Finally, a recipe from the ‘not-so-naughty’ category in The Great New Zealand Baking Book that doesn’t suck! These are three-ingredient caramel nut butter biscuits. I used peanut butter because that’s what I had in my pantry, but you can use any other nut butter. These biscuits would be amazing if you wanted to add chocolate …
Afghan Yoyos
I baked these on a week night that’s why the lighting in the photos is not great! Afghan biscuits are traditional New Zealand biscuits. The origin of the recipe and the reason behind the name are unknown, but according to an article I found on stuff.co.nz called ‘Kiwiana bakes’, it is believed that the name …
Mango Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing
About six or seven years ago I was obsessed with making cupcakes. I nearly made all the recipes in Alma Obregón’s book, ‘Objective: Perfect Cupcake’. So I feel like I have a pretty clear idea of what a cupcake should look like/taste like. This recipe was ok, but in my opinion the cupcakes turned out …
Chocolate Chunk Oat Cookies
These cookies are super easy to make. Also, the amount of butter in the recipe plus the dark chocolate chunks make them deliciously addictive. You’ve been warned. You will need softened butter, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, plain flour, rolled oats, baking powder and roughly chopped dark chocolate. Pre-heat the oven to 180° C. Line a …
Banana, Carrot & Pineapple Cake
As you may remember, the first recipe I made from the ‘not-so-naughty’ category in The Great New Zealand Baking Book was a #fail. This time I was careful and didn’t substitute any ingredients, I followed the recipe to the t. Well, that didn’t make any difference because it turns out this recipe was another fail. …
Lemon Fudge Slice
My husband and I finally introduced ourselves to our neighbours, almost 2 months after moving into our home. To reduce the amount of awkwardness during these interactions (“Hi there, we may have nothing in common except the fact that we live on adjacent land!”) I made this lemon fudge slice and gave each neighbour a …
Baked Apple Cheesecake Tart
It’s been really cold here lately. I’m talking -3°C-in-the-morning-cold (that’s 26°F in case you are reading this in the USA). Two-pairs-of-gloves and two-pairs-of-socks cold. Our frosted front yard at 8am This time of year is perfect for turning on the oven and baking yummy food! This week I bring you an extremely tasty Baked Apple …
Roly Poly Pudding
Yesterday the blog turned 6 months old! During the past 6 months I’ve made 25 recipes from The Great New Zealand Baking Book so to celebrate this milestone, I’m sharing 25 amusing facts about New Zealand (amusing to me at least): No matter where you are in New Zealand, you’ll never be more than 128 …
Chocolate Fudge Cake
This coming Friday is a special day. It is the 21st of June, the winter solstice, the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year. For the last month (or perhaps longer than that, I’ve lost track) I’ve been enduring an 8am sunrise and 5pm sunset. That’s a mere 9 …
French Vanilla & Berry Mini Cakes
I made this recipe because I had leftover egg whites from when I made the Lemon Meringue Pie. This mini cakes are nice but in my opinion, a bit too sweet (my husband did not share my opinion though!) If I made them again I would reduce the amount of icing sugar and/or substitute the …
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