As we will be away for Easter I decided to make chocolate hot cross buns a little bit early in the month. They were sticky and sweet and a little bit non-traditional. Head straight on to the Recipe For Chocolate … more ♥
I really like the fact that my Chocolate Angel Food Cake is fat free. It means I can enjoy more than one slice at a time, ignoring how much sugar actually goes into it. Dave and I devoured this cake in … more ♥
Head straight on to the recipe for Chocolate Pudding ♥ I had a desire to be bathed in this chocolate wonder when I first tasted it at Perdeberg. It is everything you want from a dessert and if you only make one … more ♥
This gelato is reminiscent of candied oranges dipped in chocolate. The texture is amazingly smooth and it is packed full of orange flavour with rich chocolate. Head straight on to the recipe ♥ A few months ago we went for a … more ♥
These crunchy oat biscuits make for a great tea time treat. If you want to keep them healthy for lunch box snacks then leave the chocolate topping off the biscuits. Head straight on to the recipe ♥ The words crunchy and oats take me … more ♥
I believe fully in eating whole foods and not eliminating any one food group, unless totally necessary. For those of you who have followed this blog for a long time, you will know that I am sucrose intolerant. For ease … more ♥
A lot of people are intimidated my the idea of making soufflés but hopefully these tips and the recipe for Chocolate Soufflé will encourage you to try and make your own! Making soufflés is easier than you think and the results … more ♥
When I get a book to review, I choose the recipes I would like to make, or that interest me, based on their titles alone. The actual recipes I make are chosen by the publisher, after I submit a request. … more ♥
I have been a chronic insomniac for my entire adult life. I can remember not getting any sleep for nights on end, and then collapsing into such a deep slumber. I would never wake refreshed from these sleeps and it … more ♥
We work in an office park, with limited parking for every unit. As we rent two units alongside each other, we have a lot of parking available to us. This is for all the cars – the ones we drive … more ♥
Larousse Gastronomique (page 598) defines a lamington as ‘a small Australian cake, made from a square of sponge coated in chocolate icing and dipped in dessicated coconut‘ (abbreviated). The cakes are named after Lord Lamington who was the governor of … more ♥
They say that change is as good as a holiday, and so after more than 20 years of making the same granola recipe I decided to change things, but only slightly. This Toasted Muesli is the result! Dave and I are … more ♥
When we were younger, my sister and I lived next door to 2 boys who were the same age as we were. We would climb the wall between our houses to play and sometimes we would even play ball games … more ♥
B-well sent me a bottle of their extra virgin olive oil and canola oil mix to try out. I use olive oil every day for my cooking and canola oil for my mayonnaise and salad dressing. I tried the oil … more ♥
It seems my blog has a small problem. My post for Sunday did not push itself through and my saved post for Choc Chip Scones published in the unedited format. So, this is the one that was meant to be live … more ♥
I cannot get enough of the barley malt syrup and decided that an ice cream would be next on my agenda. Greg who is the chef at Waterkloof has provided me with a lot of inspiration for ice cream flavours. He is a chef I … more ♥
One of the most beautiful cities we have visited is Siena when we were in Italy in 2010. Dave and I left Assisi and took a drive to Firenze (Florence). When we were on honeymoon, we missed out on two things … more ♥
When I worked at The Hard Rock Café I would end my shift my a mug of hot milk, flavoured with Horlicks. During the week we worked until midnight at the earliest and some weekends we would be at work at breakfast … more ♥