My sister-in-law asked me to bake her a cake for her birthday…her only specification was that the recipe should be from the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook – Cake Days. There were so many cake choices, but I decided to make the Spiced Apple Cake as she loves a carrot cake and thought this is merely an apple version, so would be just… Read more →
I am in the process of packing and getting ready for my beach holiday…we leave on Saturday morning. Super excited! All I can sing in my head is : We all going on a Summer holiday by Cliff Richards…yeah my parents love him…I might have given away my age…not sure! Anyway, with holiday’s fresh in my mind, I started making… Read more →
There is just something magical about lemons…they have such a unique and uplifting flavour and fragrance…and boy are they diverse! They are delicious in both savoury and sweet dishes. And, I think they have to be one of my favourite ingredients…they add freshness and zing to everything…and make dishes moreish! In this lemon polenta cake, that is no different! It… Read more →
As you know, I made this Marmite and cheese bundt recently for my friend, Candice’s baby shower. It is one of the most delicious savoury dishes ever…Marmite and cheese are a match made in savoury heaven! Think grilled cheese but sooooo much better – that is what this dish is…for me anyway! The first time I tasted this savoury bundt… Read more →
One of my closest friends, Candice, asked myself and my another good friend, Ange (you might remember her as my baking buddy) to organise her baby shower. We were super excited to be organising this important event and decided to do all the décor and catering ourselves (I think if I knew then what I know now…I might not have done it… Read more →
My husband, Garith, went to a friend’s house last weekend for a good old-fashioned LAN…so a whole bunch of guys get together and play computer games against each other till the early hours of the morning. So I decided, as they need to keep their sugar levels up that I would make a delicious and traditional pecan nut pie. What… Read more →
Appletiser has launched two new and delicious flavours…Appletiser Colours Pink, which is Apple and Strawberry flavour and Appletiser Colours Amber, which is Apple and Peach flavour. I love the packaging (especially the Pink) and there is no surprise that Appletiser launched such diverse and different flavours. I was pleasant surprised when I tasted them, they were both so yummy and… Read more →
I recently received a pack of Invisibobbles. If you have never heard of them, they are hair rings that look like telephone cables, well that is the easiest way to explain them (I have included a pic below). When the Invisibobble is wrapped around your hair, it places uneven pressure around the circumference of your ponytail, this is the reason it doesn’t leave… Read more →
October is pink month, meaning it is breast cancer awareness month. And, there are so many worthy campaigns that are run at this time of year to raise awareness around breast cancer. I do my best to support them, where and when I can. I have been very lucky not to have lost any family members to breast cancer or… Read more →
Finally it is here…the recipe for the cupcakes that go with the delicious lemon curd and Italian meringue frosting. I am a sucker for that perfect balance between sweet and sour and that is what lemon meringue hidden centre cupcakes are for me…perfectly delicious, sweet and sour! Yum! The cupcakes are alot of work because of all the elements that need… Read more →