Thank you so much for all your enthusiasm and best wishes and interest in Archie’s 21st. I’ve been bursting to share this with you and would have done it sooner if there hadn’t been so much cleaning up. Right now I’m still in a daze; it was a very special and wonderful evening that I […]
Shark Attack Birthday Cake
March 8, 2014 By 42 Comments
Alfie has just celebrated his ninth birthday with a shark party where nine boys watched Jaws in his bedroom then had pizza and jelly cups followed by a Mintie scramble and a shark attack birthday cake. Hooray! It’s all over for another year. That probably sounds a bit mean but I’m currently organising a 21st […]
Ladybird Cupcakes
February 20, 2014 By 52 Comments
It’s Alfie’s birthday on the weekend and he’s going to be nine. At his primary school, when it’s your birthday, you’re allowed to bring in something for the class to share. The school does suggest that you order cupcakes from the canteen or that you can bring in a box of ice blocks and I […]
A Gingerbread House
December 18, 2013 By 45 Comments
For those of you who were following my blog last Christmas you might recall I made a gingerbread house that imploded. I had just come home from being away on an eight-day business trip and it was now but a few days away from Christmas Day and I was trying to fit four weeks of […]
Mini Christmas Cakes
November 29, 2013 By 57 Comments
There’s a Christmas cake I’ve been making for years and it’s from the Australian Women’s Weekly Celebration cookbook. I was first attracted to this recipe because there’s a lovely story attached to it. Way back in 1937, the Australian Women’s Weekly ran a competition for the best fruit cake. This recipe won and the prize […]
A Gluten-Free Christmas Cake
November 13, 2013 By 44 Comments
I mentioned in my November In My Kitchen Post that I had dried fruits, glace fruits and nuts soaking in brandy and orange juice in preparation for making two Christmas cakes. Here is one of the cakes and this one if gluten-free but if you don’t need to have a gluten-free cake all you need […]
A Birthday Cake with a ‘Day of the Dead’ Theme
November 10, 2013 By 44 Comments
One thing I never had to worry about is having too much spare time. Because if my schedule looks like it’s lightening up, Miss Arabella will fill the gap. This time it was her friend’s sister who was turning 21 and would it be at all possible for me to make the cake. ‘I told […]
Sour Cream Black Forest Cake
October 18, 2013 By 46 Comments
I would love to have a nice and tidy scheduled life but it’s just never been that way. Today is a classic example where for a few weeks I’ve known that tonight Carl was going to be at a wine appreciation night. It’s just that somehow the communication containing the details broke down and it […]
Vodka O Birthday Cake
September 25, 2013 By 42 Comments
Arabella has just celebrated her 19th birthday. While this was not a birthday carrying the weight of other milestone birthdays like an 18th or 21st, it still had huge significance to Arabella who was keen to ensure the date didn’t slip by without a loud splash. We booked a clubhouse on Balmoral Beach that has […]
Pinata Birthday Cake
June 30, 2013 By 68 Comments
Over the weekend, Alfie has had his birthday party. Before you get all complimentary and think I’m ‘Mother of the Year’ for having hosted children’s birthday parties multiple times every year for over two decades, I should let you know that Alfie’s birthday was nearly six months ago. Well, in my defense; we couldn’t have […]
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