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

Tuesdays with Dorie: Rugelach with Four Fillings from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Rugelach with four fillings is a perfect festive cookie (but I’ve had some mishaps in the past (see here, though I learned a few things and applied them here). Today’s post comes to you courtesy of working around a weird schedule of trying to … Read more

12 Days of Holiday Treats 2024: No Bake Cranberry-Almond Chocolate Slice

Scroll to the bottom of the post to get ALL the “12 Days” recipes from 2019 – 2023! Welcome to Day 12 of The Twelve Days of Holiday Treats! Once again, this year, from December 1st-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining! The recipes I’m sharing … Read more