1. Double Choc Chip biscuits 2.Mars Bar Slice 3. Cinnamon Palmiers 4. Chocolate Crackles 5. Turkish Delight Slice {with recipe} 6. Melting Moments 7. Sour Cream Coffee Cake 8. Chocolate Pretzels 9 & 10. Cherry Ripe Cheesecake & Pepppermint Crisp Cheesecake 11. Caramel Mudcake 12. Pink Cupcakes 13. Cinnamon Tea Cake 14. Tiramisu Cheesecake 15. Banana Bread 16. ANZAC Biscuits […]
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: 18/20 OCCASSION: a lazy Monday at home with the girl BRIEF & RATIONALE: I was in the mood for something different for this week’s baking, and decided to check my baking pin board SOURCE: Domesticate Me via Pinterest EASE OF MAKING: 9/10 CHILD FRIENDLY? yes REALITY V COOKBOOK: reasonably close – though I used patty papers to make […]
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: 16/20 OCCASSION: over-ripe bananas in the fruit bowl + school holidays BRIEF & RATIONALE: Entertain the children, provide them with morning tea, use the bananas turning brown in the fruit bowl SOURCE: The Essential Baking Cookbook EASE OF MAKING: 8/10 CHILD FRIENDLY? yes REALITY V COOKBOOK: Not too shabby! TASTE: 9/10 FINAL VERDICT: I’m not sure why we […]
PROJECT PROGRESS: 15/20 OCCASSION: Why the heck not? BRIEF & RATIONALE: After a fabulous run-in with a decadent tiramisu flavoured gelato on holidays, I figured a cheesecake version would have to rock, right? SOURCE: A friend’s basic cheesecake recipe, then added the flavours until it tasted right. EASE OF MAKING: 7/10 due to fudging as I went. CHILD FRIENDLY? 4/10 […]
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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