Mississippi Mud Pies – Pie in July

by ChicCakeChick // July 24, 2015 // No Comments

While it’s still Pie in July I want to share with you, in pictures, my foray into making mini Mississippi Mud Pies according to the awesome, if artery hardening and cellulite inducing recipe on marthastewart.com. The recipe comes originally from... Continue reading →

Key Lime Pie – Pie in July

by ChicCakeChick // July 21, 2015 // No Comments

I’ve been overseas for a week which means that there is now a bit of a pie in July backlog to deal with! Today’s treat is Key Lime Pie, the official pie of Florida since 2006. I got the recipe originally from a... Continue reading →

Hummingbird Cake – Reconstructed

by ChicCakeChick // June 27, 2015 // No Comments

It’s nearly the end of June and I confess that I had planned to do more cakey-layers than I actually have! Those ideas have been carefully filed in the “to do” pile, and will emerge in the fullness of time.... Continue reading →

Midwinter Hot Chocolate Layer Cake

by ChicCakeChick // June 21, 2015 // No Comments

It’s midwinter’s Eve – the 21st of June. A sunny day but such a chill that it makes people want to snuggle up by the fire. What better time then to indulge in hot chocolate? I have a whole bunch of... Continue reading →

Golden Syrup Pudding

by ChicCakeChick // June 9, 2015 // No Comments

Winter is here! After an extremely arduous day in gale force winds and 2m swell bashing back from Queenscliff on Sunday, Monday, Queens Birthday seemed like it was sent from the heavens to help me recuperate. Happy Birthday Ma’am, and all... Continue reading →

S’mores Cupcakes -A Cupcake a Day in May

by ChicCakeChick // May 30, 2015 // No Comments

It’s the second to last day of May! On Monday there will be no more cupcakes – but today there are S’mores cupcakes. While my baking skills might be on the improve, I doubt the same can be said about my blogging... Continue reading →

Lemon Meringue Cupcakes – a Cupcake a Day in May

by ChicCakeChick // May 29, 2015 // 1 Comment

The final Gluten-Free Friday has come around! Let’s go out with the pop of flavour and swoosh of meringue in these divine Lemon Meringue Cupcakes. I’ve been making Lemon Meringue Pie for years and years and years. My favourite pie... Continue reading →

Black Forest Cupcakes – A Cupcake a Day in May

by ChicCakeChick // May 23, 2015 // No Comments

It’s the second to last weekend in May, and I’m finding myself challenging my baking skills more and more as the days go by – so today I’ve gone all Masterchef, with my re-mixed take on Black Forest Cupcakes. People... Continue reading →

Tiramisu Cupcakes – A Cupcake a Day in May

by ChicCakeChick // May 22, 2015 // 1 Comment

Tiramisu, the perennial “pick me up” Italian dessert, is today’s gluten free Friday cupcake inspiration. These Tiramisu Cupcakes are kind of traditional – a coffee cupcake, coffee syrup, and Marsala mascarpone topping, all dusted with dark cocoa powder… but now you... Continue reading →

Chocolate and Cream: Gluten Free Chocolate Pudding Cake

by ChicCakeChick // April 25, 2015 // No Comments

You know, once a girl gets some gluten free flour and some xanthan gum in the house, experiments are bound to happen. This gorgeous Gluten Free Chocolate Pudding Cake was one of those experiments – and one that I seem... Continue reading →

A Trademarked Pastry

by ChicCakeChick // April 21, 2015 // 1 Comment

The croissant donut, or “cronut”, has been a massive pastry fad in the past year. In New York, its “originator” Dominique Ansel Bakery caused a huge stir over the pastry (think massive queues, high prices and bootleg pastry sellers) and... Continue reading →

The Chocolate Cream Pie Effect

by ChicCakeChick // February 14, 2015 // 2 Comments

I think I first learned of the existence of Chocolate Cream Pie when watching Goldie Hawn in the ’80s movie Overboard. It was in a tinfoil pie shell which she served on a plate to which her hands had been... Continue reading →

Easy-as Pie

by ChicCakeChick // January 8, 2015 // 1 Comment

Strawberry pie… This new year has been abound with pie. I’d seen a bunch of different strawberry pies on Pinterest, including a baked double-flaky crust one (superb in winter), and a baked strawberry in sour cream filling tart (not a... Continue reading →

Very French Pears

by ChicCakeChick // September 28, 2014 // No Comments

Frangipani… Just like my experience with needing to make Apple pancakes, I also had three pears which I wasn’t quite sure I wanted to eat raw! I really am very naughty when it comes to eating fruit when it’s fresh!... Continue reading →

Them Apples

by ChicCakeChick // September 28, 2014 // No Comments

Here’s a Sunday morning breakfast idea that’s a little lighter but just as delicious as my fluffy pancakes… Apple pancakes! I had a bunch of Jazz apples sitting around that I kind of thought were too old to eat raw.... Continue reading →