Christmas

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: …

This Rum Balls recipe uses good ol’ Aussie Weetbix as a base ingredient. (If you don’t have weetbix in your country (or cupboard), don’t fear. You can use 140 grams …

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 …

In Australia, we enjoy golden sunshine and beach sand at Christmas rather than snow. So, let’s update the traditional White Christmas slice with something more appropriate – a golden Caramilk …

This Cherry Ripe Slice recipe involves absolutely no baking. And, yes, it’s as good as it looks. It’s one of my mum’s old recipes and was yet another of my …