We like to make things in this house… well, not all the time, we can open packets and buy pre-prepared stuff with the best of them (chicken-on-a-stick,…… Read more “Edited highlights: Pancakes, date loaf and Swedish foodstuffs”
Category: Cake
Vampire skin and raspberry meringues
What to do in the school holidays on a day off from work? The 11-year-old son formerly known as Spider Boy was annoyed that he had to…… Read more “Vampire skin and raspberry meringues”
Summer Retrospective – birthdays, beaches, green thumbs and too much leg.
Hello! Well we’re well into nearly at the end of March now and that means we’re well overdue for the Alexcellent Summer Retrospective. But hey, this is Canberra…… Read more “Summer Retrospective – birthdays, beaches, green thumbs and too much leg.”
Focus Schmocus
Where has the year gone? I ask myself every year at about this time. I was just reading my most recent blog post (apart from the Angelina…… Read more “Focus Schmocus”
Edited highlights: bare trees and summer memories
On Monday I worked from home as Spider Boy had a cold. It was also time for his plaster to come off. Once we got home from…… Read more “Edited highlights: bare trees and summer memories”
7 Halloween cupcake recipes… an Alexcellent roundup.
Halloween is tonight but you’ve just got time to bake some last-minute cupcakes. Here are some spooky-but-cute Halloween treats from around the web if you’re needing some…… Read more “7 Halloween cupcake recipes… an Alexcellent roundup.”
Edited Highlights: Sugar, blossoms, cake and colouring-in
Time to catch up on the past month with a series of snapshots that seem to be mostly food and floral. I snuck away from my desk…… Read more “Edited Highlights: Sugar, blossoms, cake and colouring-in”
Baking with yoghurt: Mango and vanilla yoghurt cake with white chocolate ganache
I love cake, but in my efforts to be healthier, I’ve been thinking about ways I could reduce the fat. No butter? Yes, it is possible to…… Read more “Baking with yoghurt: Mango and vanilla yoghurt cake with white chocolate ganache”
School Cake-stall Baking
I saw some really cute panda-face cupcakes on Housegoeshome, so I decided to have a go for the recent Federal Election day cake-stall at school, because they were just so…… Read more “School Cake-stall Baking”
Nothing Like Nigella. Part 2
You might remember my cheesecake disaster from last week: the rubbery, salty garbage-tasting lump with flesh coloured gelatinous globules in it that actually made me dry-retch when…… Read more “Nothing Like Nigella. Part 2”
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