Earlier this year I got asked for a last minute cake by a good friend of mine for her niece. She’s also a decorator but just happens to not be in the same country. On top of that she’s pretty easy going and told me that I could do whatever I wanted to the cake Read More …
I have a confession to make. For a loooong time, I avoided making or using modelling chocolate because I didn’t have much success with it and thought that it was too difficult to make. In Australia at the time, you could not buy it off the shelf. Turns out, it’s not hard but there are Read More …
When I first started cake decorating, I didn’t know there were different types of buttercream. The only one I knew how to make was the traditional butter and icing sugar type of buttercream. I am not sure when I actually first heard of swiss meringue buttercream (SMBC) but I remember reading all these people raving Read More …
Every year during Christmas, my extended family gets together for one big pot luck… we all decide on a dish weeks before hand (so that there are no double ups) and then we bring it on the day. We tend to have lunch and then hang out opening presents and playing games until dinner rolls around. Read More …
Many years ago, Nick bought me a chiffon cake tin which I never got around to using until late last year. I was in Singapore and my mum and I decided to make a chiffon cake. It turned out pretty good (mainly because of the type of flour that was available, you need a good quality cake Read More …
This year Claire from Claire K Creations invited me to be part of the Foodie Secret Santa. A lot of the time, when I get asked to do these things I just don’t have the time (or I’m overseas) but this year I was lucky enough to be able to take part. In case you Read More …
I don’t get to do much baking anymore. I kind of stopped doing it for fun when it became a serious business. But now that I hardly bake for ‘work’ anymore, I have found myself wandering back into the kitchen and going back to the good old days where I would just try out recipes Read More …
As a a parent it’s the little moments that make your proud. Watching that little person learn to walk, eat, sleep and master the word no, with a defiance only a two year old can manage. For me, I look for extra moments when I see a little of myself in the little guy. You Read More …
There has been a friendly, or in some cases not so friendly, rivalry between New Zealand and Australia for many years over who invented the Pavlova (a meringue topped with cream and seasonal fruits). Although the meringue has been around in Europe since the 1600’s, these two fierce rivals both claim to have adapted it Read More …
What’s more American than cheesecake, a red, white and blue one at that? It’s going to be over 30 degrees Celsius this fourth of July (that’s in the 90’s for those more comfortable with Fahrenheit) and I’ve been trying to think of a dessert that’s quintessentially American, has lovely summer fruit and can be made Read More …
