Tag: Baking powder
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Christmas Tree Cookies
What to make when you can’t give a present My younger son’s teacher laid down the law in his class this Christmas, and said that she wanted NO Christmas presents from the families. In fact, she’s getting the kids to do a “reverse advent calendar” this month instead. Each day, a different child…
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Chocolate Caramel Cookies
Why it’s time to make your own cookies My kids have been eating way too many commercial cookies out of a packet recently, so I decided it was time to get baking. I often make ginger/cinnamon cookies with this recipe that I am going to share with you, but decided it was time…
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Emma’s Date Scones
A short introduction I’m back! I’m sorry I’ve been away for so long, but the Summer got a little bit crazy! I had lots of fun in Italy in the Dolomiti mountains, which I’ll be writing about in the coming weeks, but for now, I wanted to start off the “beginning of the year”…
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Zucchini and Spring Onion Fritters
What to do with all those zucchini Zucchini, zucchini everywhere and not a recipe in sight……or is there? My kids and I grew zucchini plants from seed this year. They’ve taken a while as the weather’s been all over the place, acting like a teenage girl who doesn’t know what to wear on…
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Elsie’s Fingers (Sugar-Rolled Biscuits)
Bringing back a traditional NZ cookie These biscuits from New Zealand, called Elsie’s Fingers, are a very old (as far as history goes for New Zealand!) cookie that was an integral part of the childhood of anyone born before the 80’s. I remember often snacking on Elsie’s Fingers for afternoon tea when I…
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Ginger Slice from New Zealand
A classic square from the annuals of my childhood cookbook I’m back from New Zealand and, after a week of sleepless nights, finally over the jet-lag! While I was there, my mother made ginger slice, which whisked me back to my childhood faster than that Back to the Future dude went all over…
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Peanut, Coconut, And Chocolate Square
A recipe from way back when This recipe for peanut square is an childhood favourite of mine from New Zealand. My mother used to make it regularly. She modified it from a recipe published in the Women’s Division of Federated Farmers Cookbook. It’s not as posh as it sounds. It was an important…
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Banana Cake
Banana cake is my favourite! What’s yours? I figured that I’ve been giving Italian recipes a pretty good run on my blog, so now it’s time to add a few from New Zealand to balance the “Kiwi” bit of “Italian Kiwi”. The first recipe I want to share with you is one which…
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Apricot Cake
The best apricot cake I’ve ever made One more week of the school holidays to go. At this time of the year I always have mixed feelings: sad, as it’s so nice just to hang out with the kids and not have to rush anywhere, but also happy, because I’ll have more time…
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Cantuccini (The Original “Biscotti” from Tuscany)
What “biscotti” are called in Italy Yes, I know I just put up another almond biscuit recipe recently, but honestly, I bought a lot of almonds when I made the marzapani, so they have to be used up. This is a recipe for classic Tuscan biscuits called cantuccini or cantucce. Cantuccini are the grandmother of the…
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Chiacchiere (Crunchy Italian Carnaval Treats)
Crunchy treat time during European Carnaval It’s Carnevale in Italy, and everywhere you look, these scrumptious pastries jump out and you and scream, “EAT ME!! EAT ME!! No, not just one of me! MORE!! MORE!!”. Carnevale is celebrated in many parts of Europe for a few weeks before “Shrove Tuesday”, after which you…
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Apple Cake: Torta di Mele
The no-fat apple cake discovery My parents-in-law were over from Italy in the weekend, and while they were here, for my pleasure (and soon to be for yours!), my mother-in-law showed me how to make this deceptively healthy cake called torta di mele. I say deceptively healthy as after all, it is a cake, and with…
