Some refer to it as old fashioned, rustic or comfort food, but, whatever the label, old fashioned or not there is something about creamed rice that is simply delicious. My mother made this dish for us all throughout our childhood and sometimes, if she was being particularly adventurous, she would pop in some dried fruit such Read More …
When I first wanted to learn to bake my mother handed me a wooden spoon and a bowl and told me to cream the butter and sugar by hand. As you can imagine, or those of you in the same age group as me will remember, this took a lot of effort. It is no Read More …
This blog post, recipe and beautiful photos were generously contributed by Joanne from Simple Ingredients. How do you know Easter is fast approaching? For me, it’s when my kitchen smells like Easter with all the gingerbread cookies baking! Let’s celebrate your holiday with this recipe by making your own delicious bunny, egg, carrot and Read More …
Sam from The Bears Four here again and I am so excited to share this recipe for Carrot Cake Cupcakes with you! Why? Well I love carrot cake and while it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, I think this recipe may be able to convert some of those none carrot cake eaters. I hear some Read More …
Today is the first of July and to most people this is the start of the new financial year but to me today is extra special because it marks three years since I first became unemployed – aka self employed. It’s been a fun, challenging, scary, surprising and exciting three years. I started out as an amateur, naive and Read More …
I know I promised this recipe over a month ago before I headed on my Europe teaching trip but I am now only finding the time to sit down and compile it without feeling exhausted. 🙁 Firstly to start, my new Craftsy class launched today and it’s on modelling fondant animals! I will walk you through all the basic Read More …
Guess what today is? My first day off after 7 straight days of teaching in Singapore = a sleep in and some time to update my blog! I made these cookies awhile ago as little gifts for some of my friends (aka my test subjects) and they all said it was yummy (unless they were Read More …
I’m not a fan of the traditional fruit cake. I’m not exactly sure why but perhaps it’s the fact that it contains so much fruit, has those glazed cherries or is usually soaked in alcohol. And when I was younger the alcohol burned when I ate it so I think that never gave me a Read More …
The first time I made these little pockets of pastry and custard goodness was in the French Patisserie class I took last year. Yesterday, I had a little craving for something sweet (in particular, strawberries and custard or as the French call it – creme patissiere) and decided to make what Read More …
Or as it’s more famously known – The Black Forest Cake from Masterchef. The boyfriend was feeling a little stressed this week and a couple of my close friends have also been going through some tough times so what better to cheer them up than to offer dessert? 😀 Chocolate makes everything Read More …
