I’d like to say I followed the rule of moderation with this but I’ll go ahead and blame it on pregnancy and confess that I made this at 7am and by the time it had set I had eaten about a quarter! Oops! It’s just so delicious, and after all, I am trying to increase…
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Lauren Vaknine’s Best Ever Orange Cake with Chocolate Ganache
I used to call this the ‘Working Woman’s’ cake because, despite its appearance perhaps misleading you to think otherwise, it really is the simplest, easiest cake to make. If you are a woman (or general person) with a hectic life of school runs, play dates, activities, household tasks and work, fear not. You can still…
Chocolate Chip Blondies
Chocolate chip blondies, resplendent in all their gooey perfection. It really is hit and miss to give these the exact right amount of time in the oven. They have to be cooked through but equally, no point in a blondie (or brownie) if they are more like a cake texture – they just have to…
Passover Cinnamon Balls – SF, DF, GF
The Jewish festival of Passover (Pesach) is coming up in a few days. We can’t eat any grains or anything that rises in memory of the Jews leaving Egypt after 400 years of slavery with only unleavened bread (Matza). We have some amazing cakes that are traditional to bake in the lead up to Passover…
Almond Butter
After getting the amazing Magimix food processor for Christmas, I’ve started making nut butters again – a lot! I used to make them in the Vitamix but find it so much easier in a strong food processor. My cashew butter from last week was such a winner that it got polished off within a few…
Quinoa Crunch Bars
Remember ‘Crunch’ bars growing up? I think they were my favourite. Crunchy and chocolatey but not too rich – yum. So here I give you… the healthy version: Quinoa Crunch Bars. As long as you have a good food processor, these are easy to make. Quinoa is such an awesome source of plant-based protein, and…
Puffed Rice Rocky Road Brownies
I wanted to make some yummy treats for my friend who has just had a baby, because breastfeeding mamas need fuel (and chocolate!) and I decided to try and make a healthier version of Rocky Roads. Daniel used to make the yummiest Rocky Roads whenever we had people over back in the days when we…
Blueberry Banana Bread
I had a heap of blueberries in my fridge and some ripe bananas so I thought I’d use my classic banana bread recipe and add blueberries. If you want a more chocolatey version, see here. This one is so light and fluffy and…
Chocolate & Peanut Butter Drizzled Banana Bread
This is basically exactly the same as my usual banana bread (gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar free and vegan), I just added a bit of peanut butter and chocolate drizzles to the top because, why not! It sank a bit in the middle which is really annoying when you make something so pretty, but…
Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies
Braxton is leaving his childminder this week and starting nursery – eek!! I didn’t know what to get the lovely ladies at the childminder so decided to make them some nice things and package them nicely as a thank you. I made them these and some chocolate truffles – I hope they like them and…