In Japan, matcha is used to flavour so many foods, from soft-serve ice cream, Kit Kat bars, and Pocky to Swiss roll cakes and mochi. However, I’ve never had a matcha-flavoured blondie until Ryan whipped some up! Ryan’s baking specialty is blondies, and recently he surprised us with one of our favourite flavours – matcha. Matcha is […]
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Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
Lemons and poppyseeds go so well together, which is why you find them together in foods ranging from salad dressings to muffins. These muffins are fluffy, have a citrus tang and the popping crunch of poppyseeds. What’s not to love? This recipe makes some really big muffins, so if you want, you can also put […]
Red Velvet Birthday Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
I have been making my own birthday cakes since I was about 13 years old, and now I like to make birthday cakes for friends and family members too. For Donatello’s birthday, I made this Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. Red Velvet Cakes are basically yellow cakes lightly flavoured with cocoa and dyed […]
Marimekko’s Holiday Season 2014 Collection
Marimekko just released their holiday season 2014 photos. And as always, the pictures and setting are just beautiful. Festive, wintery, happy and delicious. My apartment is only 425 square feet, so I can’t really host a dinner party, but these photos are beautiful enough to make me try to create such a tablescape. I love […]
Rustic Puff Pastry Leek Galette
This rustic puff pastry leek galette is delicious! It uses only a few ingredients but it is a show-stopper. The rustic construction is probably the most appealing part of this pie – just look at how flaky and golden it is!