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  • Dark chocolate cake with an african theme

    Dark chocolate Cake with an African theme

      Helen made this beautiful African inspired cake for her friend’s 30th Birthday.  Its a dense chocolate cake which is perfect for a base for fondant icing. It is made with dark…

  • White chocolate mousse tarts

    White Chocolate Mousse

    This is the second recipe for this weeks PnP Food Bloggers challenge sponsored by Robertsons Spices.  We had to use both cayenne pepper and cinnamon in two separate recipes.…

  • Mascarpone papaya tarts

    Papaya, Mascarpone,and Ginger Tartlets

    There is life beyond fruit salad for some of the delicious tropical fruits available at the moment.  Papaya with its blush-pink colour, gives a subtle flavour of the tropics to these  tartlets.…

  • Mini layer cakes

    Mini Layer Cakes

    This beautiful little cakes are only 4″/10cm high, but would be equally as perfect as a large cake. The beauty of making them so small, is being able to use the pearly…

  • Chocolate Mud Cake

    Chocolate Mud Cake with Swiss Buttercream recipe

    I was so sad to say goodbye to Kelly my beautiful daughter in law who has been visiting from California.  I know she’s had an amazing time seeing her friends and family,…

  • sugar art

    Sugar Art and Vanilla Cupcakes

      On Saturday Helen and I spent a great day with Grace from Cupcakes by Design , and  Sandy from Sugar Art Studio, learning the intricacies of Sugar Art.  In the morning we…

  • Carrot cake

    Carrot Cake

     It goes without saying that my friend Vanessa makes the best carrot cake I have ever tasted. Carrot cakes never date and everyone loves them.  They are packed with chunky nuts ,…

  • Angel food cake

    Angel Food Cake

      If you haven’t already tried an Angel Food Cake, then you are missing out on something really great.  Its named for its airy lightness that was said to be the “food of…

  • Letterpress cookies

    Letterpress cookies

     I found  this lovely Letterpress Cookie Set at the online store Yuppie Chef, and we tried them out on these heart shaped Cookies for Valentines Day.  The set comes with three cutters…