tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13423442451576482022024-03-22T01:34:56.354+02:00Om NomAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-63998619313449941762013-01-27T11:26:00.004+02:002013-01-27T11:27:46.481+02:00Hey! I never posted my finished Christmas cakes!!!Wow, I'm scatty. I can't believe I never got around to posting my finished Christmas cakes... Sorry about that. Ok, well here they are!
This is my Christmas Penguins cake!I used a mixture of white and blue Wilton Sparkle Gels to create the water effect in the swimming pool :)
Have a look at the rest of them after the jump!
Santa's Workshop Christmas cake. This one was my first cakeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-20547999693149905932012-12-21T14:45:00.003+02:002012-12-21T14:47:25.302+02:00Sprinkle Bakes by Heather BairdMy office very generously gave me this book as a going away pressie. It's beautiful! Sprinkle Bakes, by Heather Baird.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-68611735615105646622012-12-20T06:27:00.001+02:002012-12-20T06:28:51.955+02:00Getting there...I'm slowly making some decent progress with the Christmas cake decorations. Last night I tackled "Santa's workshop" and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer-Dog. Ever had one idea in your head, but when you put it into practice it looked like something else? Well, that's kind of what happened with my Rudolph. Ag well, I guess he's Santa's best friend, so it's not sooooo bad if he looks like a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-47361749035579645422012-12-17T20:02:00.003+02:002012-12-17T20:06:16.216+02:00Christmas at the Korsman's...
... is coming along nicely!
I'm still in the process of making little icing decorations for the cakes that my mom is baking. Two nights ago I tackled little Christmas trees and snowmen, to go around a cake. I didn't have the energy to tackle any today, but from tomorrow I best get cracking or they're not going to dry in time!
More after the jump :)
Apart from singing Christmas carols all Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-35176651639346957482012-12-11T21:39:00.001+02:002012-12-12T06:03:47.759+02:00My first attempt at a Christmas elf...... I'd say was pretty successful :)
I shall call him Mr. Bobbles... Mr. Bobbles the Elf.
Mr Bobbles - Freshly made
Mr Bobbles has shrunk overnight, but still think he looks awesome :)
Mr Bobbles - the morning after :)
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-12060035300133428172012-11-28T20:27:00.003+02:002012-11-28T20:32:09.309+02:00Cappuccino Muffin Cake Pops
Happy little balls of muffin mix sitting in their baking tray home
You have to love cake pops. They're a bizarre baking fad that has moms and bake-a-holics the world over going googly-eyed over little balls of cake.
Gone are the days of mixing cake with frosting to get a dough sticky enough to mould into balls... nope, these days we have cake pop makers. They come in all forms from Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-50330873299607747502012-11-25T10:00:00.000+02:002012-11-25T10:00:56.234+02:00Crusty Onion and Cheese Muffins
Australian Women's Weekly - Muffins, Scones and Breads
I'm not the biggest fan of savoury muffins, however, my husband and mom are so this is what I made for lunch yesterday. These savoury muffins are delicious and dense and will easily feed six people for lunch. I suggest serving them with Simonsberg Spring Onion and Chives flavoured cream cheese.
Oh, yes... I couldn't get chives, which theAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-90857737862651656902012-11-13T17:35:00.000+02:002012-11-13T17:35:16.121+02:00Who knew???There is a Disney Cake Blog! How awesome!
Check it out here :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-75349715584577237932012-11-13T16:09:00.002+02:002012-11-25T09:03:34.680+02:00Granny's Perfect PopoversMy Gran used to make popovers for me after school as a treat. She'd fill them with apricot or strawberry jam, which to this day, is still my favourite way of eating them. You can also turn them into additions to High Tea by filling them with smoked salmon and cream cheese, with an assortment of micro-greens.
They're a take on the Yorkshire pudding, but without the oil. I don't know about you, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-50906274648973271382011-11-13T11:47:00.000+02:002011-11-13T11:47:45.913+02:00Clover’s Flourless Chocolate CakeI originally found this recipe on the http://www.clover.co.za/ website.
This beautiful, rich, mousse-like chocolate cake is one of my all time favourites to make. With only a handful of ingredients it’s an easy and relatively quick cake to make.
The thing about this cake is that during the cooking process it rises beautifully, then sinks to almost a quarter of the size, so if you’re looking to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-48037775690979392552011-10-22T20:06:00.001+02:002011-10-22T20:07:49.366+02:00Cupcakes!Decorating cupcakes is somewhat time consuming, rather messy and copious amounts of fun. Wayne even got involved and made his own creation which I termed the "carnival cupcake". Much fun was had by all :)
The right cupcake is Wayne's carnival cupcake :)
More photos after the jump:)
It's truly amazing what you can do with marshmallows
Left - chocolate disk daisy and Right - Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-17411527915557714072011-10-18T19:43:00.002+02:002011-10-18T19:45:14.181+02:00The Australian Women’s Weekly: Easy Cupcakes by ColourThis has got to be my favourite book this year. It’s not really an A to Z recipe book, but rather a book of inspiration. Each page is filled with beautiful and exceptionally clever ideas on decorating cupcakes. Of course, it does have the practical stuff in the back, like the recipes for various cakes and icings (or frosting as the American’s like to call it).
What really stood out for me was Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-37597333396418279402011-10-17T21:21:00.000+02:002011-10-17T21:21:11.137+02:00My very first attempt at sugar paste flowers was NOT a disaster!I'm really please with my first set (ever) of sugar paste flowers. Granted, they are all cut outs, but for the one, but that really doesn't bother me. I'm still very pleased with the result. I'm especially pleased with the way the pink has come out. I was worried that I was going to end up with horrid neon-pink flowers. The secret to getting just the right amount of colour into the sugar paste (Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-45914895945781117222011-10-17T13:10:00.003+02:002011-10-17T13:16:16.463+02:00Books!I love recipe books… Love them! My order from Kalahari.com arrived today and I can’t wait to get home and have a proper read through them.
The new additions (or editions rather) to my bookshelf are (all published by The Australian Women’s Weekly):
Easy cupcakes by colour
Christmas
Kids’ birthday cakes
Just for two
I’m going to tackle a couple of the easy cupcakes by colour recipes this weekend Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-40176720802163041142011-10-03T20:24:00.000+02:002011-10-03T20:24:23.603+02:00I love discovering new little shops and one very special little shop has popped up in the town that I live in. It’s called The Book Boutique, and is filled with wonderful little treasures from exquisite books to over-sized meringues. I picked up two books during my visit to the store on Saturday which consisted of The Australian Woman’s Weekly – the 12 days of Christmas recipe book and The Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-78066890428183140122011-09-29T09:08:00.002+02:002011-09-29T09:14:50.301+02:00How to Make : Stuffed Savoury PancakesI don't know about you, but I love pancakes. They're one of those delicious things that just make you happy from the inside out. Savoury pancakes are just as fantastic as sweet ones and the recipe below is one of my favourite to make on a weekend for brunch or take as a snack at parties and get togethers with friends. My boyfriend creates a production line when filling the pancakes, instead of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-23820704821229031072011-09-28T09:03:00.003+02:002011-09-28T11:35:01.797+02:00How To Make : Cake Pops
Cake Pops by Zolita
Baking and, well, food in general really, often goes through trends. We've seen black and white wedding cakes, decorative cake wrappers, iced biscuits and now cake pops.
At first glance these sweet little morsels look like they are just a disaster waiting to happen, but they're actually really simple to put together. I found a beautiful step-by-step recipe for making cake Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-18594038073578328332011-09-27T22:11:00.001+02:002011-09-28T07:01:19.676+02:00Zolita's Butter Icing RecipeButter icing is one of those things that can be truly wonderful, or truly awful, depending on how much effort you are willing to put into it. Here's Zolita's recipe for her beautifully creamy butter icing. Remember, it's called BUTTER icing, which means it must be made with butter, not margarine.
Ingredients:
250g butter
250g vegetable fat - Use Wooden Spoon
1kg sifted icing sugar
Milk by the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-63257889782183425972011-09-27T21:59:00.002+02:002011-09-28T07:02:16.352+02:00Zolita's Vanilla Cupcake RecipeThe secret to this recipe (or so I'm told) is BUTTER. Do not use margarine, not even the Stork margarine, you must use BUTTER.
Here's the recipe for this delicious vanilla cupcake :)
Ingredients:
125g butter - at room temperature, not melted
125g cake flower
125g caster sugar
1tsp baking powder
2 eggs
Milk - by the tablespoon
Method:
Preheat the oven to 160°C
Grease your cupcake / muffin tin
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-54755837423242355422011-09-27T21:44:00.002+02:002011-09-28T07:03:03.011+02:00Cupcakes - Too cute to eat!My first attempt at decorating cupcakes with something other than a smear of butter icing was, in my opinion, something of a success. The Bug (my mom) and I went to a cupcake decorating workshop in Everton, run by Zolita and her mother Zola. Zolita prepared the faces and flowers for us to use the night before, and taught us various techniques for piping butter icing. She also explained how Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342344245157648202.post-33893217534702427512011-09-27T14:25:00.001+02:002011-09-27T14:25:09.838+02:00Another food blog???I know, we've tried this before! I know, I know. Hopefully this time it (it being me) won't fade into the interweb-ether. If you see that I'm fading, please feel free to email me and let me know that I'm lacking in my blogging duties.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0