Nigella’s Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
Cuts into 8-12 slices It's no secret that I love chocolate. A lot. However, I have a bit of an appetite anomaly because although I love chocolate, I don't really love chocolate cakes or chocolate [Read More]
Annabel Langbein’s One-Pot Spiced Apple Cake
Serves 10 generously This Annabel Langbein inspired apple cake travels well, keeps well, freezes well and goes down a treat with a cup of tea or served warm with some ice cream or custard for [Read More]
Whole Orange Polenta Cake
I love making cakes with polenta because it gives cakes such a wonderful texture. Citrus flavours go great with polenta and this orange cake is a real winner, perfect for dessert or a teatime treat. I [Read More]
Mumu Date and Pistachio Clafoutis
Serves 4 I love Clafoutis (pronounced claf-oo-tee) The almond meal adds a wonderful texture to this baked custard. This Mumu version has a real Middle Eastern twist, but, if you prefer, just use [Read More]
Mumu Bread Pudding
Serves 4 A terrific twist on an old classic! Ingredients 2 loaves stale bread (we used two big turkish breads) 400ml cream 2 eggs ¼ cup caster sugar 14 dark chocolate [Read More]
Slow Cooker Chocolate Self-Saucing Pudding
Serves 6-8 When I was young, my mum used to buy a cake mix from the supermarket called Saucy Sponge. It was so naughty but so nice and it would always be my preferred pudding. It used [Read More]
Nana’s Best Ever Bread Pudding
Cuts into 16 generous squares Me and my nana went together like cookies and cream. I said goodbye to her in 2004 but I still think of her and miss her every single day. I realised recently that it [Read More]
Flourless Coconut and Almond Cake
Serves 8 This is my go-to gluten free cake because it's easy and delicious. I've updated this post with some new pics and a Thermomix conversion, but truth be told, this cake is such a doddle, [Read More]
Slow Cooker Apple Flapjack Crumble
Serves 6-8 (but easily halved) There's so much to love about this crumble, not least that you can make it in the slow cooker, well, the apple part anyway. It's really hard to find cooking apples [Read More]
Apricot and Amaretti Cake
Serves 8 generously Now that I'm a wannabe minimalist, I might be less about the gift giving but I'm all about the fuss making, and more to the point, cake making because as Julia Childs once said [Read More]
