In the middle of rolling up the carpet of our bedroom and before I began to write my novel for the day,(which I am very excited about and started writing about 3 weeks ago, in fact at about the same time as I started this blog!) I decided to bake Read more…
It’s Friday morning and its time to bake. I have an event on Sunday so thought I would make a cake for that. I was hoping that it wouldn’t be too soon to make one, that it would last till Sunday. As it turns out, I just read in the Read more…
The sun was shining and it was time to bake. To be honest, I had made the puff pastry the other night because it could be kept it in the fridge to chill for 24 hours. The ingredients for this giant sausage roll were yum. It was made of Read more…
I haven’t as yet tackled savoury bakes, basically because they don’t interest me enough!!! I love it sweet! So yesterday, I bit the bullet and had a crack. What did make the experience very interesting was the fact I had to make my own Puff Pastry. So I set to Read more…
I have developed a love for Pão de queijo over the years and have now finally perfected the art of making it. It is one of my favourite things about going to Brazil, of which there are many of course, but this delicious cheese bread, made from tapioca starch is the stringiest Read more…
Lunch time on Saturday and I was starving. With the whole family in the house, husband shifting dirt from our renovation and two daughters doing homework I thought, scones. Doesn’t take long to whip up a batch of scones, we could be eating in half an hour. (It was already Read more…
Pebre is a fantastic accompaniment to any meat, empanada or dish. It is a popular Chilean salsa. It is a staple on Chilean tables, like Italian pesto or Argentinean chimichurri. It is very simple to make and when we lived in Chile, it was the favourite thing to have, at Read more…
Spanish Tortilla On Thursday I made Spanish Tortillas for my daughter’s school’s Family Festival. It involved having a food stand. I came up with the idea for this about five years ago and with my sister’s help have been doing it ever since. A tortilla is a Spanish Omelette Read more…
Its Sunday and today I made Sticky Honey Cinnamon Buns. I had spotted this recipe in the book and man it looked delicious. So being Sunday, sunny and warm, it was the perfect day for making bread. I love making bread. Such a simple combination of ingredients, flour, yeast Read more…
I’m heading out today at 10.30 so I thought that Very Quick Cup Cakes would be the order of the morning. They were fun to make. I got to use the Kitchen Wizz and despite only having very small-sized cup cake cases, I managed to make some more with grease Read more…