There is nothing better than a delicious moist red velvet cupcake. I think it has something to do with the combination of the soft sweet cake with the tangy cream cheese icing…whatever it is…it is delicious! A close friend of mine, Roelof, is a red velvet connoisseur, so when asked what cake he would like me to bake for his… Read more →
As I love to bake (actually obsessed) and recently received a copy of the Hummingbird ‘Cake Days’ cookbook, I decided to make something I have heard a lot about but had never tried – whoopie pies. Whoopie pies are an American sweet treat, that are part cookie and part cake…sounds heavenly doesn’t it! On Wikipedia, it says they are also referred… Read more →
One of my favourite things in the whole-wide-world is peanut butter ( I don’t think anyone has ever noticed…hehe…so you can expect more peanut butter recipes…hopefully soon)…and now I have paired it with another of my other favourite things – cookies! These are delicious, soft and moreish peanut butter and honey cookies. I was inspired to develop this recipe from… Read more →
On Sunday, myself & my friends (Ange & Candy) decided that we needed to bake something…as if this is a feeling we never have…we are forever looking for baking projects…so we decided to make some sugar cookies. This was mainly due to the fact that we had been to Kadies the day before and bought a selection of new cookie… Read more →
We had family tea for my husband’s birthday (yes, his birthday just seems to be stretching over a month! haha!), so I needed some inspiration to make yummy cupcakes. Off I went to my favourite food blogs…and came across a recipe from I am Baker for Cherry Limeade cupcakes. They sounded so divine, I knew I had to try them…I did slightly…ever… Read more →
As last weekend was already a baking weekend with my whiskey chocolate cheese cake…I thought I might as well go all out, so I also made Julia Taylor’s (MasterChef Australia season 4) melting moments for Father’s Day. Let me just say…they were a success – not a single one left! Melting moments remind me of biscuits that I grew up eating… Read more →
As it was Father’s Day on Sunday, we had lunch at my in-laws. I was asked to bring dessert…I must mention there were 16 adults and 2 children…I thought long and hard as to what one takes for so many people. I finally decided to look through my Le Creuset recipes and stumbled upon an Irish whiskey chocolate cheese cake and thought…yum yum! Decadent… Read more →