Mocha Icebox Cake

I can still remember the first time I tried an icebox cake, or what in Australia is more commonly called a chocolate ripple cake. Chocolate Ripple is the brand name of a deep, dark, rich, rippled chocolate biscuit, and the back of the packet has forever had a recipe for icebox cake on it. I’m not sure anyone actually buys the biscuits unless they are making some version of the … Continue reading →


Polish Vanilla Slice (Karpatka)

This is Karpatka. Karpatka is like a polish version of vanilla slice, or millefeuille, only instead of the puff pastry, you have layers of choux pastry. Imagine one, big, rectangular profiterole filled with pastry cream. Yum! This is an absolute favourite of my mums, the polish dessert she likes the most. And I made it aaages ago for her, for mothers day, but I kind of forgot to post it. … Continue reading →


Double Chocolate Chip Oreo Crumb Cookies

Hello. Please meet these cookies. I’m sure you will become great friends. They have ground up Oreos inside, these cookies do. A whole packet of Oreos. Ground up. I really love Oreos in my cookies. I totally loved these Oreo chocolate chunk cookies and I loved these cookies and cream cookies even more. YUM. Oreos + cookies = double cookie awesomeness. So when I saw this recipe on Picky Palate, … Continue reading →


Tiramisu

I don’t like tiramisu. But that’s because I don’t really like anything cream-filled or anything that has the texture of cream. Everyone (except me) loves my mum’s tiramisu though, so it must be pretty good. It is my dad’s absolute favourite and it was his birthday the other day so we made it for him. My mum has been making this tiramisu for years. The recipe was given to her … Continue reading →


Nutella and Cream Whoopie Pies

Nutella and cream has always been a popular combination at my house. When I was growing up Mum would make the crepes and Dad would whip the cream while I stuck my fingers into the jar of Nutella. Then crepes filled with Nutella and cream were occasionally dinner. It all goes so well together that I decided I had to fill whoopie pies with it. And it worked brilliantly! I … Continue reading →