No-bake Nutella Cheesecake pots for World Nutella Day

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

Fromage frais à la fraise (Creamy Strawberry Yoghurt Pots) in small ramekins on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.

French Fridays: Fromage frais à la fraise (Creamy Strawberry Yoghurt Pots)

Happy French Friday! Today’s recipe is not only a tongue twister (try saying “fromage frais à la fraise” three times fast!) but also a dessert I’m SO pleased with – it is reminiscent of a product that came out when I was in my teens in Australia – called frûche: frûche is a soft, spoon … Read more

Cranberry spice square frosted with cream cheese frosting on a cutting board against a backdrop of autun leaves

Tuesdays with Dorie: Cranberry Spice Squares from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Cranberry Spice Squares from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie. These squares felt like a nice segue into the post-Hallowe’en/ pre-Christmas (or I guess, pre-Thanksgiving if you are in the US) season where sometimes the temperatures make you want to bake allllll the holiday goodies but it’s (really) still … Read more

Close up of the top of Caramel-Pear and Five-Spice Upside-Down Cake from Everyday Dorie.

Cook the Book Fridays: Caramel-Pear and Five-Spice Upside-Down Cake from Everyday Dorie

This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie.   Caramel-Pear and Five-Spice Upside-Down Cake. Dorie’s version serves 10 (!) and includes Chinese Five Spice that flavours a cake that has “the spring of a sponge cake but the sturdiness of a farmstead loaf cake”. I love a good upside-down … Read more

A slice of Caramel-Apple Crisp in a white bowl with a scoop of ice cream on top.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Caramel-Apple Crisp from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Caramel Apple Crisp from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie. As I was reading the recipe for Dorie’s version it struck me as familiar and I wondered if I had made this before. In fact, a couple of years ago I made my own version of this – Salted … Read more