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
Chocolate mousse
When I had friends over the other week, I wanted to make an elegant looking dessert that was a change from my normal cookie/brownie routine, so I was delighted to find this recipe. It is seriously ridiculously easy to make (you just need to make sure you have an electric mixer), requires only 4 ingredients … Continue reading
Dark chocolate pretzel tart
The sweet and salty combination is my ultimate trump card in baking that I use to win people over. If you like any type of baked good, it is my firm belief that if sea salt is added you will then love it exponentially more. This dessert immediately caught my eye when I was doing … Continue reading
Nutella bars
Happy Valentine’s Day! Although I think the whole hype around Vday is a bit absurd, I do not see it as a chance to either get all lovey or to be angry and bitter…rather, it just presents a delightful opportunity to bake all manner of sinful and delightful things. When you bake for this … Continue reading
Beachy chic at Three Blue Ducks
Another restaurant I happily got to tick off my always long list of places to try in Sydney when my mother visited was Three Blue Ducks, which can only be described as an extremely upscale version of a beach cafe. It’s located in Bronte Beach, which is the lesser known (and far more relaxed / … Continue reading
Browned butter jam bars
As I’ve said before, baking non chocolate desserts is always somewhat of an interesting challenge for me. Since chocolate automatically makes pretty much anything better, removing the chocolate ingredient from the equation forces creativity and can result in some innovative and truly delicious baked goods. I happened to randomly have some jam in my cupboard … Continue reading
Dark chocolate pistachio cookies
So apparently, January 26th was national pistachio day, so I figured this recipe was timely. I am not normally a big fan of nuts in cookies, but to be honest these cookies are basically transcendent. Pistachios are my favourite kind of nuts, and when I saw these cookies I figured it was worth the investment … Continue reading
Asian fusion at Gingerboy
I took a wonderful trip to Melbourne and the surrounding gorgeous countryside and beaches of Victoria after Christmas when my mother was visiting me a few weeks ago, which of course meant many new wining and dining experiences. I’ve written about the absolutely glorious food in Melbourne before in my previous visit there where I … Continue reading
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