Notes about Recipes in this book

• Sticky lemon slice [Julie Biuso]

  • e_ballad on September 24, 2017

    This is super-sweet, too much for our liking. And just a couple of helpful hints: Ignore the instruction to only paper the bottom of the pan - paper EVERY surface as this was really sticky (hence the title!). And let it cool completely: I left it an hour - it still disintegrated. Maybe even refrigerate overnight. This one wasn't for us.

• Caramel oat slice [Jo Seagar]

  • e_ballad on October 03, 2022

    My word. This is so delicious & incredibly easy to make. It does make a huge quantity, but I can promise that this is NOT an issue!

• Queen Elizabeth cake [Natalie Oldfield]

  • balmaingirl on July 31, 2016

    This is a cracker! I made it today and mine looked just like the photo in the book and tasted delicious. You could probably do this as a dessert as well and serve warm with thick cream or a very good vanilla ice cream

• Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting [Ruth Pretty]

  • e_ballad on September 08, 2019

    Absolutely delicious.

• Crunchy-topped feijoa & walnut cake [Natalie Oldfield]

  • ChelseaP on July 08, 2022

    Nice cake if you have a glut of feijoas.

• Banana cake [Jo Seagar]

  • e_ballad on December 05, 2017

    Also found in the “The Great New Zealand Cookbook”, this may be one of our favourite banana cake recipes. Big call I know, but the crumb was divine, the flavour was fantastic & it has good staying power (if you can restrain yourself from eating the whole lot in one sitting).

• Cheese muffins [Hester Guy]

  • e_ballad on October 03, 2020

    These are excellent. They are HUGE though. I’ll probably reduce the size for future outings.

• Beetroot chocolate loaf cake [Niki Bezzant]

  • e_ballad on December 02, 2016

    Whilst this is undoubtedly healthy, that unfortunately doesn't translate to 'tasty'. Effectively a slab of baked grated beetroot with a small amount of chocolate holding it together. Not very good at all.

• Fruity banana, carrot & pineapple cake [Niki Bezzant]

  • e_ballad on November 13, 2020

    This cake is a representation of how I feel about “healthy treats”: if you want cake, eat a beautiful decadent cake & love it for what it is. If you want “health food”, don’t eat cake. Especially don’t eat this monstrosity. Barely edible, this was universally hated by everyone.

• Frittata with zucchini & basil [Martin Bosley]

  • e_ballad on January 20, 2017

    So-so. The quantity of Parmesan was significantly large compared to the other components - I used 1/2 the amount & found that this verged on overwhelming the other flavours.

• Chicken, leek & mushroom pie [Tony Astle]

  • e_ballad on September 17, 2018

    A great chicken pie, with components that the author recommends preparing a day ahead. We found it too sweet for our liking & would reduce the Madeira accordingly.