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Black Tea Chiffon Cake

March 26, 2016 Like

What better way to celebrate Spring than with a cup of tea and cake under some sunshine? Edible flowers are all the rage these days. We eat with our eyes, and despite how simple the decoration is, this cake is…

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Salt Armoured Chicken

January 24, 2016 Like

This chicken is geared up for battle! I love making this chicken for a dinner party, and I always present the chicken before I crack open the armour. It’s just so dramatic when you attack the chicken with a hammer!…

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Rack of Lamb

December 1, 2015 1

My brother and I love to make this dish for last minute dinner parties. Well, in the case of my brother, every dinner is last minute because I always get an SOS call hours away from serving dinner, asking me…

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Red Velvet Cupcakes

November 11, 2015 Like

What do you make for a sun, sand and sea lover? Parasol topped cupcakes! I’m normally not a fan of butter cream icing because I find it too sweet… but this time I was really pushed for time, and I had to…

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Lasagna

November 5, 2015 Like

This week my nephews are visiting. It’s been quite the busy week running up to Halloween – between making Peanut’s Halloween costume, decorating a graveyard cake, swimming and playing with kids with seemingly limitless energy, I was beat. Good thing…

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Gateau St. Honoré

October 30, 2015 Like

My friend D went nuts over the Éclair Tower I made for my husband’s big 3-0. So for her birthday, I made her Gateau St. Honoré. It’s light, elegant, and what girl doesn’t like cream stuffed balls? I’ve always struggled…

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Tea Party

October 29, 2015 Like

It’s Peanut’s bestie’s First Birthday party! I was a little too late to offer to make his cake, and of course his uber organised mother wasn’t going to wait around so she had planned a giant circus cake from the…

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Caramelised Apple Mille Feuille

October 29, 2015 Like

My Dad generally avoids desserts, he believes that beer is sweet enough for him after a meal; but on the occasion that he does indulge in sweets, he goes for apple pie. I’m all for comfort food, but when you’ve…

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Rainbow Jelly Cake

October 29, 2015 Like

What do you do when it’s your brother’s big 3-0 and you know that by the time the cake is served, he’ll probably be so hammered that he won’t be able to eat cake? You make jelly – because there’s…

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Peanut’s First Birthday

October 29, 2015 Like

This has been the longest year. Let me tell you how Peanut’s life started. One night I started having stomach pains after having a cheeky glass of red wine and my favourite Arrabiata Pasta. I didn’t think anything of it…