Butter Baking

Butter Baking

A Blog of Baked Goods

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christmas shortbread

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

Apple and Almond Crumble Pie Bars

Today is going to be a little bit different, because the story behind why I made these bars is a sad one. My dear friend’s mum, Sophie, passed away last week. She was an amazing woman, full of life, love, energy, positivity and strength. She left this world before her time, and will be greatly missed by many. I made this pie in Sophie’s memory, and gave it to my … 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 →

Apple Pie Muffins

So the other day I made muffins that taste like apple pie. YUM. For real. Breakfast is hard when you need to get out of the house before 7am. I can never wake up when my alarm goes off at 6am. I end up hitting snooze about 10 times, and before I know it it’s 6.25. And by then I’m already running so late, and I have 20 minutes to … Continue reading →

Snickerdoodles (Version 2)

I only discovered snickerdoodles this last year (wow how time has flown! It’s 2012! I think that just hit me). I was in awe of their name and wanted to know what they were so I whipped up a batch. They were pretty good. Then I made snickerdoodle blondies. They were really good. I loved all the chewiness that was going on there. But I realized that there were so … Continue reading →

Chocolate Pistachio Dream Cookies

These cookies are not called “dream cookies” because they are dreamy or heavenly (not that they aren’t good!). These cookies are called “dream cookies” because the idea for them was born in a dream. Confused? The story goes like this: One day, my friend, lets call him A, had a dream that he ate some cookies. Then he sent me a Facebook message that said – “Omg! I just had … Continue reading →

Traditional Apple Pie

I have blogged about a lot of apple pies in this little blog’s short existence. There have been little apple pies, toffee apple pie bars and Polish apple crumble pie, but no classic pie. Which is strange, because traditional apple pie is something I have made for years. I love this pie. To me, it is perfect. And a pie-loving girlfriend was coming over for coffee, so I thought I’d … Continue reading →

Cinnamon Bun Muffins

Breakfast this morning was delicious. DE-licious. Quick and easy, these cinnamon bun muffins are great. They actually taste like cinnamon buns, too. And they smell FAN-tastic. I spend a lot of my spare time reading through baking blogs. Most of the time when I see recipes I like, I just bookmark them for later and make them whenever I remember. Occasionally, recipes loudly scream “Make me now!”. This was one … Continue reading →