Mmm. Nice sweet-savoury snack to take down to Party Central tonight to see the All Blacks beat Les Bleus! (Postscript: NZ 37: France 17 woo ha!) See the full post on Heidi Swanson's site, www.101cookbooks.com. She just uses walnuts but I used walnuts, almonds, hazels and brazils.

1 cup / 5 oz / 140 g brown sugar or natural cane sugar
2 teaspoons fine grain sea salt
1 teaspoon chopped rosemary leaves
1/4 cup / 1 oz / 30g sesame seeds
2 large egg whites
1 lb / ~4 cups shelled walnut halves
1/...

This is easy and guaranteed to impress everyone.

Preheat oven to 170 C. Into a blender goes:

¾ c sugar

2 eggs

1 c plain yoghurt

¾ c oil

zest of 2 or 3 lemons

2 c self-raising flour (or 1 c ground almonds, 1 c semolina, 1 Tbs baking powder)

Blend until mixed. Pour into greased baking tin and bake for 45-60 mins until cooked through.

While cake is cooling, make a syrup by heating up in a pan the juice of 2 lemons and ¼ c sugar. Poke some holes on top of the ca...

Bake Club is one year old! To celebrate I made some cinnamon crisps.

2/3 c (155 g) butter

1/3 c caster sugar

1 ½ c self-raising flour

½ c ground almonds

1 tsp ground cinnamon

pinch salt

Preheat oven to 180 C. Lightly grease baking sheets or line them with baking paper.
Cream butter and sugar. Sift together flour, almonds, cinnamon and salt and add to creamed mixture. Use wooden spoon to mix well.
Turn out onto lightly floured surface and roll out between 2 sheets o...

• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

1.   Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve the baking s...

What a fantastic debut on Bake Club, Anna! The tofu was a real surprise ingredient - delicious.

Cake Ingredients:
1 ¾ cup flour
1 cup cocoa powder
1 ½ t. baking powder
1 ½ t. baking soda
¼ t. salt
1 12.3-ounce box firm silken tofu (I get the ‘fresh’ tofu from the Tofu Shop on the North Shore)
1/4 cup maple syrup or golden syrup
1 cup brown sugar
3 Tablespoon oil
1tsp vanilla essence
1 cup almond milk or soya milk
1/3 cup boiling water
At least 1 cup of mixed ...

This is a wickedly good treat for watching films at home or in the cinema, or watching the Reds beat the Crusaders in the Super 15 final. Boo!

5 cups freshly popped popcorn
1 cup whole almonds
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
50 g butter
2 tbs golden syrup or maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Preheat oven to 100 C. Grease a baking sheet.
Mix popcorn and almonds in large bowl.
Over low heat, mix sugar, butter and syrup in medium sauce...