BANANA, BLUEBERRY & COCONUT CAKE

BANANA, BLUEBERRY & COCONUT CAKE

Dubai doesn’t have the tropical temps to grow bananas, so they’re shipped in. This is unfortunate, because these shipped in bananas taste like arse. I literally only buy bananas here to let them get too ripe, then use them in baking. It’s the only way they are edible....

Bakewell Slice

Bakewell Slice

So this treat is traditionally a tart with a pastry crust, jammy layer and almondy frangipane. Delicious. Then they go and ruin it by covering it with that sickly white fondant icing and top it with a glacé cherry so it looks like a British girls boob in the middle of...

APRICOT CRUMBLE SLICE

APRICOT CRUMBLE SLICE

I don’t know about you, but I’ll go in the pantry and I’ll have 5 bags of something and I truly have no idea how that came about. Like, am I high when I go to the store? Have I got the munchies? And it’s always something you don’t use much, in this case, I had a...

ALMOND COCONUT AND RASPBERRY FUDG

ALMOND COCONUT AND RASPBERRY FUDG

If you’re looking for a fudging good dessert that’s really fudging easy, you’ve come to the right fudging place. This stuff is chucked together in minutes, no-bake and fudging delicious. Don’t believe me? Try it for your fudging self.

ALMOND BUTTER BLONDIES

ALMOND BUTTER BLONDIES

Do blondes really have more fun? I know sure as shit I had a lot of fun eating these guys. But if lockdown in 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that there’s a hell of a lot less natural blondes than we once thought, but these guys certainly fit the bill. Full of the...

ALMOND BISCOTTI

ALMOND BISCOTTI

Beam me up biscotti (dad joke, soz). The Italians might want to run me over with their Vespas because I put pineapple on pizza, but surely they’d be ok with me remaking their fave little bikkys without the gluten, grains and processed sugar? These little dudes aren’t...

Honey & Thyme Roasted Apricots

Honey & Thyme Roasted Apricots

I live in Dubai, where fruit is really hit and miss to say the least. It can be expensive, tasteless, more well travelled than me, or a combo of all 3. My way around this is pretty simple. If I’ve once again made a crap purchase of tasteless fruit, I roast it. Stone...

THERE’S SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON….

THERE’S SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON….

If you love to make Asian food like I do, especially Thai or Vietnamese deliciousness, you need fish sauce in your pantry staples. While it whiffs a fair bit and doesn’t taste great on its own, it's a must for creating those quintessential southeast asian flavours....