Cake Six: Green Tea Drizzle Cake

This week’s lockup menu has included some Asian-inspired meals. Mapo tofu (one of the only tofu recipes I actually like) and handmade chicken and mushroom dumplings, and rice noodle chicken salad. I was on the hunt for a cake that would complement these meals and the Wagamama cookbook came to the rescue. I discovered Wagamama

Cake Four: Ginger and Walnut Carrot Cake

I had a few questions about whether I was going to make an Easter-themed cake. Since this challenge is about cake recipes rather than decorations, I wasn’t inspired by most of the cute suggestions with icing chicks and eggs and so on. I was impressed by a crucifix-shaped cake featuring a marzipan Jesus but I

The Rules = My Rules

Some of you have been asking me questions about the challenge. Like, “Is a pancake a cake?” “Is a cheesecake a cake?” “Banana loaf?” “Swedish fishcakes?” (For the record: No; It depends; Yes; No – you monster!). I made this challenge for myself, and while I said in my last post that when I set

It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time

There’s a saying about the road to hell being paved with good intentions. And as I have said on more than one occasion, please put “It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time” on my headstone. How this project actually came about was that I was drinking at my friend’s place, after having previously

Starting something new in a time of change.

A lot has happened in the past few days. To put it mildly. Over a third of the world’s population is in lockdown. Almost all of the businesses in New Zealand are closed. We are allowed out of our homes only to go to the supermarket or to access healthcare, or to get fresh air