Category Archives: Cakes

Happy Birthday, Dad | Hazelnut Espresso Cake with Hazelnut Praline

A week ago, my dad turned 56 and this is the cake I made for his birthday.

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Summer’s Finest | Peach Almond Yoghurt Cake

To many, summer is their favourite season because it means sunshine until 9pm, warm sticky days, sunbaking on the beach and lazy afternoons drinking beer with friends. These are the same exact reasons I love summer too but the main (and kind of pathetic) reason why I love it is because peaches are in season!!

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The Cake, Seinfeld-ish | Banana Cake with Nutella Frosting

I’ve realised my blog is sort of like Seinfeld. When it comes time for me to write a blog post, I’m always at a blank. I stress out trying to come up with some sort of witty/thoughtful/interesting prose to accompany a recipe that I want to share and I find it so difficult to come up...

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Out With The Old and In With The New | Plum Cake with Cinnamon Walnut Crumble

The first blog post at the beginning of the calendar year usually warrants some sort of reflection of the previous year’s events. Typical and boring I know, but that’s exactly what I am going to do here. I had every intention on composing a post on the 1st of January to bring in 2011, but...

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The Crowd Pleaser | Hummingbird Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

When my lovely friends Joe and Kylie invited me to their place for a casual BBQ on Sunday afternoon, as always, I offered to bring some form of sweet treat. I was told that approximately sixteen people were going to attend, so I knew I had to make a huge cake or slice of sorts...

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