Best Cinnamon Rolls with Not Quite Nigella

My love for cinnamon rolls is quite fresh. I’d say we’re still in the honeymoon phase. My eyes light up when I see them and I get butterflies in my stomach when I think about them. I first fell in love with them in Canada, earlier this year. I can’t believe we didn’t meet earlier. I spotted a huge sign near a café where we were living that read ‘Fresh Gooey Cinnamon Rolls’. It was winter and I was intrigued. Would it be a bad gooey or a good gooey? It took me another few weeks to introduce myself to them. But when we met, it was love at first taste. The rolls were soft and the gooey, sugary cinnamon sauce that was swirled between the bread was made for the sweet cream cheese icing that coated them. It was a good gooey! If you haven’t tried a cinnamon roll then you need to change that ASAP. I made a batch of 16 a few days ago and there are only three left…. Whoops! But they were smaller than usual and Mr Eat Canberra helped me so that’s totally ok, right? Continue reading Best Cinnamon Rolls with Not Quite Nigella

New bar and grill opens in Hall

I have a confession to make. Until recently, I didn’t know where Hall was…. I actually thought it was somewhere past Yass. So you can imagine my surprise when we entered the sweet little township, and warm glow of 1882 Bar and Grill just 20 minutes from Canberra CBD. Continue reading New bar and grill opens in Hall

Red wine and dark chocolate cake

Red wine and chocolate

In celebration of Canberra Wine Week, I tasked Eat Canberra’s cake queen, Amy, (from Blossom and Pearl) with a very important job….. To create a delicious sweet treat for you to make at home, using local products! Let’s see what she came up with…. Continue reading Red wine and dark chocolate cake