Fairy cakes with cream and jam, and wings covered in confectioners sugar – it’s really such a delightful image. Fairy cakes remind me of childhood parties on hot summers days, where the parents served up watermelon and fairy cakes and chocolate crackles. They also remind me of little girl tea parties, with tiny cups and…
Gluten Free Banana Bread
I will happily eat bananas every day, so it came as no surprise that, when I discovered banana bread, it became a firm favorite. I had never tasted banana bread until I moved to America. Shocking, I know! I’m sure Australians make it – I just managed to miss seeing it for the first 27…
Green and White Cake – A Cake for St Patrick’s Day
It’s St Patrick’s Day on Monday. To tell you the truth, I’ve never really gotten into St Patrick’s Day. But I have a 10 year old daughter who made a leprechaun trap last year and cried the next morning when there were no coins in the trap. No one told me about this tradition –…
Date Loaf – A Sweet Cake
You might be starting to get the feeling that I like dates. Between Sticky Date Pudding and Devils on Horseback, which can be made with dates, I now have 3 recipes which have dates as an ingredient. That’s rather telling when this is my 11th post! This is a recipe from my paternal…
