I grew up eating or should I rather say fighting over who would get the last fried onion ring. We had fried onions with everything in our house, from fried eggs, sausages, burgers and even on toasted cheese sarmies. We were not huge buttered onion ring lovers though. The only time we had buttered rings … Continue reading Deep fried battered onion rings
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Treat balls
Every tea time, I like to make something sweet to give everyone the energy they need to keep them going till lunch time. Most tea times come and go and I only land up making the sweet treat for afternoon tea when no one really wants to have a sugar high. Today I decided to … Continue reading Treat balls
Basic muesli
Before I type up this blog post, I have something to confess. I am not a muesli fan , the whole raisins and healthy thing, nope not my idea of food. With that being said, I am forever lasting buying muesli everytime I go shopping, in the vain hope that I will become a healthy … Continue reading Basic muesli
Whispers chocolate cake
I made this cake for colleague’s birthday. I really wanted to try and make this cake for eons and eons, but it seemed so complicated. Then I was reading Lorraine Pascale’s book and she had a tutorial on how to assemble the cake. It was really easy, the most difficult part I found was the … Continue reading Whispers chocolate cake
Candy box cake
I made this cake a while back for my friend’s son. Back then it was the in thing, these box cakes, it was actually easier than I thought to make. All I can say is that those kids ate this cake for breakfast so I can expect that they had a sugar high the entire … Continue reading Candy box cake
Pink monster cupcakes
I have always wanted to try and make a cookie monster cake. I was eagerly waiting for someone to have a baby shower party, but no such luck. Then a lady in HR announced that she was expecting and would be going off at the end of the month. I jumped at the opportunity to … Continue reading Pink monster cupcakes
Butterfly cupcakes
These little beauties are my mother’s speciality. Everyone knows her for those butterfly cupcakes. She would make them for every birthday party, my gran loved them. I loved to watch her make them and wish with all my tiny heart that she would leave me enough cream to lick out the bowl or maybe the … Continue reading Butterfly cupcakes
Christmas cupcakes
I love Christmas just as much as I love Diwali. Actually I might just like Christmas a bit more, because of all the presents lol…just kidding. This year I am in charge of Christmas lunch, it is going to be a full house and even my uncle is popping around in the evening. In … Continue reading Christmas cupcakes
How to make a prosciutto and brie sarmie
A while back while I watching Lorraine Pascale's cooking show, she mentioned that she loved toasted prosciutto and brie sarmies. It looked so inviting and tempting and juicy, that I knew when morning came, I had to pop down to the store and buy me some brie and prosciutto. This sandwich is really easy to … Continue reading How to make a prosciutto and brie sarmie
How to make an Easter cake
There was no set recipe on how to make this cake. I just woke up Easter Sunday and let my imagination run wild and then end product was amazing. To make this cake you will need the following: 2 x round 20cm chocolate cakes. home made chocolate butter cream icing. marshmellow eggs. speckled eggs. chocolate … Continue reading How to make an Easter cake