Each birthday, I make my Dad a variation on a cheesecake. One year it was Nigella, one year it was Jamie, one year it was Nigella but with that sour cream top. The past few years, however, things have been getting a little inventive. Last year it was my own recipe for a cheesecake, topped … Read more
I mean, is there anything brown butter can’t improve? Because brownie cookies are good, but brown butter brownie cookies are better. I’ve been toying around with these brownie cookies for a while (and promising the recipe on Instagram even longer, soz) and they’re finally here. The delay is due in part to illness, but mostly due … Read more
I was thinking of naming this ‘the chocolate cake you’d bring to a family lunch with Aunty Sheryl and your dairy intolerant cousin in one room,’ but that’s a little lengthy, and perhaps a bit offensive to Aunty Sheryl. To me, this cake tastes like my memory of Coles cake (fellow ‘strayans, you know) which … Read more
Oh boy. This chocolate brioche has been a long time in the making. Well, a gluten free chocolate, yeasted bread, has been, at least. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been trying my hand at a chocolate babka, and for as long as I can remember, it’s been an absolute failure. Gluten free … Read more
Before we begin, let’s establish a fairly obvious fact: this is not a health food. Nutella is not a health food, nor are two different varieties of chocolate, nor is combining the two and sprinkling a few nuts on top. Now that we’ve cleared the air, let’s establish, the next, even more obvious fact: marbled … Read more
I have been gluten free for about five or six Christmases now, and each year I have accepted the status quo: that I will inevitably watch with envy as my family scarf down minced pies with reckless abandon. This year, however, I’ve made the call not to sit back and take missing out on dessert lightly, … Read more
Before I had any idea of the caloric value (or the intolerant digestive system side effects) of condensed milk, I drank Vietnamese iced coffee with reckless abandon. On a family holiday to Vietnam, I not only fell desperately in love with the country, but also the way the Vietnamese consume caffeine. Tall and iced, Vietnamese … Read more
Yes. I know. A new recipe for brownies. Say what you will, but I feel like brownie recipes can never truly get old. They are always waiting to be reinvented, because everyone loves a good brownie, and every recipe developer loves to reinvent the wheel. So here I am. I kind of stumbled upon this … Read more
Flourless chocolate cake has been on heavy rotation ever since I went gluten free 5 years ago. Not only is it densely, richly chocolate-y in flavour, but it’s flourless nature means that it is a foolproof addition to any dinner or birthday (unless your friends are allergic to nuts and gluten, then we’re back to … Read more
I’ve always assumed that the people who make their own nut milk are the sort of people who have their lives together. They get up early for yoga and come home to a pre-prepared chia pudding, they own a steam press iron, they fold their underwear. Having the time to make something as basic as … Read more
What is a zucchini doing in a chocolate cake, you might be asking? I’m glad you are, because I am about to tell you. The humble zucchini is somewhat of a FODMAP friendly superfood – it is filling, mostly liquid, rather bland (no offence, zucchini, I’m bland too) and can take on literally any flavour … Read more