Notes about Recipes in this book

• The joy of a lemon drizzle cake

  • Prim on February 15, 2020

    Excellent cake with a strong lemon flavour.

  • nadiam1000 on April 09, 2020

    I cannot resist a lemon drizzle cake and I decided to try this one because it did not use much flour, which is in short supply right now. I did have almond flour, butter and lemons so this seemed like a good first recipe to try out of this gorgeous book. When I was making it, I had some doubts. I had trouble getting the egg to incorporate into the butter, had to keep stopping to scrape the bowl. It still looked a bit curdled when I added the lemon rind and lemon juice but came together once I added the almond and AP flour. I added 1/2 tsp of kosher salt since the the recipe did not include any salt. I made the smaller quantity option in an 8x3" cake pan. Baked at 300F for about an hour. There is a generous amount of glaze which needs to set for 4 hours - I cut into it after a couple of hours so the glaze was still soft. A very moist and creamy cake - almost pudding like in a good way. Different than a typical lemon pound cake but really nice and tart lemony flavor.

• Panna cotta Lamington

  • Melyinoz on March 06, 2021

    Wow, these are very rich. Maybe a little too rich for me. I couldn’t eat a whole lamington.

• Dried strawberry and pistachio amaretti

  • lou_weez on January 07, 2020

    These were easy and delicious., soft in the middle and a little crunchy on outside.

  • lou_weez on December 19, 2020

    Made these again using sour cherries and almond extract, my favourite combination so far.

• Cookie Couture original gingerbread

  • Lafro on March 26, 2022

    My go to gingerbread recipe. Makes a soft biscuit with crisp edges. Normally make it with the reccomended Icing.

• Hot cross buns

  • ChelseaP on May 22, 2021

    Such a delicious recipe for hot cross buns! Are best the day they're baked but reheated pretty well in the oven for a couple of days after.

• Banana, chocolate and walnut loaf

  • Lafro on April 25, 2022

    Delicious. The sugar on top gives it a nice crunch. Was pretty simple to make and is very tasty warmed slightly so the chocolate is oozy.

  • pomona on October 23, 2024

    Delicious.i had plain white and self raising wholemeal flour. I decided to use the wholemeal SR rather than measure baking Soda into the white flour. Made a good cake.

• Ginger fluff

  • Lafro on March 26, 2022

    I have made this a few times. Love the addition of the cocoa nibs. Looks beautiful with edible dried flours sprinkled on top.

• Family chocolate cake

  • Lafro on August 19, 2024

    This is such a simple cake to make. Not too sweet or rich. I have made it a few times for birthday parties and it's always a hit.

• Lemon dream

  • kelly_ff7q50 on March 22, 2026

    I’ve made this cake many times and it is always divine and worth the challenge. Only note is that the lemon curd never works for me—I have to put it directly on the heat towards the end to get it to thicken up (or you could use a different curd recipe).

• Traditional Christmas cake

  • mflanagan77 on January 03, 2026

    This recipe is delicious. Nice and moist. I did 1kg of fruit and increased all other ingredients proportionately plus additional cooking time. Would definitely make again.