So many recipes.

If ever proof was needed that I'm the world's laziest bugger then here it is (bookmark this in case proof ever is actually needed in, like, a court of law). My lovely Mum gave me a journal a few years back with several of her and my grandma's baking recipes hand written into the pages. Since

Best pastry ever!

I can't tell you how long I've spent trying to find or create the perfect sweet short crust pastry. Or maybe I can. Months. Literally every day for months I made pastry until I had it exactly where I wanted it. Almost. And then this from the pages of the Masterchef NZ cookbook. It's easy and

Secret squirrel!

This is potentially the start of something great. And I can't say a word about it. Ye

Bananas for bananas.

How's this for the ultimate compliment: I bumped into a Mum I know who looooves banana cake almost as much as I do. She's baked banana cakes untold times over the years and just recently tried this one. Which happens to be my recipe. And her son (a brilliant 13 year old kid) told her it was the

Flippin' brilliant.

Sometimes you faff around for ages figuring out how to get baked goods into a certain shape. For example: heart shaped cupcakes. So, you can make them and then cut the shape out, or you can go to the local supplier and buy molds (oooh, expensive!) OR you can do this: Unless you've lost your marbles,