Oh yes. I did. You may have read my last post where I mentioned I was working on something a little different to share with you this Easter. And this is it. I did it over Christmas with Gingerbread Macarons and wanted to see if I could do the same thing with hot cross buns. Well, it took a couple of tries to get the filling right, but here we have them … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Holiday Baking
Double Chocolate Chip, Espresso, Coconut Hot Cross Buns
So I have a confession to make. I wasn’t going to share a hot cross bun recipe with you this year. I made you some Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns (my faves!) last Easter. This year, I was going to make you something a little different (and I’m working on it, so if all goes to plan, you’ll be getting those tomorrow). Anyway, so I wasn’t going to share another … Continue reading →
Christmas Spiced Brown Sugar Shortbread
Hey everyone? It’s Christmas! Seriously, how did that happen so fast?! It’s Christmas Eve here today. I spent the entire afternoon baking various Christmassy and non-Christmassy baked goods for, well, Christmas. There are homemade Baci chocolates, espresso ice cream, a ridiculously amazing new version of this cake and the best passionfruit tart ever. All of those recipes will be coming to you in the new year! But today, I have a gorgeously … Continue reading →
Spiced Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Maple Glaze
Umm… Am I allowed to bake with pumpkin after Thanksgiving? I’m new to the pumpkin baking game. So is it like, socially acceptable? Because I’m totally doing it. Right now. I know that it’s not fall anymore in the States. I know that it is no longer pumpkin-baking season. I am well aware that Thanksgiving is over. But all of that is completely null and void anyway. Because here I am, in Australia, … Continue reading →
Gingerbread Macarons with Eggnog Buttercream
Christmas is only a week away now! How crazy. Where did this year go?! It was winter all of about five minutes ago. It was cold and rainy and wet and miserable. Then before I knew it, it started getting warm. And the sun started rising earlier. And summer came along with a bang. The stores put up their Christmas decorations. And trees. And Santa popped up in all the … Continue reading →
Pumpkin Pie
Travelling is an interesting thing. I absolutely love it. I love the experiences it brings. The places I get to see. The people I meet along the way. A few years ago, when I finished high school, I moved overseas for a year. I lived in Poland, and travelled whenever I could. Then someone, I think it was my dad, suggested I go to New York and visit his second … Continue reading →
Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns
Only one more week until Easter! Last Easter, I was absolutely obsessed, OBSESSED, with hot cross buns. Not the traditional kind, however, with all the dried fruit and candied peel and all those gross things. The chocolate chip kind of hot cross buns. It started thanks to the local bakery chain in the mall where I work. Around last Easter, I was working at a mens retail store, and spent … Continue reading →