Morning cup of coffee

Feeling lethargic and restless? Fancy a substitute for that morning cup of coffee? How about popping a few of these aromatic cuties?

New from our test kitchen, we present to you our Mini Coffee Cupcakes. Think full-bodied coffee flavour with a tinge of sweetness and a swirl of coffee infused buttercream on the top. We hope you don't get a caffeine overdose!

Taste of Spring

With a gentle early summer heat rolling into our home and through the kitchen door, I imagine a permeating scent of tanginess. One so refreshing it elevates the mind from the looming heaviness of high summer in the test kitchen. Lemons... yes, that should do the trick...



So with a bagful of lemons, the test kitchen crew worked up some magic. A little lemon zest here, a trickle of lemon juice over there, before finally arriving at a delightfully yellow, whimisical little piece. Our very own Lemon Meringue Cupcake. A light-as-air lemon-y sponge cake topped with a dollop of (addictively tangy) homemade lemon curd and finished with a spot of Italian meringue, torched to a lovely brown round the edges.

Yummy? You can say that again.

The mystery solved...

Having finally solved the mystery of the hulk-like macarons, we decided to celebrate by creating a new flavour in our test kitchen.

And so, the Lemon Poppyseed Macaron was born. Topped with a sprinkle of poppyseeds before baking (for the extra crunch), the deal is sealed by a vanilla scented cream cheese filling. Inspired by Carole Walter's Lemon Poppyseed Cream Cheese Poundcake recipe, the idea is you get the taste of her poundcake in a pretty macaron!