Mini Nutella Ganache Tarts for World Nutella Day 2025

Happy “World Nutella Day″ ! Yup, it’s a thing! Originally created by Sara from Ms. Adventures in Italy and Michelle from Bleeding Espresso, World Nutella Day is a day to celebrate, get creative with, and most importantly, eat Nutella.  In 2015, Sara transferred World Nutella® Day to Ferrero (the makers of Nutella®) to help it live on … Read more

Les Petits Chefs (pâtissiers) make strawberry yoghurt cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese frosting

Want to make your own? Get the recipe here! Last week the Petits Chefs baking club made cupcakes! But not any ordinary cupcakes – strawberry yoghurt cupcakes with a strawberry cream cheese frosting! This was a recipe I developed a few years ago for National Cupcake Day and as I was looking back at my … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Tender Biscuits from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Tender Biscuits are basically (what I know as) scones. Yep, for Australians, “biscuits” means what North Americans call “cookies”. Technically a biscuit and a scone are not the same thing though: Bon Appétit claims they are not the same and Food 52 claims that … Read more

Les Petits Chefs (pâtissiers) make mini jam crumble tarts (again!)

Last week the Petits Chefs worked on a favourite recipe of mine – Mini Jam Tarts with a Crumble Topping! A previous iteration of the club (pre-pandemic when we had a proper space to work and much more equipment) made this recipe but I realised that I hadn’t actually written up the recipe properly so … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Coffee Shortbread from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Coffee Shortbread is a simple recipe that comes together quickly and one that I was thankful for on our first weekend home after being away for the holidays. In truth, we had an abundance of treats in the house, so I made these using … Read more