Check Out These Beauties!


I was so excited today to not only get the first of the summer cherries, but white ones! My favourite, so sweet and juicy and a little more mellow than the black ones. I bought them from straight from the grower at the farm gate. Picked today and super fresh....Now it really does feel like Christmas!

Market wrap

We had a lovely time at the Mothers Market - it's such a stylish but cruisey market. Lots of cake and beautiful things to buy, all washed down with plenty of Cuvee. My kind of market!
I worked with my good friend Jo - who is not only an amazing chef, but she just loves cake as much as I do - a rare talent. We made six flavours: an old fashioned chocolate (really cakie - the type of cake you ate as a kid - Nigella would be "nostalgically drawn to this solid offering") with vanilla (with real vanilla beans) or chocolate buttercream; lemon;
Vietnamese coffee, above; vanilla vanilla (with more vanilla beans); and the most amazing super rich chocolate made with ground almonds and finished with a chocolate ganache, sigh, I can't stop dreaming about that one! We sold nearly all of them - with just enough left over for husbands and children.
I think I spent most of my profits on the day - brooches from Harriet and Verna & Hilda, gorgeous cards from gorgeous Catherine. And this most beautiful apron from Cherish by Bek Burrows. Beautiful soft linen with the most generous cut. Incredible stitching that I've never seen before. Amazing detail. It feels like a big linen hug when I wear it.

So many talented women here in Tasmania. It was wonderful to be involved. I look forward to the next one....

Nigella love


There I was, late last night, innocently delurking around here when I stumbled upon this amazing Nigella recipe. Despite being late into the night, the urge to whip up a batch immediately was irresistible. Luckily, or embarrassingly, depending on which way you look at it, I had the half kilo of chocolate required in the pantry. I found the recipe here
as the clip doesn't have the first measurement for the chocolate. They are, quite honestly, the most amazing chocolate cookies I have ever tasted.