If you are a lover of lemon desserts but have never indulged in lemon brownies, then this is the recipe for you. It is quick and easy, and the brownies are oh so lemony! A few years back we decided to plant a couple of lemon trees in pots as we were buying a lot from the supermarket. Fast forward to now and we’ve got lemons coming out of our ears almost! Not that we’re complaining because lemon recipes are very popular around here. My recipes for lemon curd, lemon cake, lemon … [Read more...]
Delicious Mini Hot Cross Buns
The whole family will love these soft and fluffy Mini Hot Cross Buns fresh from the oven! They are so hard to resist with their delicious fruitiness and yummy spices. Why I Love Homemade Hot Cross Buns In the past I have never been a big fan of hot cross buns; or fruit buns of any description actually! I’m not sure why I didn’t like them, but as I’ve grown older, I’ve come to appreciate their fruitiness and the yummy spices. Mostly I love homemade hot cross buns. The store-bought ones … [Read more...]
Cranberry Almond Chocolate Clusters
These chocolate clusters are packed with yummy dried cranberries and crunchy almonds and smothered in rich dark chocolate. We’ve been buying a block of fruit and nut dark chocolate that contains cranberries and almonds for some time now. It’s very popular around here so there’s usually a block of it in our pantry most of the time! With Christmas fast approaching I decided to have a go at making some homemade chocolates. Naturally I thought I’d incorporate cranberries and almonds seeing we … [Read more...]
Delicious Raisin Flapjacks with Golden Syrup
Today I’m sharing one of the best snack recipes you’ll ever find. That’s because this raisin flapjack recipe is quick and easy to make, only requires 5 ingredients, and the flapjacks are delicious! It’s one recipe you will find yourself making over and over! As well as being great as a snack these flapjacks are also an awesome breakfast treat. I often have one or two at breakfast to keep me happy till lunch time. After coming across this recipe a couple of years ago I have made … [Read more...]
Quick and Easy Chocolate Coconut Slice
This Chocolate Coconut Slice is so deliciously rich and chocolatey it is sure to become a family favourite in your home, like it has in mine! Chocolate and coconut would have to be one of my favourite flavour combinations. There just seems to be something very homely and comforting about a chocolate and coconut snack. Recipes with coconut and chocolate make a regular appearance around here. Like my chocolate brown sugar cookies or my dark chocolate coconut bark, and one of my favourite … [Read more...]
Easy Cinnamon Scrolls (No Yeast!)
These cinnamon scrolls are definitely hard to beat. They’re soft, fluffy, packed with cinnamon, and—best of all—super easy to make. Cinnamon scrolls have always felt like pure comfort to me. My mum used to bake them on cold winter afternoons, often after we’d been out in the garden with my dad. I think that’s where my love of cinnamon really began. If you look through my recipes, you’ll spot it everywhere: in my plum oat muffins, my apple/plum cake, my walnut raisin loaf, and even my crunchy … [Read more...]
2 Ingredient Dark Chocolate Coconut Bark
This delicious 2‑ingredient coconut bark is one of the most addictive snacks I have ever made! It’s the kind of treat that seems innocent enough at first… until you realise you’ve wandered back to the fridge three times for “just one more piece”. The combination of rich dark chocolate and sweet, nutty coconut makes it almost impossible to resist, and every batch disappears faster than I expect. It’s one of those recipes that barely has time to set before someone is sneaking a corner off the edge … [Read more...]
2-Ingredient Fudge Recipe (Made 3 Ways!)
This 2-ingredient fudge is super quick and easy to make and you don’t need any sweetened condensed milk! Better still you can enjoy it in 3 flavours; caramel, chocolate, and choc caramel! In the past I have made fudge in a more conventional way. My nutty fudge and chocolate mint fudge are just two examples of how easy it is to make fudge by combining chocolate and sweetened condensed milk. How This Fudge Recipe Originated This recipe was actually discovered by accident a few weeks ago. … [Read more...]
Hi, I'm Kaylene, and I'm a keen gardener,budding baker and wannabe DIYer!