I've been craving pears and oranges lately, just slices of cold fruit on the hot days while the renovation works go on around me. Sometimes I pair them with an ice-cold glass of fresh lemonade or pineapple flavoured water, and my parents would join me on the patio while we discuss interior decor and the … Continue reading Pear & Hummingbird Cake
My parents met each other at different times. In fact, my mother met my father years before he met her. Don't worry, I'm not going to go off the recipe blogging track and begin writing a time-travel romance novel. To hear mum tell it, she had a crush on papa since she was fourteen years … Continue reading Of Anniversaries, Chocolate, and Love
This week our firm said goodbye to yet another one of our brethren, this one leaving for the greener pastures of the Food & Beverage industry! Tat has been making his own ice-cream for a while now, and he built quite the following here on our office floor; our freezer is constantly stocked with new … Continue reading Snickers Brownies & (yet another) Farewell
I have been incredibly lazy lately; between work and catching up with my long dormant social life, I've had little time to photograph my kitchen adventures. What photographs I do take end up shoddy and are mostly hastily snapped on my iPhone. My work front has been incredibly rewarding recently, what with a successful project … Continue reading Chocolate Caramel Shortbread
Well can't you see that it's just raining? There ain't no need to go outside... But there is a need to make some hot pancakes, cover them in maple syrup and proceed to eat them in your over-sized t-shirt while catching up to Comedy news on a Sunday morning! Whether it's with a loved one, … Continue reading Banana Pancakes
Chocolate was made to be eaten with oranges. At least, that's something I have always believed, considering how the flavour combination sort of explodes in my mouth. Chocolate and oranges, or chocolate and raspberries, just perfection. For some reason last week I was craving Jaffa Cakes, but since I didn't feel like giving into it... … Continue reading Favourite Flavour Combinations
I, like many other bakers, have a horrible habit of hoarding; whenever I walk past a grocery store, I feel the need to stock up on eggs, butter, flour, sugar, buttermilk, vanilla, etc. In fact, I just did it again yesterday, and upon doing a quick inventory check, I found that I have: 3 1/2 … Continue reading An Excess of Buttermilk, Bananas, and Chocolate Chips
The word Posh is often mistakenly believed to be derived as an acronym of the term "Portside Out, Starboard Home" referring to the first class cabins in ships back in the olden days when people travelled by sea. Posh is alo most commonly related to Victoria Beckham, one of our favourite Spice Girls (girl powah!). … Continue reading Earl Grey Tea Buttercream
Good morning, everyone! If you're suffering from post-binge-eating-weekend guilt like I am, but still enjoy having a tasty breakfast or snack despite the tell-tale tummy in your pencil skirt... then this is the recipe for you. I woke up on Saturday morning thinking I had overslept after our hectic Friday night activities, but when I … Continue reading Low-Fat Raisin Scones
I spent the majority of last Saturday's daytime hours in the kitchen, baking cakes, cupcakes and scones for several orders received from friends and family. I first baked two dozen chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache for my mother to take to her friends' do, low fat raisin scones for breakfast (recipe coming up in the … Continue reading Beet It! Chocolate Cake
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