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
December 11, 2016 By 33 Comments
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
January 23, 2016 By 37 Comments
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
November 24, 2015 By 38 Comments
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
November 19, 2015 By 38 Comments
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
October 18, 2015 By 38 Comments
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
October 11, 2015 By 33 Comments
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
October 3, 2015 By 26 Comments
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
September 25, 2015 By 34 Comments
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 […]
Iced VoVo Biscuits
September 17, 2015 By 37 Comments
If there’s ever a biscuit that brings out nostalgic feelings in an Aussie, it’s the Iced VoVo. Yes, the other one on the nostalgia list is the Tim Tam but for today, we’re talking about Iced VoVos. Back in my school days, there were a lot of lunch boxes that contained Iced VoVos and if […]
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