lemon poppyseed cake (vegan)

It’s moist, tender, full of lemon flavour, and filled with nutty poppy seeds. It’s covered with a tart passion fruit glaze. Divine! I made this on my birthday to put on the birthday table with flowers and lovely gifts the boys put together. And then, made it again the next day for a friend’s birthday. […]

golden honey passionfruit elixir & a chia pudding

A recipe created for  Holmes Place magazine as part of an ongoing concept of seasonal ‘superfoods’ throughout the year. Elixir: a substance, usually a liquid, with a magical power to cure, improve, or preserve something. This Elixir is a wonderful topping for your morning yoghurt or warm-cooked oats. At other times, it is mixed in […]

mango passionfruit sorbet (vegan)

I photographed this before I left for our holiday. We travelled for almost two days and a bit, arriving in a haze. Finally, with our feet on earthly ground and toes in the sand.  The jet lag is HUGE but worth every moment of breathing in all these familiar scents and sounds.  The early mornings […]