Cake, kids & exercise
They sound fun and tasty, so I gave them a try. I used a book from the library called 'Wicked Cupcakes!' by Luisa Zissman. She was on The Apprentice years ago, apparently, and has a cupcake shop....sure it had to be a success eh... Well they were, but her recipe makes way more than 12… Continue reading Cola Cupcakes
Pavlova conjures up so many memories of my childhood. We had pavlova for every family occasion - visitors, Communions, Christmas and Easters. It was always on the menu. Sometimes with kiwi or tinned fruit but they were never as popular as fresh strawberries. Mary, my Mum was a keen baker and made a mean Pavlova.… Continue reading Mary’s Strawberry Pavlova
These Vanilla Cookies are easy to make and the dough can be frozen. The dough does not spread when cooked so are perfect for making shaped cookies using cookie cutters. I use this all year round and it never fails me. See Halloween and Easter for more inspo. Ingredients: 100 g butter at room temp… Continue reading Vanilla Cookies
🎄I've been asked a few times for a really good gingerbread recipe. It's a hard one to answer for me, as I am not a ginger fan🙈. Anyway, this year, I decided to try making gingerbread dough and enlisted a few taste testers to give their verdict. They liked it, so I'll take a leap… Continue reading Gingerbread
These are so easy and kids seem to love anything on a stick, so go mad for them. They also involve no baking! Score. In short - stick a straw into a marshmallow, dip it in melted chocolate and dip in sprinkles. That's basically it. Ok, so sprinkles and chocolate splashes are inevitable, but it'll… Continue reading Halloween Marshmallow Pops
In the last 12 months, I've gone from 10 km runner to running longer distances. 2019 is a big year for me. I ran a 10 mile race in February and my first ever half marathon in April. I had wanted to do a half marathon for quite a while and was thrilled to finally… Continue reading My Biggest Running Challenge
This recipe caught my eye when I was flicking through a cook book. It sounds like such a yummy combo. I'm a big Rachel Allen recipe fan and have a number of her books. This is from 'Bake', which is one of her older books. She does a basic cookie recipe and then suggests a… Continue reading White Chocolate and Orange Cookies
I'm a big lemon cake fan, as is everyone in our house. I recently tried a variation of the much used 'iced lemon traybake' that involved using lemons and limes. The recipe actually calls for lemon curd, but when I made the cake, I had none - it was still yum. I reckon the curd… Continue reading Lemon and Lime Traybake
We have always gone to Spain on holidays but fancied something different this year. A holiday that was less of a 'sun holiday' but still lots of fun, so we considered Holland. I've heard Duinrell mentioned before, but until I did some googling, knew very little about it. Our kids are 8 & 9 so… Continue reading Duinrell review
The full title is actually 'Chocolate Traybake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting' but that's quite a mouthful! I doubt that it would fit as a title. I've made this many times. The traybake is easy and quick to make. The traybake recipe is from bbc food recipes website. The frosting recipe was for a different cake on… Continue reading Chocolate Traybake
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