Tag Archives: christmas

peach and raisin holiday bread rolls (using le creuset round french oven)

It’s less than a week to Christmas! Have you planned your Christmas menu yet? If not, I have one more item you can add to your Christmas bakes! These Peach…

chocolate, cranberry and macadamia brownies | a review of Pyrex® sculptured glass bakeware

There are about 3 weeks left to Christmas! My little ones are so excited! This weekend we are putting up the Christmas tree, and soon presents will be added. A season…

brandy custard

Christmas is around the corner and I am starting to plan my Christmas menu. I was looking for something that is familiar, yet different. While browsing through Donna Hay’s recipes,…

gooey valrhona chocolate skillet cake with pecan chocolate glaze (using Le Creuset cast iron skillet)

Everyone knows that a cast iron pot is great for cooking because of its ability to retain heat. I have used my Le Creuset Cast Iron Enamel French ovens to…

spicy italian sausage and cheese egg muffins

It is no secret that I abhor wastage. Today, as Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids, Yen from GoodyFoodies and I kick off Cook and Celebrate: Christmas 2015, I am going…

baked parmesan crusted barramundi with garlic butter, asparagus and cherry tomatoes | kuhlbarra barramundi

Every year, the LAM and I will host a small dinner party to celebrate Christmas. We’d almost always have the same few close friends over, and well, I can say…

rum cake with rum-soaked mixed fruit

Call me strange but I have a yearly ritual. Well, two. The first is that I make a batch of vanilla extract using Madagascar vanilla beans and Vanilla vodka so it…

peppermint hokkaido cupcakes

Since I am mad about chiffon cakes, it is inevitable that the madness spills over to Hokkaido chiffon cupcakes too.  Which is perfectly okay in my opinion because, well, each…

chocolate mint cupcakes with peppermint swiss meringue buttercream

I honestly have no idea where the year has gone – I distinctly remember setting up the Christmas tree last year and the kids opening their presents on Christmas Eve…

holiday cranberry-nut bourbon cake

I have joined The Home Bakers for a few months and although I hadn’t always had time to bake with this bunch of talented bakers, led by Joyce from Kitchen…