Last week I was invited to the Appliances Online HQ for a cooking class and morning tea with the wonderful ladies from the Monday Morning Cooking Club, thanks to Breville. Lisa, Merelyn, and Natanya were three of the six ladies in The Monday Morning Cooking Club who shared both their recipes and their stories of how the club formed, the lifelong friendships that have come from it, and the history of the recipes. They started the club from a love… Read more »
Panna Cotta doesn't really count as baking but it was the only comment last time I put a call out for baking challenge suggestions and it was my mum so I decided to roll with it. We have a long-standing joke in our family about my mum and her abilities in the kitchen so it kind of seems fitting. That has also inspired me to try some of what used to be her specialty, before she gave up on domestic… Read more »
In the brave new world of gluten-free, saying no to sugar, dairy-free, whole wheat, vegan diets, being a lover of cake and advocate of a baking challenge seems to be slightly controversial at times. This is in no way meant as a criticism to those who like to roll that way, but a celebration of how we can all try new things! Hence the flourless challenge. Who doesn't love a orange and poppyseed or flourless chocolate cake? Sometimes, gluten-free is… Read more »
Seeing as it was my birthday on the weekend and my good friend, Mandy's, too birthday cake seemed fitting for this week's catch up challenge. Mandy said she wanted tea cake, I said that was boring. So I decided to make this 'Funfetti cake' by Sweetapolita, but I like to call it Fairy Bread cake, as that is just what it tastes like! The below recipe is adapted from Sweetapolita but I would DEFINITELY change the icing measurements the second… Read more »
Okayyyyyy, I kind of fell of the Baking Challenge wagon. It happens sometimes, I'm not going to dwell on it. All the same, I will be making up the last few weeks by adding a few extra challenges in this month – I don't think anyone will be complaining! I didn't make the jam, as I previously stated, because I realised that was the main factor in putting off this challenge. A kilo of fruit is EXPENSIVE and I could… Read more »
On Saturday, I went to a cupcake decorating class. It's something that I've wanted to do pretty much since I started my baking challenge and I'm so glad I did it. SO much fun. I mean, what isn't fun about sitting with a bunch of cake-lovers, making delicious cupcakes look amazing? Exactly. The class was by Cake Decorating Solutions at Willoughby in North Sydney, but there are classes all around Sydney (this was just the closest to me) and I… Read more »
Aside from a pretty cool name, The Grounds of Alexandria could just be my new favourite spot in Sydney. I mentioned my visit briefly on Monday, but had to give you a full idea of the place, should you find yourself in the area. It seems wrong to know about this jewel in the heart of Sydney's industrial suburb and not share it with you (even though I secretly want to keep it to myself…) I get the feeling The… Read more »
If you've been around these parts for a while, you will know that I also have a beauty blog called The Perfect Lipstick. I started it last year with my mum not long after meeting a group of wonderful beauty bloggers at an afternoon tea that I kind of crashed (as a non-beauty blogger). But we loved cake and lipstick equally so I ended up fitting right in! On Saturday afternoon, I had the pleasure of venturing out with them… Read more »
A few years ago, Bailey and I got deeply obsessed with the television show, Pushing Daisies. I mean, what's not to love about Lee Pace, magical powers, beautiful sets, and PIE! In one episode, Chuck (the pie maker's love interest) made apple pie with Gruyere cheese baked into the crust and ever since, Bailey has been trying to talk me into making a similar pie. His two favourite foods are apple pie and cheese (and ice cream, which conveniently… Read more »
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