Throwing Parties To Eat Cake
For a fun afternoon tea surprise for my kids I made a 3D teddy bear cookie. It had been something I had wanted to do for a very long time and I finally got around to it. When they saw it, they were so excited and the movable arms blew their minds, although they quickly…
One of the things I always make at Christmas is my Christmas shortbread, its so easy, so delicious and a great gift. Ingredients: 250g of soft room temperature unsalted butter1/2 a cup of icing sugar1 tsp of coconut extract 1 egg (at room temperature) 1 cup of dried cranberries1 cup of pistachios 180g chopped white chocolate or…
A new fun way to expand your party food selection is with cake donuts. Donut pans are widely available and inexpensive, plus you can make them with most sponge cake recipes and decorate them to suit your occasion. My younger kids wanted to help me make rainbow coconut cake donuts, as everything has to be…
I. Am. A. Chocoholic. Hopefully that is my first step to curbing my appetite but in the meantime I have come up with this raspberry, coconut and chocolate scone recipe. All the ladies at the Women's Insitute are gasping in horror at a classic recipe being tampered with, but it is so delicious, and topped…
After making dark chocolate and orange hot cross buns for ohitsperfect last Easter my kids developed a taste for them while i was testing my recipe and they soon became a favourite. This year they stared asking for some as soon as they appeared in the shops. Here are my rainbow chocolate and coconut hot…
Halloween is a great excuse to throw a little party, my kids can dress up and party with their friends after school and I can chat to mine. This year i decided to go with a decrepit tomb theme based around skeletons, crows and snakes ( yes I did love Indiana Jones). For the decoration…
