Never-fail cupcakes

These cupcakes work every time!  Super light and fluffy, you can whip up a batch in no time for parties, school tuckshop, lunchboxes or just as a treat. The trick is to weigh the eggs and then use exactly that weight of butter, sugar and flour in your recipe.  Cupcake recipes are always so precise […]

My mum’s easy chocolate cake recipe

This is the chocolate cake I’ve been eating all my life. This cake was the basis for all of my own birthday cakes as a child. It is now the basis for my kids’ birthday cakes – including the recent construction ‘digger’ cake for The 4YO. This cake is the first thing I learned to […]

Chocolate Christmas Trees recipe

These cake-based Chocolate Christmas Trees – from Annabel Karmel – make for the perfect Christmas day dessert for all of the family. Here’s the recipe …