O Categories Recipes 19th July 2025 Oat cookies – the crunchy type These cookies are oaty, subtly milky and studded with big chunks of chocolate. You can mix up the combinations of nuts, chocolate, fruit and spices..
C Categories Recipes 30th September 2023 Carrot Cake A classic – what more is there to say?I use cardamom, ginger and cinnamon, but you could mix up the spices. This recipe is adapted..
C Categories Recipes 29th July 2022 Coconut & Passionfruit Loaf Need a gluten free cake recipe? This one is a goodie. It uses coconut and almond meal. It’s topped with a tart passionfruit buttercream. Serves..
B Categories Recipes 27th March 2022 Beetroot & Walnut Brownie I’m not usually one for “healthy” baking, especially if it compromises on deliciousness. But I had a lone beetroot lurking in my fridge, and I..
C Categories Recipes 1st November 2020 Chicken, Leek & Bacon Pie A proper pie with a pasty top and bottom, perfect for a winter Sunday lunch. I loosely followed two chicken pie recipes, one from the..
M Categories Recipes 5th June 2020 Millionaire’s shortbread A.k.a caramel slice if you’re an Antipodean. This triple-layered sugar hit has a crunchy shortbread base, a thick caramel middle and a chocolate top. It..
H Categories Recipes 27th April 2020 Hot cross buns At Easter time, or any time of the year for that matter, I love a good hot cross bun. Not the rubbish kind with barely..
T Categories Recipes 11th January 2020 Tarte au citron – tangy, tart and delicious The last time I tried to whip up a citrus tart it resembled scrambled eggs in a pastry shell. Not good. That recipe got veto’d…
A Categories Making and Baking 16th July 2018 About Cake Browns Kia ora and welcome! I’m Kate, Kate Brown, and I believe a really good cake is one of life’s delights. While I have always..
