a woodland forest birthday
I started planning Hadleigh’s first birthday when he was still crawling around drooling all over himself. It was the most fun I have ever had planning anything, and if I […]
Tag Archives: baking
welcome twenty fifteen!
A very happy New Year to you all! 2014 has been great, but tiring…which I am sure you can gather from the absence throughout the latter part of the year! But […]
half birthdays; it’s a thing.
Half birthdays really is a thing. Just ask Pinterest. I even saw grown-up cakes celebrating half birthdays. So baking “half” a cake to celebrate Hadleigh’s first six months didn’t seem […]
back on the peanut butter train
Baby is due in a week (eeek!) and I’m back on the peanut butter train. For the first three months of my pregnancy the only thing I could stomach was […]
orange and poppies
I have been craving a delicious orange and poppy seed cupcake for ages now, and after eating a disappointingly average one from a café a while ago I thought it […]
a very zesty cheesecake slice
We’ve had another birthday at work this week, and although there should never be a reason needed for cake, this was a good a time as any to bring something […]
tinkering with tradition (and being rewarded for it)
I was born in South Africa and in South Africa banana bread is very traditional. You will find it at any and every gathering where tea and coffee is served, […]
caramel self-saucing pudding three ways
One of the great perks of winter in my opinion is the food we get to eat. For example, digging your spoon into a steaming hot self-saucing pudding on a […]
savoury sundays: home-made moroccan lamb pies
To me, nothing quite says mid-week winter dinner like a good home-made pie. I have never been a huge fan of pies, there was a time when I refused to […]
miniature banoffee pies
Oh the cravings again. This time it has been for banoffee pie. Nothing weird about that as such, except I have never been a huge fan. I think I may […]
good idea: tartlet shells in two minutes
I have this week discovered the most marvellous invention on the back of a pack of Arnott’s biscuits. I normally never read the recipes printed on the back of biscuit […]
if it’s got a candle on it, the calories don’t count
It’s my sister’s birthday today. Normally a very happy occasion, but right now we are separated by more than 2,000 kilometres and the Tasman Sea. And it makes me sad […]
coffee cake that needs no special occasion
My good husband has been asking so nicely for weeks now for me to bake him a coffee cake. There has been a few occasions lately requiring ‘occasion specific’ baking, […]
chocolate fudge from my childhood
One of my fondest childhood sweet treat memories is chocolate fudge with crushed biscuits (if you grew up in South Africa like I did, you’ll know it as Marie Biscuit […]
cinnamon pops and sticky toffee
I have been taunted yet again by more cravings, this time it has been cinnamon. It feels like I am smelling it everywhere. I am starting to wonder whether the […]
cheesecake to go
Cheesecake is one of those versatile desserts that can taste amazing with just a few ingredients and be paired up with most sweet things. I have worked on a very […]
cake pops!
Cake pops must be one of the best baking inventions ever. It is the perfect party food for young and old, and can easily be decorated for any occasion from […]
the epitome of autumn flavours
For me, one of the best flavour combinations in baking are dates and caramel. On its own dates don’t really get my heart racing but chopped up and paired with […]
easiest carrot cake…ever
My sister and I recently went to visit a little town on the Sunshine Coast, called Montville. Cute as a button it was. A real touristy place, with plenty of […]
cookies in a jar
I only discovered this cute little idea recently as I was flicking through a magazine for some Christmas inspiration. It was the first of its kind that I have come […]
