Pumpkin cake                      

Angela Marshall

 Use a dry pumpkin like Queensland Blue or Jarrahdale. Kents are too wet.

1 cup cooked mashed pumpkin (260 gms) – allow to cool and drain off all excess moisture
1 dessertspoon grated orange rind
3 tablespoons butter (90 gms)
¾ cup sugar (165 gms)
1 egg
1 cup sultanas (165 gms)
2 cups SR flour (300 gms)
Pinch salt
½ cup milk (125 … Read more »

Truffle ice cream

Fiona Kotvojs
Gulaga Gold, Dignams Creek

Ingredients:
300 ml milk
Pinch salt
½ cup caster/pure icing sugar (not icing sugar mixture)
10 g grated truffle
2 eggs
300 ml cream

Method: 12-24 hours before making the ice cream start infusing the cream with truffle flavour. To do this, combine the cream and truffle. Refrigerate and allow to infuse for 12-24 hours. Then whisk the eggs. Combine milk, salt and sugar … Read more »

Honorbread Scones (with thanks to Honorbread) 

Here’s what you will need: 

1 cup of oats
2 cups of flour
40 grams of butter
1 cup (250 ml) cream
1 cup currants
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon of baking powder
a few sneaky chocolate buttons
flour, to dust 

Here’s what you will do: 

1. Combine all dry ingredients and butter in a bowl. Use fingertips to rub butter into the dry ingredients until well … Read more »

Honey baked apples

Ingredients:

6 x apples
½ cup muesli of choice
¼ tsp cinnamon
2 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp coconut oil
ricotta and extra honey to serve

Method: 

Preheat your oven to 180C. Core the apples and place in a baking dish. Fill the centres of the apples with muesli and scatter more around the base to soak up juices.

Melt together honey, coconut oil and cinnamon and mix to … Read more »

Nutmeg Cake

by Flick Ruby

1½ cups soft brown sugar
2 cups SR flour
125 gm butter
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
Generous handful of walnuts
Small 20 cm springform cake tin

Combine sugar and flour in a large bowl. Rub in the butter until it’s like breadcrumbs. Grease the cake tin with butter. Press half of the mixture evenly over the base of the … Read more »

Buckwheat and Strawberry Tart

by Nicky Hutteman

Pastry:

125 gms buckwheat flour
125 gms almond flour/meal
1 Tbsp pure icing sugar
125 gms room temperature butter chopped/alternatively 125 gms coconut oil
1 egg yolk
½ tps cold water 

Filling:

500 grams strawberries or any mixed berries
¼ cup honey
¼ cup cornflour
2 tps fresh grated ginger

Method:

Combine buckwheat, almond meal and icing sugar in food processor till combined.
Mix egg yolk with water. … Read more »