My Dad is a great chef. He, like me, enjoys baking cakes, and he’s been tweaking recipes since long before I started. A couple of months ago, he had a lovely slice of chocolate cake at the nursing home where Mum lives. He then emailed to ask if I had a recipe I could recommend.…
Fruit & Yoghurt Slice {with gluten-free and dairy-free options}
Okay, we’re going super-healthy this time, and it’s ugly but oh, so good! It’s a slice that could be co-opted as breakfast food, or packed into the lunchbox as a healthy snack. Rules surrounding what one can consume at school are getting so rigid these days, but never fear! This baby is nut-free. It is…
Chocolate Chip & Coconut Cakes (gluten-free + dairy-free + egg-free}
Call me a soft touch. But when I see a young boy’s face crumple with disappointment because he can’t eat the cakes all the other kids are eating, it calls for an intervention. These mini chocolate chip and coconut cakes are the intervention. They are super-easy, super-quick, and devoid of all those nasties that seem…
Peanut Butter Oat Slice
This one’s the ugly but beautiful slice. It’s another hot, hot autumn day (summer’s not really over yet), and the shops are shut for Labor Day. Hence, a no-bake slice – perfect for a day spent inside hiding from the end of summer’s heat, and using ingredients that I suspect might be already in your…