Chocolate meringue tart
This is a tart not for the faint of heart. It is beautiful and it is rich. The amazing thing about it is that it can be created with such little effort. Yes, it’s three parts, but each of them only has a few ingredients! I also love how simple meringue is to make (it’s … Continue reading
Salted caramel brownies
Salted caramel. Brownies. Two of my favourite things. So obviously, combining them is a no-brainer. When I saw this recipe on Smitten Kitchen, perhaps the most beautiful food blog of them all, I knew I had to make them ASAP. The effort involved is a bit more than for just regular brownies, but since regular … Continue reading
Chocolate chocolate chip cookies
It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted a cookie recipe, so I thought a suitable return to my usual world of cookies would be with this delectable dark chocolate cookie recipe. It’s almost a brownie in cookie form and I love the addition of the melted chocolate to the cookie dough, which adds a … Continue reading
Mini coconut tartlets with lemon curd
Behold – here is one of my rare non-chocolate dessert creations! When I choose to make a non chocolate dessert, it’s typically because I am serving other intensely chocolate desserts at the same time (in this case, the dark chocolate pear pistachio cake and the chocolate salted caramel crepe cake) and I know they need … Continue reading
Easy pizza dough (and corresponding pizza)
So to continue on the trend of vegetarian foods that aren’t entirely “nice”, I decided one day to try my hand at making pizza dough. I had some leftover sun dried tomatoes and roasted red pepper from making the amazing frittatas and I always have various vegetables on hand, so I thought I’d add them … Continue reading
Dark chocolate pear pistachio cake
After discovering the Gourmet Traveller magazine in a swanky hotel in Melbourne while I was on business travel, which basically is a magazine where I am literally the exact target audience, I’ve been exploring their website for new delicious recipes. I found this one and immediately wanted to try it. It’s quite an easy cake … Continue reading
Chocolate and salted caramel crepe cake
This is my 100th blog post. Whenever I’ve read other blogs in the past and they make a big deal about their 100th post, I haven’t really seen the point…but now that I’ve had this blog for a little while I certainly do. As anyone knows, keeping up a blog takes a large amount of … Continue reading
Butternut squash, leek, and brie galette
So this blog is supposed to be all about the delightful contrast between really healthy vegetarian recipes and delicious slightly sinful baked goods. This particular recipe tows the line as it is not a baked good but it is also definitely not a healthy vegetarian recipe. However, it is so absurdly delicious that I must … Continue reading
Strawberry yogurt mini muffins
Much of the time, my inspiration to bake something on a particular day comes from something in my fridge or cupboard that I don’t want to have around anymore. Normally it’s a half empty bag of chocolate chips or a package of Tim Tams where if I don’t put it in a baked good I … Continue reading
Chewy egg-free brownies
Recently, a rock-star colleague of mine went to London to run the London marathon and I obviously needed to give her a send off gift. She can’t eat any eggs, so this provides a bit of a challenge since the vast majority of baked goods do involve eggs in some shape or form. I eventually … Continue reading
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