Cornflake crackles or honey joys used to be a staple party food of kids parties during the seventies in Australia. They’re super crunchy, sticky and sweet but also really easy to make. I was feeling a bit nostalgic for the good old days (I’m very old obviously) when kids parties consisted of fairy bread and…
Chocolate fairy cupcakes
A lovely friend gave my daughter a beautiful kid friendly cookbook for her birthday. It’s called The Great Fairy Bake Off (of course) and it is full of yummy sweet treats that my daughter can make. My daughter chose to make these chocolate fairy cupcakes first as she absolutely LOVES chocolate! There are fortunately other…
Ceramic Flowers: recycling old plates and cups into garden ornaments
As long term followers of this blog already know, I love to reuse or recycle items to give them a second life. Making ceramic flowers is a perfect example of how you can make pretty ornaments from all those odd plates, cups and saucers all of us have hiding away in the back of our…
A Doll Cake: every little girl’s dream birthday cake
When I was little, my idea of the perfect birthday cake was having a beautifully decorated doll cake. My Mum did make me one once, which looking back was probably the pinnacle of my childhood. Though she did traumatise me a bit by cutting my doll in half to fit the cake. My daughter loves…
Coconut and Macadamia Cheesecake
It was Father’s Day last week, so of course my husband requested his usual celebratory evening meal consisting of chicken Parmigiana followed by cheesecake for dessert. He absolutely loves my classic no bake cheesecake with just a hint of lemon, but I decided to twist it up this time by adding another of his favourite…
Apple and blueberry muffins
In my quest to try and get my kids to eat less sugar, I’ve come up with these easy to make low fat and low sugar muffins. Considering that they are both little biscuit, cake and chocolate connoisseurs, it’s a miracle that they liked them at all. These muffins are perfect as an afternoon post…
A Tree of Life Birthday Cake – a how to guide
My sister has just turned forty and wanted to hide under a rock and tell the world to go away! But the family were never going to let her do that! We decided to surprise her with a lunch at her favourite pub and I made a celebration cake (of course). My sister isn’t into…
A Princess Cake (Prinsesstårta) for Mum
It was my Mother’s birthday recently so of course I had to make her a special cake. Her all time favourite cake is a Swedish princess cake as she loves a good sponge cake and she also loves marzipan. A princess cake is essentially a dome shaped sponge cake with strawberry jam and cream covered…
A headband stand fit for a princess
My daughter has managed to accumulate multitudes of headbands, necklaces and bangles which is pretty amazing considering she is only going on five years! She unfortunately also likes to leave them strewn all over the floor so that I can step on them and hop around on one foot trying not to swear. To try…
Banana ricotta pancakes for a lazy Sunday morning
I do like a nice breakfast as it always seems to set how well the day will go. If I skip breakfast, I always get so drained and tired by the end of the day. So healthy nutritious banana and ricotta pancakes drizzled with honey seems like the perfect way to start a lazy Sunday…
Minestrone soup – a one pot wonder
Now that it has finally begun to feel like winter, a large pot of warming soup is just what we need to keep us going. This minestrone soup is a family favourite. I’m not sure that it is particularly authentic as an Italian recipe, but with loads of nutritious vegetables, beans and pasta in the…
Coconut Macaroons
I fancied making something a bit different this week. I’m usually a cake maker, but I decided that I wanted something uncake like but still sweet. So after a bit of internet research I stumbled upon these coconut macaroons. They’re light and moorish; they taste like a bounty bar and as a bonus they are…
