Baking Needs

Give yourself, your family & friends an authentic, uniquely Australian treat. Fresh from your own kitchen; Ready in under 30 minutes!

Gluten-Free, Preservative-Free, Colour-Free

Made in Australia

Rosewater can be used in toners and other cosmetic potions. Or just as a cooling and refreshing spray. Spray it in your car to cool it down before driving away. Rosewater is also used in Lebanese pastries.

Used the best vanilla beans from Madagascar and Papua New Guinea, to make this 100% Natural Vanilla Extract, based on the alcohol extraction method, much better than sugar based methods. Our vanilla does not crystallise when heated. The alcohol evaporates leaving a full vanilla flavour behind.

A must for the enthusiastic baker who loves making cakes.

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Natural vanilla essence that only the best natural beans are used to give a rich vanilla flavour to your baking.

The same method of extraction is used for all Whittingtons essences.  Whittingtons preserve with alcohol.

100% natural orange essence. Rich in natural flavour.

This rich  natural flavour is  perfect for adding a touch of orange  to cakes, cookies, chocolate and cocktails.  and cooking.

100% natural lemon essence. Rich in natural flavour.

A very intense lemon flavour makes this essence perfect for lemon cheesecake, lemon glazed icing and your own limoncello after dinner digestif.

100% natural rum essence. Rich in natural flavour.

Use this essence to make great rum balls, add flavour to drinks and enhance ice cream.

UnSalted Scottish Butter

Graham's - The Family Dairy: Isabella Graham was a lovely woman, and a real dairy alchemist, transforming milk into deliciously rich creamy butter. She would churn the butter for just the right length of time to create a taste no other butter could match. Thanks Grandma!

Slightly Salted Scottish Butter

Graham's - The Family Dairy: While Grandma Isabella Graham always made butter the way it was meant to be, some of her friends preferred it with a slightly saltier taste. So she would add a touch of salt, just enough for the perfect flavour. Good taste really is timeless.

Read here a snip from Bannister Downs website:

Our Farm Fresh Milk is as pure as nature intended, undergoing only homogenisation to evenly distribute the cream and pasteurisation as required by Australian Health Regulations. We are one of the few processors in Australia using traditional low temperature processing methods in order to achieve a wonderful milk flavour.

All of our products are GM free, as we purchase directly from our chosen GM free grain suppliers when we purchase grain for our girls.

Bannister Downs' delicious non-homogenised Full Cream Milk is now available in their signature vintage glass milk bottles.

So what’s the difference between homogenised and non-homogenised milk?

Homogenised milk has been processed through a very fine channel at a high pressure to redistribute the creamy layers into smaller particles that stay suspended in the milk throughout the milk, whereas non-homogenised milk hasn’t been through this process.

This means that the cream sits on the top of the milk in the bottle, in a delicious thick and creamy layer, just like traditional milk from yester year.

Enjoy the flavour of Full Cream Milk fresh from Bannister Downs, non-homogenised and exactly as nature intended. Their non-homogenised milk is also traditionally batch pasteurised using low temperatures to make sure you can taste a wonderful real milk flavour.

All of Bannister Downs products are GM free.