10 New Zealand Baking Classics (from an outside and completely unsystematic perspective)
I spent two weeks in New Zealand last month, and while we did plenty of sightseeing, I also spent quite …
Category Archives: Slice
Plum, Fig and Almond Slice
I love cooking on that cusp of summer to autumn, and in culinary terms it’s definitely one of my favourite …
Black Bean Brownies for Esther
My sister enjoys my baking when she comes to visit, but generally doesn’t eat sweets. So, for quite a while, she …
Gingerbread Bonfire Sticks
Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of …
Apricot Yoghurt Slice
I’ve spoken before about the role of the classic Australian Women’s Weekly cookbooks in my early baking. I probably cooked most from the …
Pecan-Apricot Squares
Recipes that have become favourites in our family come from many sources, and this is one of two that I originally …
Apple and Banana (or Blueberry, or Rhubarb) Shortcake
I didn’t really realise until I was writing this how much my early baking was skewed to baking for the …
Wholemeal Honey Date Bars
As I’ve mentioned a few times, for me an important part of food is about the meaning in what we cook …
Chocolate Coconut Slice
During my childhood, while we did have special family recipes that were handed down, as well as more recent innovations of …
When choc-chip biscuits are way too much effort…
Otherwise known as the it’s-Sunday-night-and-what-the-hell-am-I-going-to-put-in-the kids-lunch-boxes moment! While we love biscuits of all sorts here, when I’m making something like …
In Search of Golden Pudding 