Tiramisu macarons


In thinking about new flavours for macarons, I find myself drawn to desserts that we like and thinking whether there can be a macaron version. A while ago I made a coffee macaron and on reflection I thought it reminded me of Tiramisu, an all-time favourite dessert in our household. Today I decided to make…

Chocolate chestnut mini cupcakes


J: mummy can I have a cupcake please? Me: ok (grabs one from the box and gives her one, and walks out of the kitchen) A few minutes later, J came to find me, J: mummy I’ve finished my 2 cupcakes !!! They were delicious! Me: I only gave you one, how did you get…

Hazelnut cocoa nibs cookies


Today J helped me with some freezer cookie dough. These are the ones I always have in the freezer, to be whipped out in a second when cookies are called for in short notice. You can replace the hazelnuts with other nuts you like: pistachios, macadamias or cashews. Ingredients 1 cup hazelnuts, finely chopped 1…

Easiest sugar cookies


I love getting maximum yield out of minimal efforts. The fact that a single batch of cookie dough produces a large amount of little bites that will last our family for a while (er, like 2 weeks) gives me great satisfaction. These are very cute too as gifts at children’s parties. Ingredients 1 cup (250g)…

Blueberry macaron


Once again I delegated the task of choosing our next macaron flavour to J. ‘What colour macaron should we make this time?’ ‘er. Teal!’ ( that being my favourite colour) Hm how can I get this colour without buying the actual colour gel? A bit of blue and yellow should do the trick! Read my…