This term, at school, Bear has been studying various cultures from around the world – their traditions, their history, their beliefs. Of course, with the first Tuesday in November falling firmly within the cultural explorations unit, home comes a note that as part of this, they will be discussing this “iconic Australian cultural event” (HAHA I see through you, cheeky, […]
Mmmm… it’s that time of year again. Chocolate chocolate everywhere. And yesterday, with the first day of holidays well underway, and thhe gingerbread chilling in the fridge, we grabbed our supplies, and made ourselves some of what has seemed to become an annual tradition – the cheesecake Easter eggs! These are soooo yummy – hollow milk chocolate eggs, filled with […]
Holidays mean lots of baking, because lots of little people need lots of food. One new thing we tried was this honey cream swiss roll. I won’t show you a photo of the top, it got cracked pretty badly (any tips on how to not crack a swiss roll?), but it tasted the part. I had to improvise a bit […]
PROJECT PROGRESS: TWENTY! OCCASSION: why the heck not? BRIEF & RATIONALE: Small people @ & 3 thought they looked good, simple as that! SOURCE: Essential Baking Cookbook EASE OF MAKING: 8/10 CHILD FRIENDLY? yes – they loved kneading and helping cut out their shapes! REALITY V COOKBOOK: well, as good as biscuits decorated by 7, 5 and 3 year olds […]
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: […]
PROJECT PROGRESS: 19/20 OCCASSION: practice for “someone’s” birthday BRIEF & RATIONALE: It looked like something that the birthday “someone” would love. SOURCE: http://www.nlrockrecipes.com/2012/10/white-velvet-cake.html via Pinterest EASE OF MAKING: 8/10 CHILD FRIENDLY? not really REALITY V COOKBOOK: Pretty close – though I used a white chocolate ganache instead of the marshmallow frosting, and went with a single layer square cake instead […]
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 […]
PROJECT PROGRESS: 14/20 OCCASSION: I’m 8 months pregnant. I had the munchies. BRIEF & RATIONALE: I wanted to make a tiramisu inspired cheesecake, but Butterfly asked for “plain cake, I not wike cheesecake mama!”. SOURCE: AWW Sweet Old Fashioned Favourites EASE OF MAKING: 8/10 CHILD FRIENDLY? 6.5/10 – Butterfly helped me add in the dry ingredients, the rest is via […]
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 […]
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