Need a quick hostess gift for a Christmas Party? Well this banana bread is not only delicious but it is easy and dare I say nutritious too – it has banana in it and you can add grated carrot or apple too, which I highly recommend! The recipe is yours to keep but if you’d…
Sweet Treats
Easy Lemon and Coconut Bars
Delicious and easy. Easy and delicious. Yummy and Yummy. I try and test a lot of recipes – a lot never make it to this blog because they’re just not easy enough or not tasty enough. But this one, ohhhhhhh, you need to make it. Mouth-watering and fuss-free – the two criteria needed to make it…
Strawberry Jelly Poke Cake
A super easy cake to make – I mean we use a cake mix people…it doesn’t get easier than that! And it’s not overly sweet as it uses whipped cream and strawberries for the topping with only a little icing sugar. A perfect tea time treat if you ask me!
Easy Chocolate Cake with Swiss Meringue Icing
This recipe is tried and tested let me tell ya! The cake is simply delicious and it’s a one bowl wonder – you literally put all the ingredients in the bowl, mix and pour into the tin and bake! The Meringue icing takes a little more time although it’s still easy as pie!! Enjoy!
Strawberries and Cream Layer Cake
Wickedly easy and delicious, this Strawberries and Cream Layer Cake looks like a million bucks too! It’s a one bowl wonder – which is the best thing about it! But even better is that if you don’t feel like making buttercream icing you can just buy one or two bottles of whipped cream and use…
Mini Lemon Meringue Pie Pots
I had to take a dessert to a dinner last night and the quickest thing I could think of to make was these Mini Lemon Meringue Pie Pots. It literally has 6 ingredients and takes 10 minutes to make. A great option if you’re in a hurry and a slightly healthier version of a lemon…
Easy Millionaires Shortbread
Such a quick and easy alternative to the store bought versions of Millionaires Shortbread and arguably much better too!! I whipped it up in 30 minutes flat. Ridiculously delicious, you need to make this for your next tea party!
Lemon and Blueberry Cake
A yummy mix of sweet and tart, this lemon and blueberry cake is deceptively easy to make. Not only that, it looks impressive too. I mean blueberries in a cake and trails of colour swirling around it! And 3 layers – let’s not get started on that shall we!
Mom’s Chocolate Cake
Chef Brad from our regular chef club, shared this recipe with us recently and it’s title, yes you guessed it “moms chocolate cake”. Now, you know whenever a recipe title is preceded by the word “mom’s” it’s a going to be a winner, don’t you?! If it’s created by a mom, and it has made…
No-Bake Nutella and Coconut Squares
Decadent and addictive, these Nutella Coconut Squares require no baking at all and you can whip them up in 30 minutes flat – perfect for a last minute tea-time treat when Aunt Mabel pops around. These would even make a fabulous foodie gift – imagine opening a box of these babies! They don’t even require…
Watermelon Sorbet
Perfect for these hot days, Watermelon sorbet is a wonderfully light and refreshing after dinner treat. Typically sorbet is served between meals to cleanse the palate and prepare you for the next meal. If you are having multiple courses, then you can serve it between a starter and main or however it best fits into…
Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
I’ve always wanted to make a Chocolate Molten Lava Cake (also known as Chocolate Fondant) but have always been too daunted to make one. They regularly make the contestants on MasterChef whip them up and there is always that tense moment just before they break the cake apart to see if the inside is soft…