Eight years ago on my blog I shared my recipe for Bread and Butter Pudding with Blueberries. It was one of two recipes I featured in a post about quick and easy baked puddings. In this article I’m retelling and … Read More
Hazelnut macaroons (Haselnussmakronen in German) are meringue-based biscuits with a delicately crisp exterior and soft, chewy interior. Their key ingredients are ground hazelnuts (or hazelnut meal), egg whites and sugar. Thus, they are naturally gluten-free and dairy-free treats. Hazelnut macaroons … Read More
Do you remember a time when fresh bread was delivered house to house in your city or town? I do. Indeed, when I was growing up in Rockhampton in the mid-late 1950s and early 1960s, my mother purchased our bread … Read More
I am looking forward to making this year’s Easter lamb cake later this week and sharing it with my family and friends on Easter Sunday. For me, baking and sharing an Easter lamb cake has become a special and much-loved … Read More
This year, in preparation for Christmas, I decided to make Florentines – popular special-occasion biscuits that combine nuts and glacé or candied fruit. I wanted to try something new to share with my family and friends this Christmas. I hadn’t … Read More
This Christmas, in the spirit of giving, I want to bless you by sharing our recipe for Brownie’s Brownies. You’ll find it at the end of this post.
My mother’s pumpkin scones recipe is one of my son’s favourite recipes. He has been using the recipe for years and it never fails. It’s a special reminder of a much-loved grandmother who was a gifted home cook. You’ll find … Read More
Damper is an iconic Australian soda bread made from wheat flour, water or milk, a pinch of salt and a rising agent. You may use milk powder instead of fresh milk, and add butter or oil. Using these simple ingredients, you … Read More
This Christmas, I’m making Betty’s Jelly Slice as a special treat for my family and friends. It’s colourful (fitting for the season), melt-in-your-mouth delicious and (most importantly) super-easy to prepare. If you have been following my blog, you may remember … Read More
I have fond memories of my mother’s two-layered Ginger Sponge cake. It was one of the cakes she included in her Saturday morning baking and slices of which ended up in my school lunchbox the next week. Another cake my … Read More
My first experience of “Italian” food was my mother’s spaghetti with bacon, onion, tomato and grated cheddar cheese. As a child, I thought it was really delicious, but my father was not so enthusiastic. After all, he had tasted real … Read More
My Christmas baking this year has included a special Aussie Christmas treat: Chocolate Slice. I made this sweet slice for two pre-Christmas functions last week and, on each occasion, it was a great hit. So much so, many people asked … Read More
Recently I tried my mother’s 1949 spiced meatloaf recipe. It’s a good example of home cooking of that era. I used her old mechanical meat mincer to produce the mince for the meatloaf. The mincer worked perfectly, and the meatloaf … Read More
In my recipe collection, I have an old-fashioned honey pie recipe. It’s the only recipe in my collection attributed to “Thelma Baker”. Every time I make this sweet pie, I think of her and thank God I had the pleasure … Read More
I tried Health Slice for the first time in the 1980s. I was visiting a friend at the time and she served this delicious freshly-baked moist and chewy fruit slice for morning tea. When I asked about the recipe, she … Read More
