Yesterday was Mother’s Day. We don’t really make a big deal out of Mother’s Day, just funny little gifts from the kids and time spent together. Since I forgot the Mother’s Day stall at school this year, there was no crappy… I mean funny… gifts, instead the kids drew me pictures and decided that I […]
Cinnamon Crunch Apple Cake
Having guests for afternoon tea sounds so ‘proper’, and a ‘proper’ afternoon tea wouldn’t be at all ‘proper’ without a ‘proper’ tea cake. The reality of afternoon tea didn’t turn out quite as ‘proper’, which could have had something to do with the number of kids who were racing around our yard, dressing up and […]
Pineapple Upside-down Cupcakes
No need to worry about icing/frosting these sweet little cakes, you serve these pineapple upside-down cupcakes just as the name suggests – upside-down! I had a crazy surge of motivation the other day and I made and froze 48 home-made pizza rolls for school lunchboxes. When I was done busily patting myself on the back […]
Nanny Pickle’s Awesome Fruit Cake Recipe
What do you do when you don’t have a kitchen? You get other people to cook for you, that’s what you do! My Mum makes the most yummiest fruit cake and she swears it is easy to make as well… but I wouldn’t know anything about that since I leave the fruit cake making entirely […]