A month or so ago – in lockdown – a friend mentioned we’d do well to try the Florentines from a nearby cake shop. Some advice that was! Since that time my partner and I began sharing a Florentine every night after dinner ….
LAMINGTONS WITH RHUBARB AND ORANGE JAM
CHOCOLATE PEANUT ROUNDS
HEMP SEED AND COCONUT CRUMBLE
MANDARIN CAKE
We like to think of our Gluten-free Mandarin Cake as the little black dress of the pantry. After all, it has been said that orange is the new black. This moist and scented cake is a good one to have on hand because you never know when you might just need it. Equally as delicious for afternoon tea as for a fancy dessert, you can leave it plain, dress it up or add some culinary bling to suit your taste ….
HEMP AND COCONUT BISCUITS
ALMOND AND POPPY SEED CAKES
High Tea began as a mid-afternoon ‘meal’ for working men and was usually taken, along with a cuppa, sitting up on tall stools, thus the expression ‘high’ tea. High tea today seems to have become elevated to quite a special occasion affair and while our Almond and Poppy Seed Cakes would certainly hold their own on multi-tiered fine bone china, we’d like to think they’d be equally as happy at a picnic, in a lunchbox or any time you’re in need of a delicious, sweet treat ….
LIME SYRUP COCONUT CAKE
I can’t resist the flavour of coconut. For many westerners it reminds us of the exoticism of Asia. And whether it be in soups, curries, cakes or desserts; as a cream, a milk, desiccated, toasted, shredded or shaved it rewards us with a gorgeous tropical flavour. And what could be more tropically tantalising than the sweet scent of a coconut cake baking in the oven? Well … the combination of lime and coconut is pretty hard to beat ….
PEANUT BRITTLE
CARROT CAKE WITH GINGER ICING
Break out the cakes plates and forks, choose your best linen, dust off the fine china teacups, invite some of your favourite people for afternoon tea and serve our luscious Carrot Cake with Ginger Cream Icing. It’s easy to make, especially when prepared in stages over a day or two. It’s flavoured with ginger, cinnamon and Dutch cocoa and is moist and delicious ….
GLUTEN-FREE ANZAC BISCUITS
GLUTEN-FREE BARBADOS BISCUITS
I love to cook when I have leisurely time to enjoy it – a quiet Sunday afternoon for instance, when it’s nothing but pleasure to potter in the kitchen, particularly if I’m making small, sweet things. Indulgences. I also love the way that pleasure is amplified when I go to the cupboard some time later and find…Yay! Bikkies in the Tin ….
GLUTEN-FREE FRUIT LOAF
As we all know, making good bread without gluten isn’t easy. Even the best of the commercial baker’s efforts, while we’re grateful these days that they’re so much better than they used to be, aren’t, I imagine, like real bread. I look at the amazing sourdough and artisan breads that are around these days, and yes, drool. But enough of that. How about giving this Gluten-Free Fruit Loaf a go? ….
APRICOT, PRUNE AND ALMOND CAKE
SESAME SEED BRITTLE
AMARETTI, GLUTEN-FREE ALMOND BISCUITS
COCONUT CREAM AND LIME PUDDING
IN THE PINK FOR CHRISTMAS
We’re signing off for the year and wishing you all a very happy Christmas and New Year. There’s no doubt 2020 has been a difficult year and this Christmas and New Year your celebrations may be different but we know you’ll make the most of it. Here’s to a safe, healthy and pandemic free 2021 and hope all will be ‘in the pink’ not only for Christmas but from here on in ….
