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Raspberry, Coconut and Dark Chocolate Scones

There’s no point crying over spilled milk. I hazard that whoever coined that phrase has never knocked over a bottle of breast milk that it took fifty five, pinching minutes to harvest. Or spent a good five minutes contemplating  if there are ways to salvage any of it (the answer it seems is no). There […]

Baby Boozy Fruit Cakes (and some news)

It feels like Christmas. It feels like Christmas, but it’s not. Yet we’ve still been given the world’s greatest present. Introducing William Frank Haschka; Will for short. Born: 10.44 am on the 8/8/2013, clocking in at 3.175 kg, or the equivalent of 7 1lb bags of flour. He responds well to brief. It was just […]

Black Forest Cheesecake

It’s that time of year again. Each year, in honour of his birthday The Hungry One comes with a simple request. ‘Black Forest please’. It’s a simple devotion to a flavour profile that most people who know him, know about.  Black Forest is a taste (and a place) that’s close to his heart. It was […]

Candied Grapefruit Peel and Dark Chocolate Cookies

I’m told this is the sweet spot. By the time you’ve got something the size of a large grapefruit hitching a ride inside, the energy comes back- that zeal and zip for life that ebbed away for the first few months. Now you finally look pregnant enough for kindly people to stand for you on […]

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Chocolate, Raspberry and Black Bean Loaf

  It’s time. I’m getting evangelical about black beans again. It might feel like there are other babies that are getting attention at the moment. Babies like this one. Or this one.  But I still have a lot of affection for my first- the slow carb ebook, which happily is once again selling like hotcakes, […]