This is what I’ll be calling Christmas morning hot chocolate because there is NOTHING better to wake up to, nothing I tell you. Dark, rich, creamy, infused with fresh orange zest and spiked with whiskey. Whipped cream certainly not optional.
recipes
Chocolate Cashew Cheesecake (Vegan, No-Bake)
The festive season is usually an unavoidable time of binging and guilt-tripping buuuuut what if I told you that you could have your cake and (happily) eat it too? I’m a massive endorser of all things butter, in case it wasn’t already clear, but every once in a while, combining some different, healthier ingredients to create…
Ginger Molasses Cookies
Last Christmas I made these crunchy, crispy ginger biscuits that beg for a cup of piping hot tea to be dipped into. So good. But because ginger is the best best best festive season flavour there is, I suddenly had a desperate urge for the opposite kind of cookie. Chewy, soft, super thick. Warmly spiced,…
Spiced Pear & Molasses Upside-Down Cake
I used to be mortally afraid of trying too many stunts while baking and was obsessive about just the right measurements and following steps exactly and all of that. But, as I bake more and more and more, I’ve realised, that if your gut tells you to add molasses without specific instructions, or use more…
Baked Pears with Hazelnut Praline
As incredible as diving into a box of hazelnut praline is, I found a more incredible way to eat it all up. And I decided it’s ok to have two posts come up here, back-to-back, with the words ‘hazelnut praline’ in the title. That’s just how good it is. And if you scoop it into…
Chocolate Cupcakes with Hazelnut Praline Frosting
For whatever reason, I’ve spent my entire life so far without eating hazelnuts mixed in a pool of caramelised sugar. Toasty, nutty, sugary and the kind of candy that unfortunately is so easy to make, you’ll have jars of it sitting around in your house before you know it. This my friends, is the wonder…
Crispy Rye Crackers
Time for more homemade crackers! They’re quick, fun, crispy and super delicious. Seriously, I need to make crackers every week, I have no idea why I don’t. These are made with a mix of rye and all-purpose flour, flavoured with garlic, oregano and paprika. There’s some olive oil and a bit of honey which means…
A week in Russia
A little over thirty years ago, my parents spent the early years of their life together in what was then Leningrad in the Soviet Union. They have tales of rejoicing when they saw cauliflower, taking bananas as gifts for their friends, comical mix-ups between similar sounding Russian words and more than anything, stories of my very…
Veggie Mushroom & Halloumi Bake
If halloumi didn’t cost half the earth in India, I’d be eating it for every meal. But my idea of a splurge is to buy delicious cheese, and this one is absolutely worth it. Salty, creamy, soooo good. Even more so when you bake it to golden-brown perfection along with a whole load of tomatoes, zucchini…