Baked Rice Pudding

April 23, 2014

With it having dropped around 8 degrees over the course of the Easter weekend I feel like we have truly entered the pudding season. When I step outside I smell wood fires burning. While I love that smell I am still a little worried that people in Auckland are already feeling the cold and we are still in April. I saw a girl wearing a puffer jacket today. Not ok kids. Not ok.

Caramel Coconut Slice

April 20, 2014

Finding physical evidence that I ever made this slice in my flat is hard to come by. It seems to disappear as quickly as it comes out of the oven. I hid portions of the first batch I made in the freezer but they were soon discovered and devoured by sugar craving flatmates.

Moussaka

April 16, 2014

For my friends down South, it looks like winter is no longer coming and is in fact here (slash down there). It frightens me that Aucklanders have started donning tights and "winter clothes" while it still remains a balmy 18 to 20 degrees. I have a feeling my work colleagues are going to find my bare-legged behaviour come June very unnerving.

So in honour of the gloomier weather I have decided to treat you with a slightly more interesting but still comforting alternative to the well-loved lasange.

Hot Cross Buns

April 12, 2014

Whilst I was going through my iPhoto the other day finding all the pictures of food and linking them to my posts, I came to realise that the hot cross buns I had once taken photos of did not have a post to call home.

French Summer Sandwiches

April 9, 2014

I wrote this post for the Otago Daily Times November last year. I was looking through my posts on SLC and realised that I hadn't shared this staple of my childhood with you! Make the most of what remains of the New Zealand Summer (Yes I am in denial about daylight savings ending) and take your weekend lunch outside.

Feijoa and Ginger Layer Cake

April 6, 2014

I am of the belief that if the pages of your cookbooks are too clean and pristine then they haven't been used enough. This morning I opened up my immaculate Ripe: A fresh batch by Angela Redfern.

S'more Cupcakes

March 28, 2014

Once a month I contribute to the food column of the online magazine

HVNGRY, An online magazine aimed at girls and young women who crave more than just which diet to go on and which eyeliner will make their eyes pop.

Each month there is a theme.

So I thought I could contribute something to the upcoming month's theme of change.

Chocolate Lamingtons

March 8, 2014

Regrettably these are an Australian invention. But regardless these beauties are a staple in all small town tea rooms all around the country and more recently seen in trendy wee cafes dotted around town.