It’s hard to believe that around a year ago I started working on an eBook, which actually ended up being my first ever self published cookbook Everyday Bakes.
The idea, inspired by the amount of people getting into their kitchens during those early days of the pandemic in Australia, was to bring together a selection of easy and accessible recipes that could fit into your everyday life.
Not the recipes you need days of planning to find all the ingredients and hours to actually bake it, but simple home baking that always tastes good and brings a little bit of your joy to your day.
Many of the recipes came directly from or were inspired by recipes my Grandma made or had in her collection. I think we go back to these kinds of comforting traditional bakes for a reason. They are good, they are tasty and they are reliable. And in moments where we need comfort (enter global pandemic), these types of reliable familiar bakes can act like a comfort blanket and mindfulness exercise all in one.
Everyday Bakes has been out in the world for over 6 months now, and I still get so excited when a new order comes through or someone sends me or tags me in a photo of something they’ve made from the book. It’s so lovely to see my book taking up space on your bookshelf and the recipes becoming part of your baking repertoire. Check out this Instagram Story highlight to see some BTS of the cookbook process, and what everyone has been baking since receiving their copies.
There are only a handful of copies left now, and if you would like to add it to your collection click the link below to grab one of the last ones. Don’t forget the ever handy Everyday Bakes tea towel too. As someone who spends a lot of time in the kitchen, I can say with a lot of certainty that a good tea towel will be used over and over during your baking adventures. And this one is quite large and washes up really well. It also features my Everyday Bakes motto - ‘bake share eat repeat’ - and an illustration and logo designed by the lovely Naomi Bulger.
You can see more photos of the cookbook and tea towel in the gallery below, as well as on the product listing for each item in my online store.
I’ve also included the first page of the book (click image to enlarge), the Introduction here as it explains how and why this cookbook came about and the types of recipes to expect in it.
For a look at one of the recipes in Everyday Bakes, check out this recipe for my Grandma’s Gingernuts which feature in the book.
And check out this Instagram Reel I made showing you how easy it is to make the Lemonade Scones from my cookbook!
