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Choc banana nice-cream

May 23, 2017 by date with a plate.

You’ll be pleased to know I have managed to remain largely on the healthy eating bandwagon…I say largely because I still inhale the occasional required burger or other cheat meal on the weekend. But weekdays are pretty darn strict – and thank the greater powers because I am seeing results. And that’s what keeps you going, knowing your hard work is paying off. But what do you do when your cravings for sweets reach heights greater than your self-control? You […]

Categories: Chocolate, Dessert, Ice cream, mid-week, Snack, Vegetarian • Tags: banana, chocolate, coconut, dates, dessert, easy, pecan, walnuts

Cheese Boarding 101

August 12, 2016 by date with a plate.

Lordy, I have been way too blog quiet lately. Please accept my humble apology. Moving to a new city in a new state has been a life changing experience – for anyone else who has done this, I commend you. I now understand all too well the pains of life admin…. So what has moving to a new city done for me? Well, for one thing, it’s completely invigorated my perspective on life, forced me to make new friends because I […]

Categories: Charcuterie, Dessert, Kitchen tips, Snack, Special Occasion • Tags: almonds, cheese, cured, entertaining, fruit, honey, pickled vegetables, platter

Rhubarb, strawberry & blood orange crumble

September 8, 2015 by date with a plate.

Where does the time go? How is it September already? It’s like I’ve blinked and an entire month has completely flashed before my eyes while I semi-consciously continue to live. Perhaps it’s time to slow things down? I live just as busy a life as anyone else; forever balancing the scales of social life and work life, friend time and family time…but it can get a bit overwhelming at times. It seems there is always something to do, somewhere to […]

Categories: Dessert • Tags: baking, blood orange, crumble, dessert, easy, ice cream, rhubarb, strawberry, zest

Carrot, apple and walnut cake with cream cheese frosting & praline (shhh…it’s gluten free too!)

August 5, 2015 by date with a plate.

So here it is folks, Part Two of my awesomely fun collaboration with Katey from Little Bit Bakery (read more about Part One if you missed it). I feel so privileged to be able to share this recipe with you for Katey’s drool-worthy gluten free carrot cake – please do not underestimate the enormity of this momentous moment…this cake is Katey’s best seller and for good reason. Lusciously moist cake, which is light and practically falls apart in your mouth, […]

Categories: Afternoon tea, Cake, Dessert, Special Occasion, Vegetarian • Tags: apple, baking, cake, carrot, carrot cake, cream cheese, dessert, frosting, gluten free, Granny smith apple, icing, icing sugar, walnuts

Honey ice cream with salted dark chocolate almonds

July 29, 2015 by date with a plate.

My friend Katey, owner and all-round sugar goddess at Little Bit Bakery, and I decided to have some fun in the kitchen over the weekend and got together for a full day of creative foodie collaboration. While we originally met in little old Perth, Katey now calls Melbourne home and if you live over that way you might want to drop her a line and order a cake – the girl has some serious sugar skills! We share a common […]

Categories: Chocolate, Dessert, Ice cream • Tags: almonds, chocolate, dark chocolate, dessert, honey, ice cream

My Grandma’s Apple Roly Poly

July 6, 2015 by date with a plate.

When I was a little girl, my family would travel to Adelaide to visit my Mother’s parents for a holiday. I have the most wonderful memories from my trips to this beautiful part of the world, it really is very special to me and as I have grown older I have come to appreciate it more and more. The city has a wonderful relaxed charm to it (much like Perth does), that is somewhere between familiar country town and bigger […]

Categories: Dessert • Tags: apple, baking, cinnamon, Granny smith apple, sugar

Donna Hay’s lemon meringue pie

May 19, 2015 by date with a plate.

I love the tangy sweet smell of citrus fruits and jump at the opportunity to take a bag of lemons home whenever the tree at my Mum’s house is in season – and what a season it has been, for the second weekend in a row I made Donna Hay’s lemon meringue pie because, well, LEMONS. The first time for my Mum on Mother’s Day and the second for friends who came for dinner. There is no good reason for […]

Categories: Afternoon tea, Dessert, Special Occasion • Tags: baking, Donna Hay, Italian meringue, lemon, lemon curd, lemon meringue pie, lemon zest, meringue, shortcrust pastry

Peanut butter ice cream sandwiches

March 18, 2015 by date with a plate.

Yep, this happened and it was glorious. I made peanut butter ice cream, sandwiched in between chocolate cookies and went into a deep food coma…and it was worth every single bite. Forget that sugar free, fat free, enjoyment free dessert you were thinking about making and make these. I’m not saying you should be enjoying ice cream sandwiches daily, but an occasional dose of really naughty dessert is a must in my books. This all started when a girlfriend and […]

Categories: Chocolate, Dessert, Special Occasion • Tags: baking, chocolate, cookie, dessert, ice cream, peanut butter, Reese's

Vanilla cake with hazelnuts and fresh figs

February 24, 2015 by date with a plate.

It’s my favourite time of the year: fig season. No joke, I eat so many when they’re in season, it’s like my body knows I only get a small window of opportunity before “poof!” they’re gone… So I decided on Saturday morning as I strolled through a local fruit and veg shop, which was selling packs of six for $3.99, that I would make something special to celebrate the glorious fig. And as I like them best the way nature […]

Categories: Afternoon tea, Cake, Dessert, Special Occasion • Tags: baking, cake, cream, dessert, fig, hazelnuts, icing sugar, mascarpone, praline

Dirt dessert

February 3, 2015 by date with a plate.

I saw a recipe for Vietnamese coffee ice cream (and if you’ve ever been to Vietnam then you’ll understand how totally awesome the coffee is, served over condensed milk and ice *drool*) and actually couldn’t resist making it. Originally the recipe was for ice creams on sticks but since I didn’t have any popsicle sticks I simply made the ice cream in my gelato machine at home. It worked just as well, although a little soft – this ice cream […]

Categories: Chocolate, Dessert • Tags: chocolate, coffee, condensed milk, ice cream

Sponge cake with strawberry jam icing

December 15, 2014 by date with a plate.

A couple weeks ago I made five jars of strawberry jam…awesome huh? Well, it would have been, had I managed to make proper jam, but alas, somehow mine became runny…very runny. I’ll blame it on overly juicy fruit, totally unrelated to my technical prowess – because I rock at making jam (well usually – see here). So runny is my homemade jam that its realistically just liquid strawberry with a few chunks of fruit – think Macca’s strawberry topping for […]

Categories: Afternoon tea, Cake, Dessert, Jam • Tags: baking, cake, strawberry

Dark chocolate and coconut cookies

December 8, 2014 by date with a plate.

Somewhere between work and life, I lost the time to cook in the past month. Sure, there’s been the standard stir-fry or steak and chips for dinner, but it’s not the same as cooking for pleasure. That time when you have no commitments, no concerns….just a clean kitchen and a desire to create. I miss having this time to myself when I am busy. So I made time for it over the weekend. I didn’t make anything particularly exciting or […]

Categories: Afternoon tea, Chocolate, Dessert, Snack • Tags: baking, chocolate, coconut

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