Chocolate Macarons
Following the Easter long weekend, the hubby and I took the following week off as well to enjoy a short break. Whilst we went away over Easter, when we returned home we pottered around the house and had a little stay-cation. Of course I had big plans of catching up on the ironing, sorting out some of the kitchen cupboards and cooking a whole…
Chocolate Sauce
I am currently reorganising my pantry, for the third time this year mind you. When I was going through some of the mystery containers lurking in the corners of the shelves I found a big batch of Dutch processed cocoa powder which I had completely forgotten about given I had bought a whole lot more recently. So to try and make a dent in the soon…
Fruit Tingle Macarons
The hubby and I were off to spend a few days with friends and as the hubby was taking some of his home made beef and pork jerky for P (the boys love their jerky), I thought I would take something sweet for B seeing as how sugar is our weakness. Given it has been a while since I last made macarons I thought it was a good time to whip up one of…
Jaffa Macarons
I had grand illusions of another macaron tower recently with five brightly coloured, different flavour macarons to go with a sprinkle cake I was making. One would be the old favourite of Cherry Ripe Macarons, and the other four brand new ones I have had on my wish list to make. Well for three of them I made the buttercream, but that was as…
Orange and Almond Cake
Where I work, on your birthday you bring in a cake to share with everyone but if truth be told, any day is a good day for cake in our office. Recently it was K's birthday and the cake she made was an Orange and Almond cake. After the first few bites, there were a few requests for the recipe and I decided to give this moist, gluten free cake a…
Pea and Ham Soup
When I first started seeing the hubby, in winter he often made a stew full of pork and veggies. I never ate any obviously, but he really enjoyed it. However, as he had been making this for quite a few years he thought it was time for a change and decided to give pea and ham soup a go after seeing it on one of the numerous cooking shows we…
Roast Pumpkin Soup
Winter for me means soup and one soup I make every winter, and occasionally at other times during the year, is Roast Pumpkin Soup. Pumpkin has to be one of my favourite vegetables, with butternut pumpkin by far my favourite variety. I could eat roasted butternut pumpkin until the end of time but I would probably start to look like one after a…
Rose Macarons
In November there is a little race which stops the nation going by the name of the Melbourne Cup. I am not really into the whole horse racing thing, but I would not knock back the opportunity for time out of the office for afternoon tea. This year we put on a spread, and over catered as usual, with my contribution being some Rose…
Salted Caramel Macarons
One of the most popular flavours around these days is salted caramel. I see it in tarts, biscuits, cupcakes and certainly macarons. So when B requested Salted Caramel Macarons for her part of the 30th birthday macaron tower, I was excited to give it a go. There are numerous recipes out there for salted caramel macarons, and the one I used…
Sea Salt Chocolate Snaps
The latest Saturday night cooking show on the ABC is Nigel Slater's Simple Cooking and the hubby and I are thoroughly enjoying it. In each episode Nigel takes a well-known pairing, for example "Sweet and Sour", "Sugar and Spice" or "Hot and Cold" and bases the recipes around the selected premise. One episode was focused on "Surf and Turf" and…
Seed Mixture (ALPS Blend)
Way back in 2012, there was a health and wellbeing initiative called the 1 Million Kilo Challenge where Australians were encouraged to sign up and receive meal and exercise plans to collectively shed, you guessed it, one million kilograms. I signed up to a team with some friends and family with one recipe sticking with me for the years since.…
Spiced Apple Sauce
As you have probably gathered, the hubby loves his pork. Whether it is in a pie, soup or just roasted, the man loves pork. One night he was having crumbed pork cutlets (which his awesome vegetarian wife discovered at the local butcher) and forgot to pick up the apple sauce from the supermarket so he grabbed a couple of apples from the fruit…
Vanilla Sprinkle Cake (Gluten-Free)
A couple of years ago a tutorial from The Cake Blog appeared in my Pinterest feed for a DIY Rainbow Sprinkle Cake. Of course I pinned it straight away, but in true Cath fashion, it has taken a couple of years to actually have a go at it. I did not make the cake in rainbow colours as Kate from The Greedy Baker did in the tutorial as I was…
White Chocolate Panna Cotta with Rose Water Syrup
To mark the first year since I started my current job, I made white chocolate panna cotta with rose water syrup and took it in to share with my colleagues. Since then, I have been encouraged to make it again and so after another two and a bit years I finally did (no need to rush these things). For a morning tea we were having to mark the…