Blood orange pain d’epices

A pain d’epices loaf cake made with blood oranges and heart healthy olive oil

Thai flavours parsnip soup

A warming, gently spicy thick vegetarian soup brimming with Thai flavours

Anzac biscuits with hazelnuts

Anzac biscuits – true to the original wholemeal biscuit recipe, but a little softer and with added hazelnuts

Spring onion and shallot bhajis

Spicy bhajis using rice and gram flours, shallots and spring onions

Cherry Lamingtons

Umm, these little Australian cakes are delicious, but wow are they messy to make. If you’ve got little children I can imagine they’d have tons of fun with these – no wonder Lamington drives and bake offs are very popular in Australia and New Zealand. I’ve made these twice before (a traditional recipe and a

Pão de Queijo recipe – Brazillian Cheese rolls

Notes on the recipe Pão de Queijo (pão is bread and queijo is cheese) is a Brazilian bread alternative. It uses tapioca/manioc starch so is gluten free. I halved the original recipe as I bake so much I wasn’t sure we’d eat enough to make a full batch worthwhile (plus if it went wrong I