When the team at Prahran Market send you a mystery box of seasonal goodies to play with, including angelica plums, Pepe Saya cultured butter and decadent 60% dark chocolate from Cioccolato Lombardo ...what do you make? Well, dessert of course. Naturally.     Plums are at their absolute peak at the moment. Admittedly, they're not my favourite fruit and I've rarely baked with them (I know!), but boy oh boy do they work well in cakes AND with chocolate. I was skeptical at first, but the subtle tartness of the plums paired with the intense (yet sweet) dark chocolate works... [ READ MORE ]

She is the cookbook author, recipe developer, blogger, stylist, photographer and brains behind The Wholesome Cook blog - she is none other than Martyna Angell (or simply 'Marty' to many!). Phew! I need to take a breath.   Yep. She's most certainly one very talented and creative lady to whom I'm lucky enough to call a 'real-life' foodie friend...AND she's also just released her debut cookbook, 'The Wholesome Cook'. Kicking goals lady!     Although, we should here-forth refer to it as a cooking 'bible', as it's a one-stop-shop kind of book that will teach you everything from making your... [ READ MORE ]

Everyone needs at least one go-to chocolate cake in their repertoire, and this one fits the bill for more of an ‘everyday’ sort of choccy cake, in my books. Not too sickly sweet and dense (like mudcake!), but still rich, chocolate-y and comforting all the same.     The recipe is based on a Donna Hay cake but we’ve ditched the butter, switched the flour and lowered the sugar to suit the ingredients we had in the pantry, which most definitely means I’ll be eating it for breakfast – it’s practically health food now, with all those important polyphenols from... [ READ MORE ]