One of my favourite treats to bake on the weekends at the moment is doughnuts! Bake you say? Not fry? Correct! I bought one of these doughnut baking pans a few months back at Big W (apparently they are unavailable at the moment – boo!) and it has been brilliant. If you are US based… Read More
It’s no secret that I love decorating cakes for my daughters every year for their birthdays. But this year Anna requested “a cake of a dog that stands up, wags it’s tail and also has a bone it can chew.” Ummm…that might be stretching my skills way too far! Pinterest to the rescue! I opened… Read More
A few weeks ago my baby turned two! To celebrate, I made her a special cake – you know I love a bit of cake decorating! I needed something pretty quick and easy, and not too big because I didn’t want leftovers. I used my trusty Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake Book (you know – the… Read More
Sponsored by Philadelphia I love cupcakes! Love. But sometimes they are too much – especially for the kids. If you think of the size of a regular cupcake, it really is the same size as a large slice of cake. When the lovely people from Philly invited me to try some of their products and… Read More
It was Anna’s birthday last week and to celebrate we had a lunch with a small group family and close friends on Sunday to celebrate. She has recently discovered a love for dim sims so we went to Yum Cha which delicious and lots of fun. The brief was: a ‘lub heart’ cake with pink… Read More
Tomorrow we celebrate Australia Day so I thought I’d share a few of my favourite Australian themed things – delicious baking and some fabulous fabric of course! Firstly, some baking. Tim Tams are my favourite chocolate biscuit. (Closely followed by a milk Chocolate Royal – you know the ones with marshmallow). The ULTIMATE tim tam… Read More
I was just thinking this morning that I haven’t made and decorated a cake in a while. Anna’s fourth birthday is coming up in two weeks and a ‘lub heart cake’ (love heart cake) has been requested. Then I remembered that I took some quick shots of a fun cake I made for my friend… Read More
I love making cakes but things have been pretty busy around here lately. Rather than experiment with a new style or skill, I decided to keep Lucy’s cake simple and fall back on successful techniques I’ve used before. Also known as ‘I ran out of time’ haha! The first technique I used is the ruffle… Read More
Can you believe it’s April already? In a couple of days, I celebrate my birthday…they seem to come around quicker every year! Here in Melbourne the leaves are changing, the mornings are chilly and the AFL is back (to my husband’s glee), which means we are heading quickly towards winter. I am definitely a warm… Read More
Many Australians of my generation (growing up in the 80s / early 90s) will know all about this – one of the highlights of your birthday was your Mum handing over the Australian Women’s Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake cookbook and you got to choose which cake you wanted. Awesome! So much to choose from! My… Read More