My boyfriend’s love for cookies rivals that of the Cookie Monster himself. Every so often I throw a cookbook his way and ask him to choose a cookie that I can bake for him (and yes, okay, myself as well!). This time around he chose from The Complete Magnolia Bakery Cookbook, and selected their Orange Vanilla Chip Cookies. I chose … Continue reading
Last year I made the Hummingbird Bakery’s Red Velvet Layer Cake for my old work’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. It’s fair to say it was a success, gone in minutes from our long lunch room table which was piled with sweet goods (and the occasional do-gooder’s gluten-free-and-not-so-sweet goods). So this year, as I attend another Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, I will be … Continue reading
I’m never quite sure exactly what to make for a dinner party dessert, if you’re eating a lot of food you probably don’t want a dessert that’s too rich, too moreish, too argh-my-belly-is-going-to-explode. So, faced with this debate I decided against anything with chocolate. Deciding against chocolate is no easy feat. I wanted to make a cake. Cakes are fancy. … Continue reading
Back from the dead. Zombie style. You see, in August 2011 this blog went down. I didn’t even have a chance to have a closing down sale, over night it just met a quick death. It was my fault, I was always going to make sure my blog was more secure … but I never quite got around to it. … Continue reading
