My Australian friends, I have the most exciting news that I have ever had in my life – Biscoff spread is now officially in Australia! 6 years ago, I posted a very short list of the very few places you could find Biscoff here, and I have been, in the past 7 years, emailing and calling various other places to get this to happen on a larger scale. One of my friends texted me last week to tell me she had found Biscoff spread at Coles. I was certainly speechless and thought it was just a fluke; surely it wouldn’t be at my own local Coles. But, lo and behold, as I casually walked past the spreads s ..read more

Crunchy dark chocolate cookies with a layer of matcha icing and a light sprinkle of black lava salt. Not overly sweet, these flavors make a lovely pairing! Flashback… I was maybe about 12 years old… I had decided to make a chocolate Valentine’s Day cake.  With the recipe before me, I began to gather the ingredients, but soon became puzzled as to why on Earth “salt” was an ingredient in a sweet chocolate cake.  Salt belongs on fries and in soups and all things savoury, so it couldn’t possibly belong in a cake.  Believing it was a misprint, I left it out. GASP! No big deal, howev ..read more

Matcha and strawberries come together in this layered vegan smoothie – and there’s a bonus healthy ingredient in the matcha layer! Let’s see a show of hands – how many of you reading this are vegan?  Awesome… now, how many of you vegans actually don’t like bananas?  Hm… okay… it seems most of you do like bananas… I’ll explain why I asked such a question!  I’ve been absent from the blog lately because I dedicated some of my time to a friend of mine who makes her own jewellery; she wanted my help taking pictures of her jewellery for her Etsy shop, Indiana Fox.  No problem, I ..read more

A unique twist to the traditional tiramisu, this matcha tiramisu is layered with matcha mascarpone cream and matcha-soaked sponge fingers. No raw eggs! If you haven’t ever tried matcha before, I’m really not sure where you’ve been for your entire life!  Matcha is one of my favorite ingredients to cook and bake with, as well as just simply to drink as a tea, latte or milkshake. SCROLL DOWN FOR A SPECIAL 20% DISCOUNT CODE FROM MATCHA ME! Matcha, which is just stone-ground green tea leaves, is a lovely pastel green and has a taste which I find quite hard to describe; it’s very earthy and pa ..read more

This chocolate cheesecake with an Oreo crust is for serious chocolate lovers only! Easy to make and no water bath required – yay! Friends, I would love to introduce you to the ONLY chocolate cheesecake recipe you will ever need. And I am so serious about this that the above sentence deserved a paragraph all to itself!  The original recipe comes from the beautiful blog, Also the Crumbs Please; the pictures of Sabine’s chocolate cheesecake are stunning and, obviously, the cheesecake itself looks simply to-die-for. Now, I’m not a huuuuge cheesecake fan, but throw in some chocolate and I’m s ..read more

Put down your thermometer and eggs because this marshmallow recipe doesn’t need them! Super easy to make and soft, fluffy marshmallows every time! I really love to make food for people.  Not only do I enjoy the actual process of baking and cooking, I also enjoy seeing people’s reactions when they taste what I’ve made.  Big smiles, yummy sounds, licking the plate clean!  It’s a lot of fun! The three best compliments I’ve ever gotten have stuck in my mind and they me smile every time I think of them… I made a batch of chocolate cupcakes once for a family friend who was visiting ..read more

These no-bake chocolate peanut butter cup donuts require just 7 simple ingredients and can easily be adapted for vegans! Where can I even begin with these donuts?  They’re kind of leaving me speechless. You like donuts, right?  And chocolate?  And peanut butter?  If you answered yes (and I presume you did, otherwise you wouldn’t even be here right now), then you are about to be transported to donut heaven. These date- and nut-based donuts are a delightful and decadent treat, especially with a homemade chocolate peanut butter cup on top.  Wow. The recipe is quite easy ..read more

Baby, it’s cold outside! Grab a mug of this chai hot chocolate and gather round a warm, crackling fire for the ultimate winter-warmer! When it comes to my daily caffeine hit, I am a creature of habit.  Cappuccino, all the time.  It doesn’t matter if there’s a gorgeous matcha latte on offer, or a chai latte, or a lovely flavor of tea, all of which I would love to enjoy; I just can’t pass up my cappuccino. Last week, my friend and I were sitting at the cafe, pondering this fact – she’s the same as me when it comes to ordering the same thing all the time!  We ordered cappuccinos ..read more

Blueberry muffin French toast is made with slices of blueberry muffins and topped with fresh fruit for an easy, yet decadent, breakfast or brunch! I don’t know about you, but I love French toast. It’s the ultimate breakfast for lazy, slow mornings and it’s so easy to make.  Do you have a favorite French toast recipe?  Favorite toppings? Have you ever thought about using blueberry muffin slices instead of bread slices in your favorite French toast recipe? These are just your ordinary store-bought jumbo blueberry muffins.  You could use your own muffin recipe, but be sure you ma ..read more

These easy Blueberry & White Chocolate Ginger Beer Scones are the perfect delicious twist to the traditional scone recipe, and best of all – they’re just about fool-proof! Wow, you guys… I did something amazing the other week – I applied for a job!  Like, a REAL job!  That’s something I haven’t done in about 14 years!?  It was only a sales assistant position at a local retail shop, but it’s a shop I feel really passionate about and I thought my cover letter and resume conveyed that really well… however, I was rejected, and I had a little self-pity moment… then I decided tha ..read more