recipes – desserts

  • raspberry chocolate chip muffinsraspberry chocolate chip muffins
    I can’t take all the credit for this recipe. After moving house on the weekend and finally getting all of my cookbooks out of storage, I went on a baking frenzy. I was like a wild woman let loose in the outback. Think the movie ‘Nell’ when Nell is taken back in her homeland forest. It’s truly ...
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  • guest recipe post | caramel slice w kate bradley from kenko kitchen + a cookbook giveaway!guest recipe post | caramel slice w kate bradley from kenko kitchen + a cookbook giveaway!
    Here on the JCN website I’ve had the pleasure of featuring some inspirational guest recipe posts. Up until now however, I had not had the chance to physically met any of these featured bloggers/recipe developers in person. These admirable relationships had developed purely through social media channels. Kate Bradley from Kenko Kitchen has broken this mould. I had ...
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  • cherry & blueberry meringue smash w coconut cream + nut pralinecherry & blueberry meringue smash w coconut cream + nut praline
    Lets be frank. This cherry & blueberry meringue smash with coconut cream & nut praline is decadent. Yes, its dairy free and gluten free. Yes, the fats in the coconut cream are ‘good fats’ and the berries are loaded with antioxidants along with the dark chocolate, but it’s still an indulgent and luxurious dessert. What ...
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  • orange spiced jam dropsorange spiced jam drops
    Ugly food. Ugly food by my definition is food that tastes really delicious, but looks damn ugly. That’s what these orange-spiced jam drop cookies are. Ugly cookies. I’m okay with that. Not everything needs to be pretty. What I do demand though is flavour, and these tasty little morsels do not let me down. These ...
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  • apple & almond breakfast cakeapple & almond breakfast cake
    This recipe post is well overdue. Apologies, but I have been on Italy time. Usually I would have been bending over backwards to get this post out as soon as my feet hit the ground in Brisbane, but Italy seems to have rubbed off on me. When one already has a full plate why ...
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