Brown butter,brown butter,love of my life,only wish I couldwrite a better ode. The traffic was sooooo horrendous coming home from work last night, even though I had stayed an extra half hour in the hopes that traffic would ease up by then. But nooooooo, resistance is futile. You will get chlamydia and die stuck in traffic, … Continue reading Brown Butter Blueberry muffins
With five productive hours left to my Sunday evening (productive hours meaning those before I have to get ready for bed and work...) I decided to whip up a batch of blueberry muffins for breakfast, and also to bring a few with me to the office for my workmates. However, my mum was craving banana … Continue reading Indecisive Muffins
I realize that is the most audacious title you might ever see on this blog, but I assure you I wasn't the first to make the claim, nor will I be the last. Trust me on this one, would I ever lie to you?It being Saturday, and my cousin having celebrated his 25th birthday last … Continue reading Best Chocolate Cupcakes Ever
There's a bakery in town called The Bread Shop where they serve one of the best lemon tarts I have ever had. Something else they also have on the menu is healthy and light lunch options! We went there for a quick lunch yesterday, and I ordered this amazing tomato and cheese on toast that … Continue reading Quick and tasty lunch option
I had my aunt round for tea a few days ago and was messing about in the kitchen with all my baking utensils and decorative plates when I realized (quite belatedly) that there was a recipe on the packaging of the doughnut pan! Well, duh, Nabiya, it was right next to the pricetag... Which, I'm … Continue reading Wilton’s baked doughnuts with cinnamon sugar glaze
It's February, you're starting to see lots of red and pink hearts on sale everywhere, tv promo slots are filled with lovey dovey messages and reminders to get that special someone a gift from the heart, and you want to gag. Says the single girl.I have never had a special someone on Valentine's Day, which … Continue reading Red Velvet baked Doughnuts
Sometimes it just seems like all your stars are lined up to make every single thing you touch go wrong, and during those times, the only way to face it is to laugh, walk away, watch an episode or two of Grey's Anatomy (so it becomes apparent that someone else has even bigger problems than … Continue reading Third time’s the charm
I consider myself lucky that I have an amazing mother. She is strong, smart, beautiful, intuitive, possesses far more talent in her pinky finger than I do in my entire body, and so full of love that she has shared so generously with everyone around us. My mother really is the best.Most people are blessed … Continue reading Ladies Who Lunch: Mama Zee’s Birthday
I received an order (from my mother) to bake a cake for 100 people last week, and so I spent all week thinking up ways to make a cake that big... Big rectangular cake? Separate cakes? Cupcakes? And since I definitely did NOT want to go with cupcakes (it's so done, ya know?) I thought... … Continue reading First Stacked Cake
On a very good day, it is an hour's commute for me to get to work from where I live so very firmly in the suburbs. On a very bad day, like yesterday, it may take two and a half hours of replaying every feel-good song I have on my iPod, and a full Starbucks … Continue reading Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
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