Chocolate Chip Macadamia Cookies

Natasha is a Melbourne-based blogger and pastry chef.

She grew up baking with her family and always enjoyed helping out by mixing cake batter, eating raw pie dough and making a big mess in the kitchen. Somewhere along the way, she fell in love with butter, flour and sugar.

After graduating from university and deciding that the world of public relations was not for her, she turned her sights to her favourite pastime – baking.

That was when Natasha’s blog, Butter Baking, was born. It inspired and motivated her to try new recipes, challenge her home baking skills and learn a little about food photography.

Soon after, she enrolled in culinary school and dove into the sweet world of pastry, chocolate and gateaux professionally.

Her blog has since blossomed from having the odd reader (pretty much her family!) to getting thousands of hits per day. She bakes, styles and photographs all her content herself, and even films the odd baking video.

Natasha spends her days dreaming up new recipes for the blog, creating custom cakes for her clients and eating far too many cookies!