Tag: baking

Easy Caramel Custard

This one’s hands down, one of the simplest, can’t-go-wrong desserts! It’s simple, basic, uses 4 everyday ingredients and goes down well on hot summer days or cool winter afternoons. Give it a go if you’ve got time on your hand! […]

Carrot Cake

My all-time favourite cake!  It’s best eaten warm in any weather. It’s rich, moist, full or flavour, and is the prettiest cake I’ve ever seen!   “If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be pretty messed up.” – Mitch Hedberg The […]

That Perfect Rum-Oozing Christmas Fruitcake!

The perfectly moist, heavenly, rum-packed Christmas fruitcake! You have to try it to believe it! 🙂   The Fact: Fruitcake was often put into ancient Egyptian tombs because it was thought the preserved food would not spoil on the journey to the […]

The Perfect Pie Crust/Short-Crust Pastry

The perfect pie crust is golden brown when baked, buttery, soft and flaky, and practically melts in your mouth when you bite into it. Can you taste it already?   “Only very clever men can bite pie without breaking crust.” […]

Sausage Potato Quiche

The quiche has always been one of those fascinating kitchen creations that has an exotic appeal with a sprinkling of humility. I’m not sure whether it’s the many variations of the dish, its humble beginnings in Germany and France, its […]

Baked Fish in Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce

Happy Easter and welcome back! So, this Easter, while I decided to send all my readers on that delicious roast chicken chase, I decided to go fish. And what a lovely dish it turned out to be!   “A fishnet […]

Better Buttermilk

I swear by butter and cream and milk too; buttermilk was new and certainly was a welcome change!   “I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.” – Woody Allen The Fact: To get the amount […]

Banana Pound Cake

Not everybody loves bananas the way I do. I eat them plain, slice them for crepe filling, mash them in pancakes, whisk them in milkshakes, fry them as fritters, and as the title says, bake them in heavenly, moist, pound […]

Apple Pie

I believe in kicking off the winter with this crunchy-crusted, warm, moist, and totally droolable apple pie. And so should you!   “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the Universe.” – Eugene […]

Red Velvet Cake

Some find a little bit of heaven in their red velvet cake; others think it’s overrated. My thoughts—I love red. I love cake. So, why not?   “You’re only human. You live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damn […]

Lemon Pepper Chicken

Grilled chicken cooked with the combined fragrance and flavour of freshly ground black pepper and freshly squeezed lemon… hmmmm…   “The disparity between a restaurant’s price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.” […]

Roast Chicken

There’s nothing better than a piping hot, straight from the oven, moist, tender, gloriously golden-brown, aroma-filled roast chicken on a bed of roasted veggies!   “A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg.” – Samuel Butler The Fact: […]