Cream Scones (no butter, no milk)

  These are my favourite scones at the moment. Not only are they quick and simple to make, (more so than regular scones as there is no rubbing of butter into flour), but these are also very light in texture, and extremely moreish served with jam and whipped cream. Use a round 6 cm cutter […]

Gluten Free Cream Scones

    These scones are light in texture and have a slight, lovely crispness, due to the gluten free flour content, plus they cook and rise really well and taste excellent. This truly is a quick and easy recipe because cream replaces the milk and butter, (meaning no tedious rubbing in of the butter into […]

Feijoa Loaf

    This feijoa loaf is an ideal all-rounder. It is quick and easy to put together, because it is a simple boil and mix recipe, plus it is an ideal loaf for freezing, and thawing. To freeze the loaf, it is best to cut slices first, then free-flow freeze the slices, before transferring them […]

Feijoa Muffins

  This is a lovely recipe that I think tastes more like cake or shortcake than a regular muffin.   Feijoas are my favourite fruit and it is my firm belief that one can never have too many feijoa recipes…but you can have favourites, and this is one such indispensible recipe that Mum and I […]

Hot Cross Buns (with fruit, and without fruit)

  This shows half of the hot cross buns with fruit and half without.   Hot cross buns at Easter are a must, and this is a lovely hot cross bun recipe. Mum has been using this recipe since the 1980s, when it appeared in an issue of New Zealand More magazine. Mum and I […]