Category Archives: Baking
A Fanciful Birthday Tea Party
Take a kitchenware and crockery obsessed mother with a keen eye for detail, a beautiful birthday girl, a few willing pals (one, conveniently, a baker with a camera) and you get a pretty fabulous birthday tea party for a wee
A Fanciful Birthday Tea Party
Take a kitchenware and crockery obsessed mother with a keen eye for detail, a beautiful birthday girl, a few willing pals (one, conveniently, a baker with a camera) and you get a pretty fabulous birthday tea party for a wee
Chocolate Krantz Cake
It’s no surprise that I am a fan of taking it slowly in the kitchen. Once the hideously boring, but necessary chores are done in the morning (laundry, making up bed, tidying up the breakfast stuff), I don the apron
Chocolate Krantz Cake
It’s no surprise that I am a fan of taking it slowly in the kitchen. Once the hideously boring, but necessary chores are done in the morning (laundry, making up bed, tidying up the breakfast stuff), I don the apron
Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice!
We are fortunate to live in an age where sugar has become such a commonplace household ingredient. For something so sweet and pleasure giving, its history is wrapped up in every human facet of ingenuity, entrepreneurship and oppression. It has
Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice!
We are fortunate to live in an age where sugar has become such a commonplace household ingredient. For something so sweet and pleasure giving, its history is wrapped up in every human facet of ingenuity, entrepreneurship and oppression. It has
and ends with a party…
“This is what I want Mummy”, she declared one morning. A green paper with her wonky writing was shoved in my face. On it, was the criteria required for birthday party cake. It had to have flowers, birds, trees and
and ends with a party…
“This is what I want Mummy”, she declared one morning. A green paper with her wonky writing was shoved in my face. On it, was the criteria required for birthday party cake. It had to have flowers, birds, trees and
And it began with a cake…
The festive season begins and ends with my children, literally. Lil Loon celebrates his arrival into the world on the 5th of December and Lil Lassie kicks off the closing ceremony on the 8th of January. The present hunting, wrapping,
And it began with a cake…
The festive season begins and ends with my children, literally. Lil Loon celebrates his arrival into the world on the 5th of December and Lil Lassie kicks off the closing ceremony on the 8th of January. The present hunting, wrapping,
Deck the town with….
Gingerbread is like the perfect red lipstick. I am always, always on the hunt for the one. Christmas for me means gingerbread biscuits and here is one that definitely delivers. These townhouse beauties come from the book Brilliant Biscuits, written by
Deck the town with….
Gingerbread is like the perfect red lipstick. I am always, always on the hunt for the one. Christmas for me means gingerbread biscuits and here is one that definitely delivers. These townhouse beauties come from the book Brilliant Biscuits, written by
Been a while crocodile…
November moved slowly in some ways and heedlessly fast in others. My guest room was busy for weeks on end, housing people that are closest to me; family and a cherished friend. When my mother and brother were here, we
Been a while crocodile…
November moved slowly in some ways and heedlessly fast in others. My guest room was busy for weeks on end, housing people that are closest to me; family and a cherished friend. When my mother and brother were here, we
Chocolate Pound Cake with Pistachio Buttercream
We agreed, ‘No Gifts’ this year. I still traipsed through the shops looking for something small to commemorate the occasion. Nine years, is nine years I thought, it has weight and merit. Could I find something that wouldn’t bust the
Chocolate Pound Cake with Pistachio Buttercream
We agreed, ‘No Gifts’ this year. I still traipsed through the shops looking for something small to commemorate the occasion. Nine years, is nine years I thought, it has weight and merit. Could I find something that wouldn’t bust the
A Pony at a Party
Here is the result of what a bit of bullying and some faith can do. Lil Lassie’s classmate invited her to her birthday party. Her Mum was and is in the midst of settling in the happy chaos that are
A Pony at a Party
Here is the result of what a bit of bullying and some faith can do. Lil Lassie’s classmate invited her to her birthday party. Her Mum was and is in the midst of settling in the happy chaos that are
A Fine Peach Tart
This is the 12th attempt at writing this post. In the time between my last post and this one, I have just about dug myself out of an avalanche of uniforms, lunch boxes, traffic nightmares, homework, tantrums and potty training.
A Fine Peach Tart
This is the 12th attempt at writing this post. In the time between my last post and this one, I have just about dug myself out of an avalanche of uniforms, lunch boxes, traffic nightmares, homework, tantrums and potty training.
An Interloper Interjects
As you read this, my family and I shall be basking under the Spanish sun, us adults drinking sangrias and munching on crispy chopitos while the kids frolic around. As idyllic as this is, I wouldn’t be quite at ease
An Interloper Interjects
As you read this, my family and I shall be basking under the Spanish sun, us adults drinking sangrias and munching on crispy chopitos while the kids frolic around. As idyllic as this is, I wouldn’t be quite at ease
365 Days
Commitment to a project for the long haul wasn’t a skill dished out while I was in the queue. My past seems to be peppered with half finished cross stitch patterns, incomplete piano exams and general abandonment midway; my parents
365 Days
Commitment to a project for the long haul wasn’t a skill dished out while I was in the queue. My past seems to be peppered with half finished cross stitch patterns, incomplete piano exams and general abandonment midway; my parents
A Sweet Thing for Sweet Things
How can you say no to a wedding cake for a children’s school play? How cute an idea is that! Aladdin, like in all good stories, marries Jasmine (well, in the Disney version) and of course, there must be cake.
A Sweet Thing for Sweet Things
How can you say no to a wedding cake for a children’s school play? How cute an idea is that! Aladdin, like in all good stories, marries Jasmine (well, in the Disney version) and of course, there must be cake.
Sometimes, Instant is Good.
A quick post, for a quick biscuit. This one might not be new to you, but when has familiarity ever been an issue with a cookie? If you have a bottle of peanut butter, some sugar, an egg and a
Sometimes, Instant is Good.
A quick post, for a quick biscuit. This one might not be new to you, but when has familiarity ever been an issue with a cookie? If you have a bottle of peanut butter, some sugar, an egg and a
Thankyou, Buttercream Roses
Can anything be more flattering, than being asked to bake? Well, it is if you are as willingly kitchen bound and obsessed as I am. The luggage cake I made for the Hunters was recommendation enough for a request to
Thankyou, Buttercream Roses
Can anything be more flattering, than being asked to bake? Well, it is if you are as willingly kitchen bound and obsessed as I am. The luggage cake I made for the Hunters was recommendation enough for a request to
A Cake That Led to a Macaroon and Other Such Stories.
My recipe To-Do list is growing, in fact, it’s bulging at the seams; like a cake eater’s excess strain on their trouser seams. Mutiny is imminent, unless I arrest the yeasted dough like speed at which it is expanding. I
A Cake That Led to a Macaroon and Other Such Stories.
My recipe To-Do list is growing, in fact, it’s bulging at the seams; like a cake eater’s excess strain on their trouser seams. Mutiny is imminent, unless I arrest the yeasted dough like speed at which it is expanding. I
