Hoppy Eggster every bunny! I hope you’re all having an eggcellent day and enjoying it with family and friends. Have an Easter egg for me!
Easter egg basket cake
April 7, 2012 By 8 Comments
Ok so I might have made one last Easter treat. Who can resist an Easter cake that looks like a giant edible basket of eggs? It was pretty easy to make. I just whipped up my favourite chocolate mudcake (sorry I was sworn to secrecy with that recipe) and iced it with chocolate ganache. Then [...]
Last minute Easter inspiration
April 6, 2012 By 8 Comments
Happy Good Friday! One of the perils of always thinking is that I’m always coming up with last minute idea or things I want to try. I don’t have any time left to try out Easter ideas so I thought I’d make a little round up of my favourites that I’ve seen across the web [...]
Easter cupcake ideas
April 5, 2012 By 8 Comments
I have a rather vivid, almost child-like imagination. Not quite Alice down the rabbit hole extreme but I like to think I know how to dream. I’m always thinking of new ways to decorate, different organising tricks, recipes, cake decorations, places I want to go, things I want to do… oops lost in a little [...]
Mini choc-chip hot cross buns
March 31, 2012 By 13 Comments
I was a hero this morning. Ok maybe not a serious hero in all senses of the word but I did make one family pretty happy. I was near the end of my Saturday morning walk/run when I spotted a gorgeous white fluffy kitten with big blue eyes cowering on the footpath. This little girl [...]
Giant savoury hot cross bun for Easter
March 28, 2012 By 10 Comments
I’m a little late with my Easter inspiration this year. I was waiting for one of those light-bulb moments of creativity but it seems they just might have all been used up with wedding planing (maybe you have a quota every year). I did have a little strike of an idea the other day when [...]
Happy Easter
April 24, 2011 By 2 Comments
Happy Easter every bunny! I hope no one has overdosed on chocolate quite yet (although by this afternoon it is perfectly acceptable). I’m enjoying an Easter Feasta at the beach with my family in the glorious and unseasonal weather. As my grandma says ‘may the blessings of Easter be with you.’ I’ll add enjoy the [...]
Easter egg biscuits – children’s activity
April 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If you’re looking for any easy, fun and tasty activity for Easter or just a quick dessert idea, cheat’s Easter egg cookies are for you. Of course you can make the biscuits yourself, I’d recommend my gingerbread biscuits, but when they make a biscuit that’s already shaped like an Easter egg, why wouldn’t you use [...]
Checkerboard hot cross buns
April 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I was a latecomer to the tradition of hot cross buns. My latent childish food issues stopped me from eating the traditional fruit-filled version (and I still don’t like them) but when chocolate hot cross buns came on the market a few years back I started to look forward to Good Friday breakfast almost as [...]
Easter woopie pies
April 15, 2011 By 5 Comments
The four people who I told I had made woopie pies yesterday all reponded ‘what are woopie pies?!’ If you’re also wondering what I’m on about then allow me to explain. A warning though, once you make these you’ll be hooked. A woopie pie is like two cake-like biscuits sandwiched together with some sort of [...]
Shrove Tuesday Easter egg pancakes – low calorie
March 8, 2011 By 8 Comments
Today is Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Tuesday. For those of you who aren’t religious (I’m not either), Shrove Tuesday is the day before the beginning of Lent. It’s traditionally a day of final indulgences before 40 days of repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. It became known as Pancake Day in some cultures because [...]
Devil’s food cake
March 1, 2011 By 9 Comments
This cake is very very well named. It seems that when you bake it, a little devil invades your body making it impossible not to devour and off-cuts or leftover icing. The name doesn’t describe the cake though. It is rich, smooth, chocolaty and heavenly. Made with cocoa instead of chocolate, it’s less expensive to [...]
