• aargle on February 12, 2013

  Every recipe I've tried has been great. Really reliable. Have made 22 or more recipes from this book. Would recommend

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Plum and hazelnut crostata

  • Cati on March 30, 2013

    A favourite recipe.I make several times during the plum season. Excellent pastry.

• Date, orange and banana muffins

  • aargle on July 12, 2015

    These are ok. Took exactly 20 minutes - very easy and turned out beautifully light. Probably won't repeat. Found them a bit too sweet.

• Sticky sour cream, golden syrup and ginger cake

  • aargle on May 11, 2015

    This cake looks very unassuming but was absolutely delicious. My girlfriend loved it so much she took the recipe immediately. Next time I will use a 23cm tin to get a little more height in the cake.

  • digifish_books on May 11, 2015

    Recipe available at: http://life-etcblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/a-recipe-sticky-sour-cream-golden-syrup.html and http://maudeandbetty.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/sticky-sour-cream-golden-syrup-and.html

  • lou_weez on April 10, 2020

    This is dense. sticky flavor packed deliciousness.

• Chocolate and pecan higgledy-piggledys

  • aargle on August 17, 2015

    This is a great recipe which I am repeatedly asked for. I would make it more often except for the fact it's got so much butter in it and I have got no self restraint.

• My favourite toffee almond slice

  • Melanie on June 25, 2017

    Amazing! Will definitely be repeating this dish. I cut mine into bars which worked perfectly.

• Sticky banana, pecan and date loaf

  • Hellyloves2cook on April 14, 2012

    Made this and it was a total flop. Looked done on outside and was very uncooked in the middle. Very disappointing. May have been my oven- may try again to see if I can get this to come right.

• Very quick pear and pecan or walnut cake

  • spoulos on October 17, 2020

    This recipe is really easy and tastes great. It also keeps really well.

• Zucchini and kumara tea bread

  • franklysarah on September 03, 2014

    Wholesome, tasty and not very sweet. I substituted the flours for white spelt flour & whole spelt flour, and used coconut sugar & xylitol instead of the sugars - worked really well. Would be wonderful with a smear of cream cheese.

• A wonderfully rich chocolate cake

  • digifish_books on April 29, 2015

    Title in the hardback version is 'A wonderful rich chocolate cake'.

• Buttery almond and coconut cake

  • digifish_books on June 02, 2015

    Author's note "I usually slice it before I freeze it and defrost (or microwave) it as I need it (frequently in my case!). It also keeps well in the fridge for a week or so. Warm it gently or bring it to room temperature before eating it - although it has a rather fabulous ‘chewy’ almost candy-like texture when it’s cold too."

• Kim's delicious apple, pecan and cinnamon cake

  • fgavin on April 25, 2014

    Definitely a bit dessert like.. I could imagine it with cream (like she suggested). But it was nice with the apple chunks for a change and lovely warm out of the oven. Will have to see what its like cold as a cake... (Oh, and I only used 3/4 cup sugar and it was still quite sweet)

• Cooee's baked ham and asparagus roll-ups

  • fgavin on April 26, 2014

    Very nice. I would make again. We enjoyed it for a Sunday lunch. As per usual though I find with all her recipes they take longer in my oven.

• Zucchini, feta and dill ‘pie’

  • fgavin on April 30, 2014

    I loved this! Mostly due to the herbs I think. And my toddler ate it too. I would however use less oil next time as it did seem a little 'oily'.

• One-pan mocha cake with coffee bean brittle

  • lou_weez on January 19, 2017

    This was a great recipe to use up some of my Nespresso capsules (I used Linzertorte). Looking forward to making it again with a different flavoured coffee. Everyone really enjoyed the flavour and the fudgy yet light texture of the cake.

• Apple, rum and raisin cake

  • lou_weez on April 08, 2020

    A really delicious apple cake. I didn't have raisins so used sultanas and soaked them in a honey liquor.

• Walnut and caramel bars

  • lou_weez on April 21, 2018

    A simple recipe that yielded an ugly but delicious slice.