Another week means another Weekly Bake Off and on this occasion, the nominated recipe was Mary Berry’s American Cheesecake from her book “100 Cakes and Bakes.” I have made quite a few cheesecakes in the course of this blog but Mary’s American Cheesecake is by far the easiest. I wish I could find the recipe … Continue reading »
This is my first ever entry into Kavey Eats’ Bloggers Scream for Ice Cream challenge which, as you’ve probably guessed, invites bloggers to create ice cream recipes to a monthly theme. July’s theme is to create a recipe using condensed milk – apparently condensed milk ice-creams don’t need churning which makes them super easy to … Continue reading »
July’s Random Recipe challenge is entitled “something a little different…” - the something different being that there is no cooking involved this month. I know. Quelle horreur! No cooking. *breaks out in a cold sweat* But it’s OK though because this month Dom over at Belleau Kitchen has asked us to photograph our cookbook collection. … Continue reading »
For the second week running I have broken my “no more than one dessert a week rule.” And yet again it is down to the Weekly Bake Off. Having already made my chocolate and cassis pear tarts, I wasn’t meant to be making cake this week. But then @WeeklyBakeOff announced that this week’s nominated cake … Continue reading »
The theme of this month’s We Should Cocoa challenge (hosted by Choclette of Chocolate Log Blog) is chocolate and blackcurrants. I don’t think I have ever actually seen blackcurrants here in South Africa plus as it is winter, using fresh berries is definitely out of the question. I do, however, have the remnants of a … Continue reading »
The theme for this month’s Tea Time Treats challenge (co-hosted by ‘Lavender and Lovage’ and ‘What Kate Baked‘) is “Summer Fairs & Fêtes and Cake Stall Cakes & Bakes.” I like to put a South African spin on my challenge entries if I can but as a summer fête seems such a quintessentially British pastime, initially … Continue reading »
Mc Donald’s. Two little words that shouldn’t really appear on a food blog. Big corporate, boo! Food of dodgy provenance, boo! High levels of saturated fat and salt, double boo! Yes, I know but there are times (admittedly very rare times) when a Maccie D’s hits the spot nothing else can reach. Whenever I visit … Continue reading »
In a rather ineffectual attempt to lose/maintain/not gain too much more weight, I have set myself a target of only making one dessert per week. This is easier said than done when blogging challenges are requiring the need to make cake left, right and centre. It is for this reason I haven’t participated in the … Continue reading »
