wildwoman.wholefoods

03/08/2024

Dreaming of that sweet time of year when summer meets autumn and you get the best of both season’s.

Pictured are some dishes inspired by the wonderful produce abundant during that sweet time. They make up part of a hyper local menu created for an intimate dinner.

I’ve had to pull back a bit with weekend bookings so availability is limited. Send me a DM for more info or to discuss dates,
Love Hannah x

03/06/2024

Slab Cake ~ Apple Butter Cake and Coffee Buttermilk Cake layered with salty caramel swiss meringue buttercream

29/04/2024

This was a cake to celebrate the filming of Alison Lester’s ‘Magic Beach’. Inspired by one of Alison’s wonderful illustrations, seen on the last slide 🌊🩵

24/04/2024

~ MOTHERS DAY WORKSHOP ~
Spend the afternoon with us talking all things cake surrounded by flowers and great company. We will dive into sourcing quality ingredients to build flavour on top of sweetness, technique and intuition for a successful meringue buttercream and then explore your own creativity and style decorating your take home cake with locally grown blooms. It’s a whole lot of fun and there will be wine and horses and joy all round.

This workshop is open to all the mamas and grandmamas and sons and daughters and also all the special women in your life, be it an aunty or best friend.
Tickets are sold as a pair; $230 for two and this includes a tour of with Beatrice to check out the mushrooms and meet the horses, local wine by Adrianna & Al and a 7inch 2 layer cake baked lovingly by me and decorated by you. If you have a passionate young caker, 12 years and older, they’re also welcome to accompany you.

To book this intimate workshop to celebrate Mother’s Day, send a DM or txt 0476684117

Looking forward to creating magic with you, Love Hannah x

15/04/2024

A massive thank you to everyone that came along to Baby Cakes, our first kids cake floristry workshop. Our wonderful little cakers were quick to understand the task and managed to make their way through all of the buttercream and most of the cake. Inspiration was bountiful- there was colour and flowers everywhere and they created some beautiful masterpieces to take home.

We loved the afternoon so much and received such a great response, we’re all inspired to do it again. Next school holidays I’ll be running two age groups. Ages 4-6 and 7-10, with the older group focusing on a little more technique. Dates to be confirmed 🌻

Stunning flowers grown one road over by Sue .co

My next cake workshop is on Mothers Day (May 12th). Reach out to book,
Love Hannah x

18/03/2024

~ MOSTLY CLAY MADE ~ EASTER MARKET
I love how this market has evolved and I love that I get to be a part of what now makes it ‘mostly’ clay made. This market is comprised of artists, creatives and of course some of the BEST ceramicists in our region. I’ll be bringing some cute little layer cakes that will serve as edible vases for beautiful blooms, my most favourite ever autumn bake and most likely a whole bunch of cookies.

Hope to see you there,
Love Hannah x

12/03/2024

Breaking up the cake grid with a savoury dish from an intimate dinner. This is the wattlebankfarm oyster mushrooms, three ways. Roasted, pickled and jerkied with black barley, miso butter & coriander chimichurri. A favourite from this menu.

My intimate dinners are available for 8 to 15 guests and consist of 8-10 share plates, spread out over 45min and served on a long table. I come to you with everything needed to make the night super special. The menus are inspired by the best produce from around South Gippsland and the Bass Coast and I source direct from farmers, growers and producers.

There’s limited availability for April & May and I’m now taking booking for June & July. Send me a DM if you would like to know more. Love Hannah x

Second photo thanks to .soul.hub

28/01/2024

Persian Love Cake with Rhubarb & Rose Preserve and Salty French Honey Buttercream.

To celebrate Glenda, who loves gardening and flowers, on her 70th birthday 🥰

I absolutely loved creating this one. If you would like to create cake like this with me, I have some spare spots available for my workshop on this Saturday at . Message to book or order cake 0476684117

Love Hannah x

Dahlias
Flowers
Rhubarb
Cultured Butter

28/01/2024

Chocolate Wattleseed Buttermilk Cake with davidson plum macerated berries and French chocolate miso buttercream. The wattleseed was brewed and used like hot coffee to help dissolve the cocoa and accentuate the chocolate flavour plus I added some freshly ground too. The buttercream was reminiscent of chocolate pudding with a hint of umami from the miso and the freeze dried davidson plum bought a welcome sourness to cut through all the richness. One of my favourite combinations of sweet, sour & salty.

This size cake serves 20-25 people and you can order one by sending me a txt 0476684117

Love Hannah x

Blooms .co
Wattleseed & Davidson Plum
Buttermilk & Cultured Butter
Dark chocolate
Flour

20/01/2024

This was my last cake for 2023. A Christmas savoiardi roulade turned birthday cake for a Christmas babe- aka my sister Kat. Some how in the chaos I made a whole roulade too many but was grateful to find you can stand up a cake roll and add some of the first dahlias from .co and have a pretty birthday cake 🎂

15/01/2024

Savoiardi Sponge with French salty vanilla bean buttercream. A simple beauty wrapped in asparagus fronds and adorned with passion fruit vine and fennel flower.

12/01/2024

Cake to celebrate a 40th birthday.

Olive Oil Chiffon with French Coffee Buttercream, fresh cherries & toasted meringue. Wonderfully wispy, cute & curly dark purple sweet peas. This is my favourite colour of late and I’m constantly looking for it in floral form.

Toasting meringue is fun but also super risky and stress inducing when doing so upon buttercream. So was the very long and bumpy dirt road through the bush to the incredible location in Walkerville. Thankfully she made it in one piece 👌

This cake served 30 peeps and was the celebratory dessert to a buffet style, all local and seasonal lunch. If you would like to know more about what I can offer to cater your whole event, please send me a DM,
Love Hannah x

Purple Sweet Pea .co
Flour
Butter

06/01/2024

Catching up on cake posts from ‘23

This purple floral dream was an olive oil chiffon cake with macerated loganberries and salty vanilla bean swiss meringue buttercream. The purple swirls are coloured with purple sweet potato powder (aka UBE). The vibrancy is achieved by blending the buttercream after mixing in the powder and I’ve had wonderful success with other fruit and vegetable powders using this method. She was such a pretty summer fl**zy!

This is my starting point size cake- 7inch 2 layers and serves 6-8

To order send me a DM or txt 0476684117,
Love Hannah x

Blooms by
Berries
Cultured Butter
Flour

12/12/2023

Lemon Myrtle Meringue Wreath

They make a beautiful centrepiece adorned with cream, curd and fresh berries. They come with meringue kisses for an extra special touch on top. The lemon myrtle gives a welcome burst of citrus amongst the sweetness.
They also come gift wrapped in a box, perfect for giving.

Orders are still open for Christmas delivery on the 23rd. To order, send a DM of txt 0476684117

Love Hannah x

Lemon Myrtle
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11/12/2023

~ WORKSHOP ANNOUNEMENT ~

I’ve combined two of my favourite things - CAKE & FLOWERS - to bring you a workshop loaded with info, hot tips, creativity & fun.

I’ve partnered up with Beatrice & Pete from to provide a beautiful space to decorate cake. You’ll get a guided tour of the farm to meet the horses, check out the mushrooms and learn about all the wonderful things they have on offer.

I’ll be teaching you how to make my fail safe Swiss Meringue Buttercream and I’ll be sharing some tricks of the trade along the way for all things meringue. We will then turn to your cakes (pre-baked my me) and I’ll share my design process from flavours and fillings to my obsession with sweet sour + salty and to colour palettes. I’ll guide you through some different techniques for piping, filling and icing your cake before letting you loose to create your own floral masterpiece. Inspiration will be bountiful…
~ THERE WILL BE FLOWERS EVERYWHERE ~

Flowers will be sourced from local growers Sue .co and Tilia

Through out the afternoon you’ll get to sip on m absolute favourite natural ferment- minimal intervention wine ever grown & produced by Adrianna & Al from

Join us on Feb 3rd at 2pm in the Atrium, Wattlebank Farm (just outside Inverloch)

To book: contact Hannah 0476684117

09/12/2023

Inspired by a love for native blooms… Chocolate buttermilk cake layered with davidson plum macerated strawberries & salty vanilla bean swiss meringue buttercream.

This sweet little babe is 7in with 2 layers and serves 8.
For cake orders send a DM or txt 0476684117

Love Hannah xx

Flowers
Berries
Buttermilk + butter
Flour

04/12/2023

~ CAKE SLAB ~

Chamomile Tea Cake w chunky roast nectarines, dreamy French Buttercream & rhubarb syrup.

I’m in love with the voluptuous squiggles at the moment. They’re so much fun to pipe, mainly because sometimes they seem to go how they please and the unexpected wackiness makes me laugh.

To order a giant slab cake to feed 50-70 peeps send me a DM,
Love Hannah xx

Nigella Flower .co
Feverfew from my patch

28/11/2023

Chocolate Buttermilk Cake w Rhubarb Hibiscus Swiss Meringue Buttercream & Mystic Sands strawberries & blackberries. Happy Birthday

Blooms .co
Ginkgo leaves from Dad
Berries
Rhubarb
Butter + buttermilk
Flour

28/11/2023

Intimate dinners. Small groups. Creative freedom. These are my jam at the moment. This one was particularly special with a group of women celebrating the beautiful

An all veggie menu inspired by the seasonal abundance from local growers. True Farm to Plate. With produce this good there’s little to be done for it take centre stage. Check out the menu on the last slide.

So much appreciation and love for

For all private cheffing and catering send me a DM,
Love Hannah xx

20/11/2023

~ CHRISTMAS MARKET ~
Find me in Loch Village for a beautiful twilight market. I’ll have Christmas puddings and gingerbread tiles plus some cute edible decorations to take home. Most importantly there will be Tiramisu for you to enjoy with a glass of wine whilst you listen to the carols. There will be many other producers and creators and all the shops in Loch will be open late for you to find the perfect gift. I’m really looking forward to this one.
Hope to see you there,
Love Hannah xx

13/11/2023

My most favourite bake ever. Not just because they’re super spiced to satisfy my love for ginger and because they fill my house with the wonderful scent of Christmas but also because of the induced dream state I fall into whilst hand painting glaze onto the embossed floral pattern. There’s faster methods but this way suits me just fine.

Gingerbread Tiles. Available this week up until Christmas. DM to order,
Love Hannah x

12/11/2023

~CHRISTMAS UPDATE~

This year I made the hard decision not to offer Christmas puddings to my wholesale customers. In small quantities they’re a labour of love. In larger quantities I lose the joy and they turn to lots of labour with no love, which is not how I want to create food for you all.

I’m so thankful to my wonderful cafes and stores whom have supported me on this pudding journey over the last 3 years. Whilst you won’t see puds in store, I’ll still have my gingerbread tiles on offer plus some other cute chrissy goods. I’ll be making a limited amount of puddings for Christmas markets and for you to buy direct from me.

This decision opened up time to pursue other creative projects that I would otherwise have to push aside. Opportunities have been plentiful and I’m so excited (and nervous) to share some love projects I’ve been working on with you soon.

Forever grateful to you all,
Love Hannah x

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11/11/2023

Triticale Choc Chunk Cookie w Gin Salt.
They’ve made my cafe staple list which means they’re available every week. The whole triticale flour gives these cookies a chewy delicious sustenance that plain old white just can’t do plus they’re great for dunking which is of the utmost importance.

You’ll find them consistently at & and every other week .and.flow &

Melbourne folk, they’ll be available via this cycle

If you live within my delivery route, I can deliver a big box to your house. Send a DM to order,
Love Hannah xx

Whole Triticale
Dark Chocolate
Cultured Butter
Gin Salt

27/10/2023

GOLDEN TUMERIC, CHAMOMILE & BUTTERMILK PANNA COTTA

Purists should look away. Some may say it’s sacrilegious to put tumeric in panna cotta but I say whateves 💁🏻‍♀️

Floral and musky creamy heaven with some tang from the buttermilk to cut through the sweetness. Plated up with strawberry poached rhubarb and a sprinkle of mountain pepper berry.

This was enjoyed immensely at the recent .wellness.weekend

Buttermilk + Pure Cream
Organic Fresh Tumeric
The best vibrant flavourful rhubarb ever grown by Shane
grass fed bovine gelatine
Mountain Pepper Berry

Desserts like this are offered as part of my retreat menus. If you would like more information on retreat catering or private cheffing please send a DM,
Love Hannah x

24/10/2023

Cake on Retreat for the wonderful to celebrate her 40th birthday with us. Apart from a couple of small signs she traveled 2.5 hours, she was perfectly imperfect.

Chocolate Buttermilk Cake w hidden Lemon Curd and Salty Organic Vanilla Bean Meringue Buttercream.

Blooms by and .co

Flour
Butter + buttermilk

DM to order cake for your special person or event,
Love Hannah x

19/10/2023

~ RETREAT ~
Photo dump from the last .wellness.weekend at the incredible on the Mornington Peninsula.

It’s always a total joy to be immersed in a weekend retreat to feed a group of women whilst working alongside Jeanette and Helen . These two create magic together and if you’re interested un joining us next time bookings are open for April 2024.

Retreat menus are inspired by the amazing seasonal produce on offer from the best local growers and makers around South Gippsland & the Bass Coast. About 85% of the food provided for the whole weekend was sourced locally and from small business.
A super special thank you to the following growers and producers for providing the goods





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Love Hannah x

09/10/2023

10/08/2023

I had a wonderful visit from on Sunday at the . Karli is incredibly generous with her talent and her time but she is also very generous with her words. She has a wonderful ability to lift up every woman around her. We are so fortunate to have her within the South Gippy community. Thanks for photos Karli 😘😘

The Winterfest was a hit and I’m super grateful to everyone who came to eat cake. I loved seeing you all and making some new connections up in the hills.

Here we have..
1. Tiny Lemon & Buttermilk cakes w torched meringue
2. Pumpkin Spice Tea Cake w salty ginger French BC & Beetroot & Hazelnut Brownie
3 + 4. Tahini, Cardamom & Rose Granola

Flour
Butter + Buttermilk
Eggs
Pumpkin + Beetroot
Chocolate
Native Blooms
Oats
Seeds

Love Hannah ###

04/08/2023

The Time Out South Gippsland adventure feature is now live on line, so proud to be amongst amazing peers and collaborators! We were thrilled to host powerhouse duo Carmen Zammit and Matt Kennedy at the farm last June to come for a full immersion day, we will share some of the beautiful imagery very shortly but do love this gorgeous one of Matilda and Pete. The weather was awful, we were wet and cold but it was all part of the fun and the guys got to cosy up around a fire and hamper which we curated from Dirty Three Wines, Prom Coast Food Collective wildwoman.wholefoods Trulli and our produce as well.

Thank you Matt for the awesome words and Carmen for your beautiful imagery! Above all thanks Visit Victoria and Time Out Melbourne for reaching out to us. Here is the link to the article. Enjoy!

https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/travel/the-best-natural-wonders-to-discover-in-gippsland

Image credit: Carmen Zammit



Beatrice Imbert Peter Bland

03/08/2023

Spiced Chocolate Torte w mountain pepperberry. She’s a rich decadent dream of 73% dark chocolate and cultured butter with hints of coffee and cardamom. A little heat from the mountain pepperberry to warm your belly & your heart. A winter favourite. Can confirm she goes wonderfully with mulled wine and I will have some with me this Sunday

Also available to order as a whole cake and for wholesale xx

Chocolate
Cultured Butter
Mountain Pepperberry