small pile of sweet potatoes on the kitchen bench
Biscuits & Slices, Body, Bread, Breakfast, Cakes, Lunch, Mains, Pancakes, Pizza, Recipes

Sweet Potato Recipes

Recently we were given quite a few home grown sweet potatoes. So, I've been looking for Sweet Potato Recipes to use them in. We've give away some of the sweet potatoes but I'm still looking for recipe ideas that use sweet potatoes. A pile of sweet potatoes ready to use Sweet Potato Information We really… Continue reading Sweet Potato Recipes

vanilla cupcakes with icing and sprinkles
Body, Cakes, Recipes

Vanilla Cupcake Day

Today is Vanilla Cupcake Day.   When I was little cupcakes used to be called Patty Cakes here in Australia, as you baked them in patty pans.  I just pulled a a box of the papers out of my pantry & they called them 'cupcake patty pan set'. Anyhow I thought I'd share a few links… Continue reading Vanilla Cupcake Day

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Gluten and Dairy Free Cupcakes

Apparently the 18th of October is Chocolate Cupcake Day. When I first started cooking gluten free I found that chocolate or cocoa helped hide the gluten free taste.  Hence I made a lot of chocolate slice and chocolate brownies. I also found that it was very easy to sub your milk of choice (eg., almond,… Continue reading Gluten and Dairy Free Cupcakes

Cakes, Recipes

GF, DF, Egg Free Chocolate Cake

As promised here is the first recipe from the birthday dinner menu.  I thought I would start with the cake as this is a very important component of any birthday dinner.  This recipe has been adapted from a chocolate cake recipe in a kids cook book.  It was already dairy free and egg free so… Continue reading GF, DF, Egg Free Chocolate Cake

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Birthday Dinner catering for food intolerances

It was my son's birthday this week.  We were away and came home on his birthday.  I made a magic bean cake upon coming home which we had after dinner that night.  (I'm sure my family still does not know what's in it!)  The next night we had a birthday dinner with the extended family.  … Continue reading Birthday Dinner catering for food intolerances