Recipes & Tips — home cooking

You know what we are loving? Finding out just how versatile and fun our blondie mix is! Our easy home baking mix makes so much more than blondie bars. They make a whole heap of different wonderful treats like: stuffed mini cakes, petit fours, pie bases, cookies. The choices are endless. Just last week, Clare made this beautiful tarte to celebrate Lulu's anniversary. Blondie Mix Tarte with Berries & Mallow Whipped Cream Directions: Preheat oven to 180c Make up blondie mix as directed on the back of the bag. Spray a tart tin with oil. Press the Blondie mixture into the tin and around the fluted edges. Poke some holes into...

When your cake comes out of the oven, it's common to be slightly domed in the middle--the mark of a 'home-baked' cake! But if you want to take things to the next level, decorate, or ice your cake like a pro, it's easy to level playing field (so to speak)! All you need to do is trim your cake. Don’t be scared by the extra step, it’s easy peasy! When your cake is cooled, carefully remove it from the baking tin. Get level with your cake so that you can see straight across the top. Then, carefully take a serrated knife and...