Orange semolina cake

Hello, hello! Spring is finally here after a very nippy few weeks. On a personal front, I have also firmed up plans to move back to Asia (!). I am looking at everything in my kitchen with an eye of 'how do I finish this up before I leave'? One of them is a large …

‘Egg’ cake with ermine frosting & rhubarb compote

An Easter surprise! Friends and I were going to have an egg-themed party during the long Easter weekend (side note: but it was great to have a 3-day weekend and a 4-day work week - petition to make that a norm please!). I wanted to incorporate rhubarb into the recipe as the forced rhubarb season …

Marbled banana bread

Hello! It's been a while since I've baked and truth be told, life has been very busy on the personal front as I am trying to sort out a big change to happen later this year. Things are starting to fall into place and I have my fingers (and toes) crossed that it all works …

Ginger stout cake

'Tis the season for mulled wine, panettone, mined pies - basically sugar, spice and everything nice! I was browsing a cookbook in Toronto last month when I came across this recipe for ginger cake. It had stout, molasses, a variety of spices, and both fresh and dried ginger. The end result is a really comforting, …

Chestnut cream cake

Crème de marrons are such a luxury and while my first thought was to make a chocolate-chestnut cake, I wanted to make something that will let the chestnut cream shine (something that is not a mont blanc, that is). This is a simple cake to make - half the batter (which also has chestnut cream) …