By now I am sure you are aware that I have a super sweet tooth…so whenever the opportunity arises I am baking something delicious and decadent in my kitchen. This tart is a little different from my normal over the top choices…don’t get me wrong, it is delicious! However, it is not super sweet, rather just the right about of… Read more →
Now that I have set the wine tasting at home scene (in case you didn’t see my post – here is a link : Nederburg Winemasters Reserve Wine Tasting). Let me go into some detail about the first lot of wines we tasted, which were the white varietals. As white wines tend be fairly light, we didn’t want to pair… Read more →
As I’m sure you are aware, my husband loves wine, especially reds where as I am more like a wine beginner or virgin. I am still exploring and discovering what I like and what I don’t like. This is the main reason we decided to host a wine tasting and pairing day with our close friends. It was really just… Read more →
Our Miss Piggie cake is adapted from a 80’s birthday cake book for children, Women’s Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake Book. If you were a child in the 80’s and early 90’s, there is a good chance that your mum had this book or knew someone who did. My brother and I many of these cakes for our birthdays, throughout our… Read more →
By now you all know that it is no secret that I have a certain weakness for chocolate! So, I was delighted to find some new and mouth-shatteringly delicious LINDT HELLO flavours in-store! I want to share with you the new flavours and why I love them! The three new flavours are Dark Chocolate Cookie, Sweet Popcorn and Coffee Blast.… Read more →
Calling all chocoholics…yes that includes me…Cadbury Dairy Milk has opened a pop-up store in Sandton City, JHB – The world of Marvellous Creations. It is offering all us chocolate fans the opportunity to enjoy an experiential journey of fun and flavours. The pop-up store is from 23 May to 21 June 2015, between 9:00 – 20:00, daily. So best get down… Read more →
For my Dad’s birthday we (Angelique and myself of course) decided to make one of his favourite cakes – Cherry Madeira Cake. It was the cake that his gran (my great gran), Mummy Doreen, used to make for him for his birthday every year while she was still alive. I can say that he was suitable impressed, it was not… Read more →
For my friend’s birthday, we decided to make a ginger crunch tart as she loves ginger. So of course I had to get the recipe from my mother, who since tells me she can’t remember who gave her the recipe. However, this is by far one of my favourite tarts, as it is not rich but oh so yummy (if… Read more →
One of my favourite Easter treats are hot cross buns…I love the combination of spiciness and the soft juicy raisins. I have never made my own hot cross buns but I decided that this year I really need to try a batch as they are just basically spicy rolls like taste like heaven…how hard can that be. I can now say… Read more →
By now I am sure you know that I LOVE peanut butter…so you can imagine my delight when I discovered I can make peanut butter and other nut butters in the Thermomix! After a little experimenting, i found that the best peanut butter is simple and very quick to make. If you like our peanut butter a little sweeter, you… Read more →