Have you ever spotted a can of sweetened condensed milk in your pantry and wondered what to do with it? This magical ingredient is a baker’s ultimate secret weapon. Because it’s already thick, sweet, and beautifully reduced, it acts as an instant shortcut to creating the creamiest ice creams, fudgiest squares, and most decadent sauces without any fuss at all. I use it often in my own baking — it’s one of those ingredients I reach for whenever I want something quick, reliable, and a little bit … [Read more...]
2-Ingredient Hot Fudge Sauce
If you're craving the rich taste of hot fudge sauce without the hassle, this simple 2‑ingredient version is perfect. It’s a quick, cosy way to enjoy warm, chocolatey goodness whenever the craving hits — no saucepan, no long ingredient list, no effort. Why I Love This Shortcut When I think about hot fudge sauce, my brain goes straight to McDonald’s. I don’t eat at McDonald’s very often, but when I do, a hot fudge sundae usually sneaks into my order. The warm, thick chocolate sauce over … [Read more...]
Easiest Homemade Lemon Curd Recipe
Deliciously tangy lemon curd without the hassle. This recipe is super easy – no double boiler or strainer required! I mentioned last year, when sharing my Lemon Brownie recipe, that our lemon trees have provided us with lots of lemons to use. This oversupply of lemons has given me the opportunity to practice making lemon curd. It was called lemon butter when I went to school, but whatever you call it it’s delicious! I have made it a couple of times over the last few years. But I always … [Read more...]
Heatwave Busting Summer Snickers Milkshake
Looking for a cooling summer ice cream treat? This indulgent Snickers Milkshake is just the thing to cool you down when the mercury starts rising! Oh my goodness it has been an insanely hot summer so far! Most of January was hot but the middle two weeks were the worst. We had 15 days in a row over 30 °C (86 °F) and seven of those were over 40 °C (104 °F)! I love summer but that is just too hot! The only upside to weather that hot is that you get to have lots of cold drinks, ice cream and … [Read more...]
Easy Steamed Christmas Plum Pudding
One of my favourite things about Christmas is being able to have some Christmas plum pudding! There is nothing better on Christmas day than topping a big piece of plum pudding with some cream and ice cream. Some will add custard too, but I’m not a big custard fan! The Christmas puddings we had when I was kid were usually store bought ones but I loved them anyway. It was a taste that we only had on Christmas so cutting the plum pudding was very exciting! Over the years I have fallen out of … [Read more...]
Delicious Plum or Apple Cake (or whatever fruit you have!)
Make this quick and easy snack/dessert cake using your favourite fruit. It is delicious with plums or apples but you could also use apricots, raspberries, or rhubarb! One of my favourite fruits to bake with would have to be plums. We have a blood plum tree that treats us to sweet juicy plums with a gorgeous dark red flesh. Come summer when it’s really too hot to be baking I’ll still be in the kitchen whipping up some yummy plum treats. My favourites are these Plum Muffins, this wonderful Plum … [Read more...]
Easy Chocolate Mint Brownies Using a Brownie Mix
These Chocolate Mint Brownies are super easy to make, the hardest part is waiting for them to cool off so you can eat them! Recently I was checking out what I had my organized deep pantry when I had an idea. In my pantry I had found a boxed brownie mix as well as a couple of packets of after dinner mints. The mints are the ones that are very thin squares of chocolate filled with a mint fondant. I started wondering if I could make chocolate mint brownies by putting the two together! My … [Read more...]
Simple Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
You’re going to love this simple homemade vanilla ice cream recipe. It is quick and easy to make, only requires 3 ingredients, and is delightfully rich and creamy! It‘s cooler now but we have just been through 4 days over 35 °C! I have to feel for those in New South Wales because they are still battling the heat and bushfires. It’s a bit of a scary time of year because the warm weather is nice but the heatwaves and bushfires are worrying! Thankfully we haven’t had any fires in our area so far … [Read more...]
Hi, I'm Kaylene, and I'm a keen gardener,budding baker and wannabe DIYer!