A few weeks ago I was looking online for inspiration for making an elephant cake and found there really aren’t that many available. Sure, there is a plethora of nursery-styled ‘Jumbo the Elephant’ type cakes, but I wanted something more authentic. The occasion was my father’s 80th birthday and the celebration was to be a […]
Christmas Cake with Snowflakes
I didn’t start making my Christmas cakes until the beginning of December which is a little late but now that the fruit and nuts have soaked in brandy and citrus juice, the cakes have been baked and then finally iced and decorated, I feel I have caught up with the season. A few years ago […]
Cheat’s Bombe Alaska
Ever since we enjoyed Bombe Alaska on New Year’s Eve, it’s been on my mind how much I’d like to make one. This is a theatrical dessert that was big in the 70’s when a dinner party wasn’t a dinner party unless you were setting your guests’ food on fire. But the dessert originated a […]
Blueberry Lattice Pie
Sometimes I fear that people think I make things up. But I’ll tell you what happened when I took Rosie to the vet anyway. I received a text message telling me the dear little girl was due for her annual immunisations and check-up. When I made the appointment I told them I thought she had […]
Gingerbread Loaf
When I was in high school I had a friend Mattie who never showed any signs of wanting to cook. Since leaving school we haven’t seen a lot of each other as he moved away from Sydney however, we do keep in touch through facebook. A few weeks ago he posted a photo of a […]
Custard Squares
Alfie is under-weight. I think you might already know that. I certainly know it. And last week the little guy was at swim squads and his coach said he wanted to have a word with me. I know from experience that when someone wants to have ‘a word’, I have every right to become anxious. […]
Triple Layer Pavlova
What to do when you have a freezer full of little zip-lock bags containing egg whites. I don’t know why it is I have so many egg whites but I do. A few days ago we were invited to a friend’s house for some American hamburgers, (he’s from New York and he cooks a great […]
Tropical Cake with Coconut Cream Frosting
As most of you are aware, Miss Arabella has had a birthday. And while we did have a ‘Queen of the Desert’ party and while I did make a stiletto riding on top of a bus, birthday cake, there was still that issue of a more intimate family celebration. The weather for Miss Arabella’s party […]
How to Make a Bus Cake with a Stiletto Shoe
When Arabella chose, ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert‘ as the theme for her 21st birthday party I knew I’d need to make an appropriate cake and thought about what best symbolised the movie/musical. The realisation came upon me that central to the movie is the bus named ‘Priscilla’ with its giant sparkling stiletto perched precariously […]
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