Christmas

This Christmas Cake Recipe is from Nana Ling’s handwritten collection and dated 5 December 1941. It’s a little slice of history and – today – a cake to make your …

Coconut Ice is the pretty sweet we fell in love with at fetes and school stalls all those years ago. Today, biting into the lovely layers of pink and white …

A Pavlova Grazing Board is always a hit! Your guests can build their very own pavlova creation – just to their liking. Here, we’ve gone with a summer fruits theme …

This chilled mango pudding is made with tapioca pearls and fresh mango. Topped with coconut cream, berries and mint, it’s the perfect end (or start) to a summer day. Mangoes: …

These rum balls are made with good ol’ Aussie Weetbix. (If you don’t have weetbix in your country (or cupboard), don’t fear. You can use 140 grams of a wheat …

It’s the wonderful dessert that both Australians and New Zealanders call their own. This easy pavlova recipe creates pav perfection, with a smooth and fluffy marshmallow centre encased in a …

This fragrant floral fruit cake incorporates flower essences and Jordan almonds along with all the usual fruit and alcohol ingredients. It has all those things that make fruit cakes so …

Rocky Road is so easy to make and such an irresistible combination of ingredients. I’ve given it a Persian twist here, with pistachios, Turkish delight and scattered rose petals. The …

These Crunchy Peanut Balls are exactly what you’d expect from the name – choc-coated balls of crunchy, peanut-y bliss.  They’re so good, you may need to hide them! A treat …

These Christmas Shortbread Cookies are made with an 80-year-old shortbread recipe. I’ve also used a beautifully handcrafted embossed rolling pin. I can see myself enjoying one or two of these …