Strawberry Cheesecake Upside Down Bundt Cake

by Michelle @ A Tipsy Giraffe // April 30, 2016 // 46 Comments

A delicious and moist yogurt bundt cake, with creamy strawberry cheesecake and fresh strawberries baked right into it. So easy, so yummy and perfect for summer!

Hello my lovelies! Boy, have I got a real treat for you today. This Strawberry Cheesecake Upside Down Bundt Cake is so full of summer flavour, moist and delicious and easy to make. But this scrummy cake is not the only treat I have for you today, because today is the first Yum of the Month! Yum of the Month is a brand new group I am so excited to be a part of, it’s a team of really talented bloggers and bakers facing yummy challenges every month and sharing the results with our lovely readers. Each month we pick a theme and create recipe based around that idea, this month the theme was fresh fruit – absolutely perfect for summer coming up! As you can see, I chose delicious strawberries!

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Nutella Stuffed Shakoy {aka Twisted Donuts }

by Michelle @ A Tipsy Giraffe // April 23, 2016 // 30 Comments

Soft and fluffy twisted donuts, crispy on the outside and stuffed full of Nutella. Really delicious and so quick and easy to make (only one 15 minute rise needed!), these Filipino fried treats will not disappoint!

I have to warn you, these twisted donuts are dangerous! They’re yeast risen but they take hardly any time at all to make, you only need one 15 minute rise – something this delicious just shouldn’t be so easy to make, it’s not good for my waistline! These amazing fried treats were introduced to me by my good friend, Jhuls, who blogs over at The Not So Creative Cook. Don’t let the name fool you, she’s very creative and has some incredible recipes, make sure you check them out. When I saw her Shakoy recipe it went straight to the top of my “MUST make” list. This is Jhuls’ recipe that I have adapted, and I use the word “adapt” very loosely, the only real difference I made is I stuffed them with Nutella – because it’s been too long since I made anything with Nutella!

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Strawberry Chocolate Chip Jumbo Muffins {Bakery Style}

by Michelle @ A Tipsy Giraffe // April 13, 2016 // 34 Comments

Really moist bakery style jumbo muffins full of chocolate chips and a gooey strawberry sauce centre. These Strawberry Chocolate Chip Jumbo Muffins are super-sized, absolutely delicious and taste just like they came from a fancy bakery. With no mixer or fancy ingredients required and simple tips on how to get extra tall muffins with perfect tops (even without a king-size muffin pan), you don’t wanna miss this recipe!

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Muffins are usually my treat of choice when visiting a bakery, they just look so inviting towering over everything else, and there’s just something about a bakery muffin that is so delicious! Well, I’m here to help you recreate that amazing flavour and those sky high muffins at home, with just a wooden spoon, some mixing bowls and some every day, not-so-secret ingredients and methods. Not all heroes wear capes, some of us wear aprons 😉 In all seriousness though, these bakery style jumbo muffins are absolutely scrummy and totally customisable to whatever flavour your heart desires.

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Spicy Mango Layered Rice Pudding {vegan}

by Michelle @ A Tipsy Giraffe // August 4, 2015 // 14 Comments

A flavourful baked rice pudding with layers of spicy mango jam. Made with coconut milk, making it vegan friendly. So easy to make, it’s a great week night dessert!

They always say that you should go grocery shopping with a list and stick to it (only deviating for a better deal on something you need), and for budget purposes that’s definitely a good idea! I don’t know who “they” are, but they’d probably be very disappointed with my shopping habits! I definitely go with a list in mind, but I usually get distracted by offers and random products, I usually end up coming home with a lot of things I never planned to buy. And while that may not be too kind of my bank balance, it does usually end up producing yummy recipes! This rice pudding is one of those times – I was shopping in Aldi and saw pudding rice and thought to myself “hmm I should make rice pudding soon” so I put a bag in my trolley! That pudding rice proceeded to sit in my cupboard for months, unopened – until it eventually met it’s destiny in the form of this delicious Spicy Mango Layered Rice Pudding!

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Homemade Jammie Dodgers

by Michelle @ A Tipsy Giraffe // July 31, 2015 // 53 Comments

Soft, buttery shortbread sandwiched with homemade strawberry jam! A homemade version of the classic British snack, beloved by many – including the Eleventh Doctor! These are Britain’s answer to the Linzer Cookie

There are a few things that Britain takes pride in, usually they are things most people might find odd – like our ability to queue for anything and everything, we take queuing etiquette very seriously. One thing we rightfully take pride in is our biscuits – nothing beats a British biscuit! From the tough cookie HobNob to the beloved Custard Cream, and everything in between – we love our biscuits! Of course, these are not to be confused with what American’s call biscuits, when a Brit says “biscuit” we mean a cookie. I’ve picked up many Americanisms over the last few years, having an American best friend will do that to a person, and I’ll refer to lots of things as “cookies” – but the British classics? They will always be biscuits – a custard cream, a jammie dodger, a chocolate bourbon, a rich tea – always biscuits!

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