It was one of those moments where the landline, mobile phone and doorbell go at the same time.  In an effort to try and get to everyone you speak before your brain engages….. and well… one of the calls was from my sister in law asking if I would mind baking a few cupcakes for my Nieces 21st… Famous last words….”of course not… I would love to….” …..” so how many? …… “Oh about 100” was the response… Oh C**p…. oh well what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger….. and believe me I

I just want to pre-empt that no French Hens were hurt in the creation of this Christmas Cake…. (I am just making the most from my stamping efforts from Monday’s post!!)… You really know Christmas has arrived in our home when the smell of whisky fermenting fruit is simmering on the stove, followed by the spices of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and citrus baking away slowly in the oven for a few hours…. yummo.  Now I am sure many of you have your own recipe, but if you don’t I can h

Every year we run a charity bake-off “bake master” which is a little spin on the TV series Masterchef.  The idea is for each team to come up with  a theme, bake away and raise as much cash for the chosen charity of the year!  This year it was The Fred Hollows Foundation which is a charity which helps to restore sight to disadvantaged communities in Australasia and Africa.  This year we raised just short of $5,000 which is pretty amazing. Fred Hollows Fair to say though, this

Our little lemon tree at the bottom of the garden has been working over time and has produced an abundance of  fruit. Probably not surprising given the amount of rain that we seem to have had in Sydney recently.  So in homage to the lemon tree and the rain I thought I would make best use of the fruit and bake a home made lemon drizzle cake….so simple and yummy. (lemons from my garden) Lemon Drizzle Cake Ingredients 225g Unsalted butter (softened) 225g Caster sugar 4 Eggs Fine