Oreos no bake cheesecake


Time for another cheesecake. J and I flipped through cookbooks for cheesecake ideas and she spotted some pictures of cookies and cream cheesecakes. She begged for it but I wasn’t quite happy with the recipe as it called for a few more ingredients that I didn’t have and I thought there was way too much…

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Maisy mouse gingerbread cookies


As school’s starting this week, we have been in full back-to-school mode: getting stationary sorted, uniforms ironed, new lunchboxes and water bottles – all sorted. One thing we couldn’t miss out on is preping for snacks for school. I don’t want to do what I did last year – baking too much at a time…

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Rainbow Macarons for J’s 5th birthday party


We’ve been to the Auckland Observatory recently and inspired by the show about our solar system – “The little star that could” – I went on to create a kaleidoscopic array of macarons, to reflect the colours of our stars and planets. These sat on a 3-tier glass cake plate, alongside the star cake for…

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Rainbow star-shaped birthday cake


It’s impossible to avoid making a rainbow cake. It’s everywhere and at all the kids birthday parties we’ve been to. That itself could be the reason not to make one but I thought well, it is on my pinterest board and my food bucket list so decided to go ahead. I found the perfect recipe…

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Orange and dark chocolate ganache macarons


I love orange-flavoured dark chocolate, to me that’s a match made in heaven and whenever I’m given the option of a variety of chocolate truffles, I would go for this over any other. I’ve used Valrhona orange dark chocolate to make my ganache – I’ve been saving them for just this special occasion. They are…

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