9::20 ~ sultana scones

PROJECT PROGRESS: 9/20 (somehow I skipped straight from 8 to 10!) OCCASSION: It was Wednesday. BRIEF & RATIONALE: Part of the “we have no eggs” bake-up. SOURCE: That old standby “The Essential Baking Cookbook” (I bought this my first year of working in a lunchroom book club, and it has been one of the best value purchases!) EASE OF MAKING: […]

17::20 ~ ANZAC Biscuits

PROJECT PROGRESS: 17/20 OCCASSION: we needed to bake biscuits and had no eggs. We did, however, have rolled oats. BRIEF & RATIONALE: Easy, quick, yummy. Plus we’d been given some after Beetle was born and I may or may not have hoovered them fairly quickly. Anzac bikkies are yum! SOURCE: http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/anzac-biscuits-L79.html EASE OF MAKING: 10/10 CHILD FRIENDLY? yes. I melted […]

to infinity, and beyond.

It’s that time of year in the nest – birthday season! First up was Bear turning seven over the weekend. With Beetle only 11 days old, we decided against having a party this year, and instead just invited my parents around for a BBQ to mark the occassion. And for the very first time, I didn’t make a cake. I […]

Little Miss Demanding

Sunday saw a little trip out to the shops for Miss Butterfly with her daddy.Which seemed like a nice idea, until she came home and asked for a pink cupcake from the cupcake shop (translation – our local bakery displays pink iced cupcakes riiigggghhhht at toddler eye level. And thus, despite the fact we generally only buy BREAD there, it […]

4::20 ~ chocolate crackles

OCCASSION: holidays, baybee! BRIEF & RATIONALE: the recipe was on the box of rice bubbles when we made mars bar slice, and the small people nagged, er, suggested I make them. SOURCE: Rice bubble box. EASE OF MAKING: 9/10 CHILD FRIENDLY? Yes (melted ingredients) REALITY V COOKBOOK: 6/10 – all my copha mix seems to sink to the bottom, so […]