Three ripe pears in the fruit bowl, a flan tin lined with our Revenge Almond Shortcrust Pastry sitting handily in the freezer and pretty soon I had a golden-brown Pear and Almond Tart cooling on the kitchen bench ….
ROCKY ROAD WITH CANDIED MACADAMIA NUTS
SIENNA CAKE
As a very young woman I went to Europe with two girlfriends for a year. We had a great time (who wouldn’t?) and, like most people, fell in love with Italy. And its food (yes, and the art, architecture and the odd young man or two!). In Siena, to see where the famous Palio horse race spectacular is run, I had a piece of its equally famous Siena Cake. And another love affair was started ….
CHOCOLATE, DATE AND ORANGE MARMALADE CAKE
ALMOND LACE WAFERS
MUESLI SLICE
PAVLOVA SNOWMEN
GINGERBREAD GIRLS HIT TOWN FOR CHRISTMAS
RHUBARB AND RASPBERRY CRUSTLESS TART
GLUTEN-FREE MADELEINES
CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA BISCUITS
CHESTNUT CREAM SPONGE
Chestnut is the hero of this layered dessert cake. It’s rich, delicious and worthy of a celebration, we think. The gluten-free sponge uses chestnut flour which has a delicate and distinct aroma, and the glorious filling is a combination of sweetened chestnut purée and cream. Dark chocolate is the supporting act in the form of a luscious icing ….
FANCY A FLORENTINE?
LAMINGTONS WITH RHUBARB AND ORANGE JAM
CHOCOLATE PEANUT ROUNDS
HEMP SEED AND COCONUT CRUMBLE
MANDARIN CAKE
We like to think of our Gluten-free Mandarin Cake as the little black dress of the pantry. After all, it has been said that orange is the new black. This moist and scented cake is a good one to have on hand because you never know when you might just need it. Equally as delicious for afternoon tea as for a fancy dessert, you can leave it plain, dress it up or add some culinary bling to suit your taste ….
HEMP AND COCONUT BISCUITS
ALMOND AND POPPY SEED CAKES
High Tea began as a mid-afternoon ‘meal’ for working men and was usually taken, along with a cuppa, sitting up on tall stools, thus the expression ‘high’ tea. High tea today seems to have become elevated to quite a special occasion affair and while our Almond and Poppy Seed Cakes would certainly hold their own on multi-tiered fine bone china, we’d like to think they’d be equally as happy at a picnic, in a lunchbox or any time you’re in need of a delicious, sweet treat ….
LIME SYRUP COCONUT CAKE
I can’t resist the flavour of coconut. For many westerners it reminds us of the exoticism of Asia. And whether it be in soups, curries, cakes or desserts; as a cream, a milk, desiccated, toasted, shredded or shaved it rewards us with a gorgeous tropical flavour. And what could be more tropically tantalising than the sweet scent of a coconut cake baking in the oven? Well … the combination of lime and coconut is pretty hard to beat ….















