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Christmas Fruitcake

Our neighbour Michael in Wellington gave us a fruitcake for Christmas a while ago. It was…

Very Classic Japanese Pancake “Hot-cake”

Japanese pancakes are usually thicker than those you see in North America or New Zealand. This…

Sourdough Crackers

Sourdough crackers are using discard starter and pretty good. This goes well with cheese and salami…

Flaky Crispy Apple Strudel with Filo

Using filo sheet and panko bread crumbs is a huge help to get the right texture…

Baked Sweet Potato

You see a truck selling stone-baked sweet potatoes in Winter in Japan. There is a stone…

Best Ratio of Cocoa and Matcha Powder for a Cake?

You may have your favorite recipes for cake or muffins, and may want to change the…

Apple Crumb Coffee Cake

I have been wanting a better coffee cake recipe for a very long time as a…

Cinnamon Raisin Sourdough Bread

Since I have sourdough always, I am always looking for a recipe using sourdough. This one…

Must Try! Rhubarb Crumble Pie

It’s a season of rhubarb now! We LOOOVE rhubarb, and I wanted to try this recipe…

Bread Troubleshooting

Bread comes out always different affected by various things such as temperature, humidity, how you need,…

Edmonds Scones with Choco chips and Walnuts

Edmonds scones don’t need too much ingredients as long as you have flour, milk or buttercream…

Baked Zucchini Flowers ” Pizza di Fiori” by Loretta

It’s that season when you can find zucchini flowers in a market. Zucchini flowers are not…

Fudgey Melting Brownie

This recipe is just brilliant! The brownie came out very fudgey, not like a cake at…

Video of French Choux Pastry for Puffs

I found this video showing how to make French puffs. French puffs are not that easy…

Edmonds’ Cheese Scones

When we were in Wellington, sometimes our colleague used to bake these cheese scones at the…

Baking Pan Sizes Conversion Calculator (by Volume)

There are so many various sizes and shapes of baking pans in the world. There are…

Flour Frosting : Not Too Sweet Buttercream

I have been looking for less sweet butter cream! This is a great way to prepare…

Perfect Cheese Scones

It’s been years I have tried cheese scones and this is the best one so far.…

Apple Cardamon Muffins

These apple cardamon muffins are with the same base as my blueberry yogurt muffins. The gorgeous…

Chad Robertson’s Sourdough Bread

We attended a class of how to make a sourdough bread some years ago. It was…

Very Light Sponge Cake and the Ratio of Cocoa or Matcha powder

Sponge cake is the base of many cakes. I tried different recipes, and I like the…

Easy Baked Cheesecake (with food processor)

This baked cheesecake is very easy and quick to prepare by using a food processor. If…

Marmalade Pound Cake

Sometimes we have marmalade both my husband and I have forgotten for a while. And sometimes…

Conversion between Dry And Fresh Yeast

At a supermarket stores, there are different options of yeast. This website is very useful to…

Focaccia Genovese

This is the recipe our friend gave us. When we visited them, they serve this focaccia…

Strawberry Custard Tart

This strawberry tart is perfect to cerebrate spring. It is good looking and delicious! First, make…

Tart au Poire (Pear Tart)

I love a tart au poire, crusty outside and moist and soft inside! You can make…

Oatmeal Coconut Honey Raisin Cookies

Sometimes I am craved for oatmeal raisin cookies. This is a perfect snack with the sweet…

Roasted Cauliflower

I tried various recipes of roasted cauliflower, different spices and sauce, and found this is our…

Lemon Tart (Lemon curd)

We love lemons, this is why this website has quite a few recipes using lemons. We…

Basic Sweet Tart Crust and Almond Cream Filling

I love any kinds of tart. Lemon tart, pear tart, blueberry tart etc. If you know…

Madelaines

Madelaine is actually easy and quick to make while it is quite expensive at a shop.…

Zucchini Pie

We had a vegetable garden in Wellington, and we had many zucchinis in summer. I was…

Rosemary Soy Sauce Roasted Potatoes

I love a combination of soy sauce and butter. This cannot go wrong. So I added…

Easy Peasy Apple Pie

Sometimes we have spare apples or leftover of frozen pie sheet. This needs little effort to…

Blueberry Yogurt Muffins

Muffins have been our go-to weekend breakfast for a while. I tried many different recipes before…

Lemon Yogurt Cake

This lemon yogurt cake has so much moisture and good lemon flavor. My office mate is…

Whole-Grain Buckwheat & Chia Bread

This bread has a good amount of moisture inside and beautiful buckwheat flavor. This goes very…

Zucchini Tian (Like Zucchini Risotto)

We had a vegetable garden that produced a lot of zucchinis in summer. We love zucchini…