The connection between food and memories comes into play big time for me with this one. I was lucky enough to have a lovely friend living four houses down the street from me as I grew up and this was our staple baking treat. Frances, this one’s for you 🙂 We always called these chocolate…
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Mini Floral Smash Cake // Tutorial
Everyone says that time flies by when you have a child. Sometimes they are so wrong, but most of the time they are so so right! It suddenly hit me yesterday that in just four short months our little Bubs will be turning two. TWO! She has grown so much since then and is truly…
Banana Bread Recipe
Banana bread is one of my favourite baked goods. If it’s a nice one that is! Sometimes they can be so dry and flavourless. But I assure you, not this one! It’s just the right moistness, heavy enough to be filling and oh so flavourful. Walnuts add a little crunch and if eaten while still…
Sweet Potato and Date Brownies (Sugar, Gluten, and Dairy free) // Recipe
Sweet Potato and Brownies are not words that I would have thought I’d be saying in the same sentence. Unless, of course, the brownies were as dessert after the sweet potato. But you know what? They go together SO WELL! Whether you prefer to eat sugar, gluten, grain or dairy free foods, you need a recipe…
Heart Funfetti Cookies // Recipe
Do you ever feel like you just need to add a little sprinkles to the everyday things of life? It is way to easy for our day to day activities to take over and the fun side of life to get pushed aside. While small, funfetti is a great way to add an extra little bit…
Valentines Day Heart Cookies // Recipe
Do you plan your Valentine’s Day in advance? Almost every year we end up waking up a day or two before and realising that we’ve made no plans yet. Of course this means all the good restaurants are already booked out and we normally end up having a picnic or making a meal at home….
DIY Paper Pinwheel Cupcake Toppers // Tutorial
Cupcakes are cute, but who can beat cupcakes with a DIY touch? I’m all for DIY’s that are quick, but add loads of detail. These DIY paper pinwheel cupcake toppers are just that! Once you’ve got everything together (the hardest part of most DIYs, right?), these will just take about 2 minutes each. The bonus? They…
Lettered Cupcake Toppers DIY // Tutorial and Free Silhouette Download
I’ve been thinking about this project for a while, trying to come up with a fresh idea. You know, cake toppers a little over done, right? In fact, I’ve been thinking about it for so long that it’s actually too late for Michael’s birthday. Whoops! I wanted a sophisticated cake / cupcake topper that is…
Chocolate cake with whipped cream cheese icing // Recipe
I really like cake stands. Like, really. I don’t have that many, but I also don’t have much storage space in the kitchen. Urgh! Anyway, Michael said I could get ONE more, so it had to be a good one! I found this cute little one at Mr Price for a steal and just had…
Cake bunting and cupcake flags // tutorial
A few weeks ago I was part of organising a kitchen tea for a dear friend who is getting married tomorrow (YAY!). I decided to make some miniature bunting for a cake and some flags for other little snacks. I didn’t end up taking photos of that batch, but I made another one and then…
Shortbread with chocolate, rosemary and hazelnut variations // recipe
I remember the first time that my mom made rosemary shortbread for us, when i was a kid and I thought “Eeew, herbs aren’t meant for yummy sweet things. That doesn’t make sense!”. But…it tastes good! When I was making this on the weekend I decided to play around with some other flavour variations too….
Cinnamon buns with hazelnut and chocolate chips // recipe
Makes 12 large cinnamon buns Ingredients 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup water 2 tablespoons butter 3/4 tsp salt 3 1/2 tsp flour 2 1/4 tsp yeast 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tblsp light margarine 1 tblsp cinnamon 1/3 cup sugar 1/3 cup chopped hazelnuts (optional, but good) 1/4 cup chocolate chips (optional, but good)…
Apple crisp // recipe
Earlier this year one of my blocks for university meant that I had to spend 4 weeks in a kitchen that catered for a retirement village. One of the assignments involved preparing a menu item for the residents. I decided to try and make a healthier version of apple crumble, which was a dessert that…
Cream Cheese Icing // recipe
On Monday I decided to try a cream cheese icing since we had some cream cheese in the fridge. I had also tried a new chocolate cupcake recipe. They came out nice, but not amazing. So, I decided that I’d just share the Icing recipe so long. It was really easy and has a soft…
Jolly jammer biscuits – vanilla + strawberry // recipe
Vanilla biscuits sandwiched together with strawberry jam. This recipe is based on the recipe by the owner of Queen of Tarts, a cafe and bakery in Cape Town that I am still waiting to go visit. 200g butter 100g icing sugar 2 egg yolks 1 tsp vanilla essence 250g cake flour (+ extra for rolling) 1…
Moist Vanilla Cupcakes // recipe
This makes a lovely light, moist cupcake with a creamy vanilla flavour. I have always avoided cupcakes with buttermilk, since we don’t often have it in the house, but after having a cupful left over after another recipe, I will now go buy buttermilk just to make these cupcakes. 1 1/3 cups flour1 tsp baking…