians, carpenters and deliveries on our building site. It’s in my best interest to keep all our trades happy, so for ‘smoko’ each morning I’ve been taking Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Recipes | Tagged biscuits, chocolate and peanut butter, cookies | 11 Replies

Quinoa and Cacao Brownie

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Clare — 11 Comments ↓
Quinoa and cacao brownie

I am still yet to tame the ravaging ‘breast feeding hunger’ beast. I’m starving, pretty much all of the time and to be honest, I’m getting a little sick of it. I’m not one to give a shit about how Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Recipes | Tagged brownie, chocolate, quinoa, slice | 11 Replies

Blueberry, Lemon and Coconut Cake

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Clare — 10 Comments ↓
Blueberry, lemon and coconut cake

We’re so lucky to have an amazing blueberry farm close by, in fact it’s called Tuckerberry Hill Blueberry Farm, but they also have strawberries, a cute cafe and the produce market where we buy our fruit and vegetables each week. Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Recipes | Tagged blueberries, blueberry, coconut, lemon | 10 Replies

Scones

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Clare — 32 Comments ↓
scones with jam and cream

Synchronicity was at play this week.  Some super meaningful events all collided. Firstly, and most importantly it’s the 4th International Scone Week, secondly, I need to cook/bake/create something to a beautiful friend’s Blessingway and thirdly, without knowing about International Scone Week, J Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Recipes | Tagged scones | 32 Replies

Choc Chip and Sultana Lactation Cookies

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Clare — 6 Comments ↓
Choc Chip and Sultana lactation cookies

When it rains, it pours, right?  Over the last 8 months, the world (my world) has been inundated with beautiful new lives.  I think I know of at least one baby a month to have been born over the last Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Recipes | Tagged babies, baby, lactation, lactation cookies | 6 Replies

Spiced Poached Pear and Almond Cake

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Clare — 10 Comments ↓
spiced poached pear and almond cake

I don’t menu plan, it’s all the rage right now, apparently it’s supposed to save you time and money. That’s great, but what about a daily dose if use-your-imagination? I get frustrated that I’m boxed in, that there’s no flexibility, Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Recipes | Tagged autumn, bundt, cake, pears, poached pears, spiced almond cake | 10 Replies

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