This delightful Plum Torte recipe is the perfect way to use up your excess summer plums. Plus you’ll look like a baking pro when you quickly and easily whip up this wonderfully fancy looking dessert! Our poor plum tree is just loaded with fruit this year. The tree is not huge but it is heavily weighted down with plums. It is probably because we had a wet winter and spring. We used bag nets to cover some of the plums and expected the birds to get the rest. Usually the green parrots fly in … [Read more...]
Crunchy Nut Honey Joys with M&M’s!
It’s a while since I have eaten honey joys; they used to be one of my favourite snacks as a kid! We didn’t have them all the time, but at birthday’s and school fetes they always made an appearance. Honey joys are a delicious sweet, crunchy treat and they are also quick and easy to make. Regular honey joys are made with plain Cornflakes but I decided to use Crunchy Nut Cornflakes just to give them a subtle twist. Traditionally honey joys don’t have any chocolate in them either. But I … [Read more...]
My Top Tips for a Deliciously Moist Christmas Cake
There is nothing better than tucking into a yummy piece of moist Christmas cake on Christmas Eve! Today I’m sharing a few tips to help you ensure that your Christmas cake turns out wonderfully moist and delicious! I was making my Christmas cake the other day and I realised that there are some things I do that are not in the recipe. They’re not vital to the cake making process but they do ensure that my Christmas cake turns out really moist. Most of the things I do are due to the advice … [Read more...]
Beef and Cabbage Chow Mein Recipe
This delicious Beef and Cabbage Chow Mein is a quick and easy weeknight meal. It has become a much loved family favourite in our house over the years! Chow Mein is technically a Chinese noodle stir fry dish but in our household it as always been made without the noodles. Instead of noodles we add lots of shredded cabbage! You will probably say that it is not really Chow Mein if it doesn’t have noodles but what does it matter what it’s called; as long as it tastes good I say! This Chow … [Read more...]
Simple Puff Pastry Bones for Halloween
I had this cool idea for some Halloween appetizers a few weeks back but I didn’t know how they would turn out. I thought that I could use a bone shaped cookie cutter to cut out some puff pastry bones. But I wasn’t sure what to top them with. I did some trial runs with herbs and sesame seeds and they were nice, but they didn’t really excite me. My idea was to have some appetizers that were really easy to make but also tasty. My first attempt lacked flavour so I had another try. The next … [Read more...]
Delicious Chocolate Sugar Cookies
These Chocolate Sugar Cookies are delightfully sweet and chocolatey! Plus they are perfectly soft in the middle – they almost melt in your mouth! This recipe for yummy Chocolate Sugar Cookies is adapted from the Christmas Sugar Cookie recipe that I shared a couple of years ago. Both of these sugar cookie recipes can be used to make decorative cookies for a special occasion. They are also great just for an everyday cookie recipe! They have a delicious sugar and chocolate flavour but they … [Read more...]
10 Satisfying Salads Fit for a Main Course
Are you looking for a main course salad recipe? I’ve compiled this list of 10 salads that look more than satisfying as a main dish! When I decided to write this post it was just the beginning of spring and the weather was starting to warm up. It seemed like the perfect time to starting thinking about summer salads. Since then the weather has done a complete u turn! We have not seen the sun over the last couple of days because it has been raining constantly! So rather than being warm and … [Read more...]
Easy and Delicious Pizza Crust Recipe
I love home cooked pizza but I have to admit that making up the pizza crust always puts me off a little. Mostly because it takes a bit of time, you have to knead the dough and then wait for it to rise – usually I don’t plan ahead enough for that! Today however I am sharing an awesome pizza crust recipe that you can have ready in a few minutes! This recipe is modified from one that I found at Uncle Jerry's Kitchen. I have been using this recipe for a few months now and I don’t think that I … [Read more...]
Hi, I'm Kaylene, and I'm a keen gardener,budding baker and wannabe DIYer!