Chocolate Pavlovas with chocolate mascarpone mousse, topped with home preserved brandied burgundy cherries, and also more brandied cherries

What more can we want this summer? Utterly refreshing homemade ginger ale, with a peach consommé!

The Swiss Black Forest Cake … the quintessential combination of cherries & chocolate! A winner from The Cake Bible.

Inspired by the wild side, double coffee macarons with a mocha ganache filling!

Inspired by a kiwi fruit launch event, I made these poppers in an attempt to clear the fridge! They were DELICIOUS served with a kiwi salsa!

Croquembouche with the Daring Bakers. Light profiteroles with coffee pastry cream within, dunked in dark chocolate,& swirled with spun sugar

A quick no-bake vegetarian dessert, healthy, low on calories & absolutely delicious.It’s got fresh cherry topping & quark made from scratch

Sweet tea bread with a twist for Bread Baking Day. A mildly sweet Finnish bread with chai spice icing to tie the flavours in!

Celebrating summer with stone fruits – apricots, peaches and cherries! A simple homey pie from Café Verleton

A finger licking good Indian Butter Chicken / Murgh Makhani. A curry that placed India on the international culinary map…

Mac Summers Night Dream… With flavours as deep and gorgeous, coffee and vanilla bean macs tell a tale for Mac Tell A Story at MacTweets

Wonderful in ever bite, with a pastry so forgiving, this is a great choice for Mother’s Day! A mixed berry lattice pie that won our hearts!

Stone fruits are in season. How better to celebrate than with a cherry & plum clafoutis from Ottolenghi! And a chance to win a Kitchen Aid.

A light summer dessert… a no bake cheesecake with low fat cream and quark {a curd cheese}. Guilt free & delicious!

Moorish dish from Greg & Lucy Malouf’s Book MOORISH! It’s as flavourful and exciting to the palette as it is simple.

Strawberry Mascarpone Eggless Ice Cream… and Cuisine Art Ice Cream Maker or Delonghi Grill Giveaway!

Macarons with Matcha Macaron Buttercream Filling for Earth day. If you can’t use failed macarons, reuse them!

A simple and finger licking good Indian chicken curry … made in a hurry!!

Little no bake caramel cream petit fours on a biscuit base … complimented with vanilla and balsamic roasted strawberries.

Healthy and delicious energy bars … made even more healthy with some buckwheat flour thrown in.

Chocolate Chip and Buckwheat Cookies … crisp and delicious; healthy too.