My two little humans broke up with bananas, so I was left with a bowl of over ripe ones. During nap tine, I decided to convert some into something tasty before they got to the point of no return. These banana cake bars are super quick to make, and a lovely sweet pick me up in the afternoon (or after dinner)!
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Easy indulgent cookies
Two days after I finished our cookie stash at home, I felt sad & insatiable again despite rummaging the house for afternoon tea snacks. I don’t have a stand mixer at home as it’s in the work studio so I had a play around with several recipes and this amazing cookie was born! Chewy, soft & supple straight out of the oven with molten honeycomb - perfect for a rainy afternoon pick me up!
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Easy cinnamon scrolls
I really had to finish the milk in the fridge, and that’s how these cinnamon scrolls were born. Recently I’ve been reading up on & experimenting with recipes to find the easiest one for a lazy person’s solution to a cinnamon scroll craving. I think this is the one!
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Quick maple apples
I like fruit on my pancakes, they feel naked without it. With nothing but one granny smith left in the fridge during social distancing, I threw together anything else I found in the fridge & it all came together to be this surprisingly tasty maple apple topping!
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Chocolate Chip & Honeycomb Cookies
I’m definitely a doomsday preper styled holiday maker. I feel the urgency to eat everything in the house, clean profusely & spring clean in the days leading up to a trip - even though sometimes I am away for a night. On a whim to finish the honeycomb at home before flying out, I decided to chuck it in my chocolate chip cookie recipe from the cafe.
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Chocolate & Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
I have a confession to make. I am helplessly addicted to peanut butter. So when Reese’s peanut butter chips were on sale at the supermarket I took them home to whiz up some magic, which is how these cookies were born.
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No-bake Meringue
I can’t begin to explain to you how life changing this recipe is! Meringue that air dries in two days, no fuss, no bake?After all the trials and testing, I’ve created a recipe I’m so happy with, and I can’t wait for you to give it a go! It will change the way you meringue!
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Strawberry & Lychee Muffins
I was recently invited to participate in the Festival 21 bake sale by Fully Booked Women. Festival 21 is a two-day celebration championing food and inspiring positive change. It brings to light issues involving wasting food & how it affects our own health, social systems & planet. The Sandro Demaio Foundation puts on these types of festivals for free in our community; which is why I felt honoured to participate in this bake sale to raise money for this foundation.
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Homemade poppycock dreams
As a child in Hong Kong, I was utterly obsessed with the snack Poppycock. Clusters of nuts, butterscotch & popcorn; it came in gigantic tubs at the local supermarket & was absolutely addictive.
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Alice Nivens' Festive Fruit & Rum Cake
Who doesn't love the end of year festive period - 'tis the season to be baking! I love the traditional flavours of Christmas, but with modern day stresses and hectic schedule we don’t always have time (or remember) to be macerating fruit six months’ in advance. That’s why I created this modern styled Festive fruit cake recipe for the Herald Sun Christmas Gift Guide in 2016.
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