Homemade Nutella Chips

Nutella! I’m obsessed with it, so when I saw this recipe I jumped all over it. I thought it would be good to have in the Basics section, and then I made some Biscoff blondies using these Nutella chips that are coming soon! But you can use these chips in anything! Cookies, brownies, stirred into cakes, in pies, mixed into vanilla ice cream, on top of frosted bars, straight out … Continue reading →


Salted Caramel

So I decided I am going to start a little Baking Basics section on the blog. And this salted caramel will be the first little ‘Basics’ installment. I thought that it would make it easy for you if you are ever looking for a basic pie dough, caramel or pastry cream recipe, that there will be (soon!) an entire section devoted to them in my index. And then instead of … Continue reading →


Rice Pudding

A lot of my childhood memories revolve around my grandparent’s house. My parents have always worked full time, so when I was young I would go to my grandma’s after school and on the holidays. My cousins would be there too and they are boys, so we would get up to all sorts of mischief. I fondly remember my grandma chasing my cousin around with a long wooden spoon in … Continue reading →


Nutella and Peanut Butter Oat Bars

I have been baking at work for the last few weeks. Coming in early and baking and icing the cupcakes. It has been so much fun! Baking is what I love to do and working in the kitchen side of things at work just feels right. The early starts are hard to get used to but they leave me with most of the afternoon and evening off, which I love. … Continue reading →


Flourless Chocolate Hazelnut Mud Cake

Can you melt chocolate? Can you whisk batter? Can you turn on your oven? If you can do all those things, then you can totally make this cake. It is that easy. We used to make this recipe when I was a kid. A week or so ago my dad asked me if I remember this cake, and if we still had the recipe. After a lot of searching, I … Continue reading →


Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

These are the easiest things you will ever make. Seriously. They have three ingredients. Yes, you read right. Three. You mix everything together in a bowl with a spoon, then you roll the dough into balls and 10 minutes later you have hot cookies. See? Easiest things ever. These cookies are flourless. Huh? Yeah I know. When I first saw the recipe I was like “What? How do they stick … Continue reading →


Vegan, Gluten-Free Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

I have a criminology exam tomorrow and my favourite pastime has become procrastination. I take days off work, don’t make any plans with friends and tell my boyfriend I’m unavailable, all so that I can stay home and study. And stay home I do, but I come up with any excuse not to study. Having a shower, watching Ellen, walking or playing with the puppy and baking are common ones. … Continue reading →


Vegan, Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Experiment

A vegan friend from work, knowing that I love to bake, brought me in Erin McKenna’s BabyCakes NYC cookbook to show me a different perspective on ingredients. It was certainly a different perspective. I was looking through the book, scanning all the looong ingredient lists including Xanthan Gum, Whole Spelt Flour, Evaporated Cane Juice (or Panella in Australia) and Coconut Oil and thought ‘what the hell is all of this?’. I … Continue reading →