Baking Sweet

My past Swiss mother in law was a wonderful cook, so when I entered the family she undertook my education in Swiss cooking and baking traditions with great spirit. Christmas biscuits are a much-loved…

Rhubarb, I know, is not everyone’s favourite but its natural sourness helps to balance the sweetness when baked in puddings, cakes or muffins. This easy muffin recipe also includes the healthy goodness of rye…

A Roly Poly Pudding is a classic British dessert that gives you all the comfort of a saucy, sweet steamed pudding without the many hours to wait. Although traditionally made with jam instead of…

This beautiful cake came about from the gift of some barley from the Schmidt family in Light Pass, located in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. Barley has a naturally sweet nutty flavour and is…

After returning from a recent visit to Gully Gardens in Angaston, South Australia with bags of beautiful dried fruit and reading about the history of fruit in the Valley, I couldn’t resist making this…

Commissioned to celebrate the Pink Lady™ Apple, this simple recipe with deliciously comforting results is kind of child’s place. Superb as a special breakfast treat or afternoon tea, the apple rings cooked in the…

This incredibly simple and quick to prepare cold summer dessert is a kind of cross between a trifle and tiramisu. A recipe I recently developed for the Southern Forests Food Council to showcase the…