{Bake} Bocca Negra Cake - A Post Easter Treat!

Over Easter we ate A LOT of chocolate and now that it was all gone it left me wanting more so l decided to bake the most chocolately cake ever!  It is rich, moist, fudgy and dense!  Quite like a massive chocolate molten pudding that can be shared!
If your not a fan of chilli & chocolate then you could easily leave it out and l thought this recipe would be great to use up any left over Easter Eggs but of course the better your chocolate the better the result!

{Bake} A Sweet Donut Peach Galette Recipe

A while ago l collaborated on a Valentines Day shoot with Bianca from Blush loves Mint and thought l would share a few pics and a most delicious recipe! You can find more of the pictures on my facebook page Will you be my Valentine Album?

{Bake) Oreo Truffle Mousse Cake inspired by Sweet Style

During the week l spotted a Dessert Table created by Leanne from Sweet Style which got me really excited! Not only was it perfectly styled like all of Leanne's work but it was full of delicious Oreo's.  I have never really understood people's obsession with this little cookie until l made Oreo truffle cake pops last weekend and now l am obsessed!  It is amazing how this cookie is transformed into the most deliciously decadent truffle by simply adding some cream cheese!

{Bake} Glamorous "Barbie Inspired" Pink & Black Cupcakes

It has been quite a while between blog posts but today l finally had some time in the kitchen and created some very, very pretty cupcakes for my son's teacher as it was her Birthday! It was nice to have an excuse to get into the kitchen and create something Glamorous with "Blanche"! Just in case you are not aware who Blanche is... well she is my new assistant and now l don't know what l did without her before!! She is my Sleek New Almond Creme Kitchen Aid and the most lovely gift EVER!! I received her just over 2 weeks ago for my 35th Birthday from my Hubby and all my gorgeous Family and Friends..and l don't know how to Thank them all enough but l am sure they will all be happy with the creations she will make!!

{Bake} A Lithuanian Dessert Table for Mothers Day

Hey Lovelies,

A couple of weeks ago l was filled with nostalgia and a hankering for the delicious Lithuanian dough-nuts (spurgos) my grandmother used to make for us after school! So l decided that l would prepare a dessert table laden with Lithuanian Desserts for Mother Day. However in my quest l did not find too many and don't remember eating too many sweet things growing up either!! I did come to a conclusion though that all Lithuanian food is Beige! hahaha!

{Bake} Celebrate Australia Day with a Milo Cupcake with Tim Tam Frosting

Printables from a little delightful
http://alittledelightful.blogspot.com/2012/01/australia-day-trifle.html

Today l had a bit of a disastrous day in the kitchen but that was good since now l can give you pointers on what not to do and what l would do next time l made these Lil' Beauties!!  Yep in this post l am gunna lay on the slang cause l can!!  It is nearly Australia Day so l wanted to give all you Sheila's and Bloke's a recipe you could make to bring along to your Barbie that is authentically Aussie!.....Mmmmmm ok l will stop with the slang as much as l would like to continue it just isn't me and l may need to start cursing and l am a lady most of the time so l only let the occasional one slip!! Hahahaha! LOL!

{Bake} Say Happy Birthday with a Choc Chip Cookie!!

Hey my lovely readers just a quick post today as l wanted to share my Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe and a cute idea for birthdays or even Valentines day??  Why not give an edible cookie with a message instead of a card???  I am not sure if this is a new idea or not but it is one of my Bestest Friend's Birthdays tomorrow and we were catching up tonight and yep... you guessed it... l forgot to get a card!!!  But l had made a batch of choc chip cookies which just happen to be her favourite yesterday so l thought why not giver her a birthday message on a cookie!!

Birthday Message on Choc Chip Cookie

{Bake} Celebrate 2012 with an icy treat!

It has definitely been a hot start to 2012 and the past 2 days we have spent it down at the beach enjoying the sun and frolicking in the water!  It has been nice to welcome in 2012 with a bit of fun in the sun and l feel a real sense of calm or maybe that is just heat exhaustion??  No seriously after such a busy end of the year it has been so nice just to spend time together as a family and not have to rush anywhere!! I have a feeling that 2012 is going to be a year of discovery for me where l learn a little more about myself and where l fit in this big wide world and l am hoping that this tranquil feeling remains with me through out the year!! (oohhh that was deep wasn't it??)  I have been so relaxed the past two days that l haven't even ventured into the kitchen and so feeling a little inspired today by the left over cranberry juice from NYE Cosmopolitans l decided to make an icy treat for the kids!! Ohhh and for us grown ups but next time l think l might make a Cosmopoiltan Icy Pole! Mmmmm Delish!
So here is a super duper easy recipe but it might be best to make in the evening to avoid the continual "Is it ready yet??" Whining from the kids!!

CRANBERRY AND RASPBERRY ICY POLES

{Bake} A Blue Inspired Christmas: Blueberry, Cranberry and Pistachio White Christmas Recipe

This year we decided on a Blue, White and Silver Colour Scheme for Christmas  which l truly adore!!  This colour scheme is so fresh and reminds me of cooler times in Holland but also the blue skies of Melbourne which seem to be a bit more grey these days!!  Hopefully the sun will come out on Christmas day and make these dull grey days seem sparkly and bright!

{Bake} Sweetapolita's Chocolate Stout Cake was a Crowd Pleaser!!

Last week l was inspired by Rosie from Sweetapolita and her Divine Chocolate Stout Cake and jumped at the chance to bring dessert to my brother's place on Saturday night just so l could try it!!

This cake really did live up to it's reputation with it's rich moist centre and deep intense Chocolate aroma's which the stout seemed to enhance!  Best of all l didn't even need chocolate!!  This recipe calls for the use of Cocoa powder and from my experience cakes made with cocoa powder tend to be not as rich and moist like those made with melted chocolate, so yes l was pleasantly suprised with the results of this recipe!

I also had been itching to practice my rose piping skills so when Rosie used Donna Hay's Vanilla Buttercream Recipe that was the clincher!!  I knew that this cake would be DELICIOUS and l had the perfect medium to create a very pretty rose swirl cake!

{Celebrate} Byron's 9th Birthday Pizza & Movie Night

Last week was Byron's Birthday and he celebrated by having a Pizza and Movie Night with his friends at home!  I wanted to make it special by creating a Candy & Snack Bar for the kids so they could help themselves to popular Movie snacks such as Popcorn, Jaffa's, Pick n Mix, Maltesers, Choc Honeycomb, snakes and mini coca cola bottles.   l provided some noodle boxes which l decorated with some red & white Ribbon and Printables from Poshtique Designs.

Misty from Poshtique Designs is wonderful and l used her Movie Birthday Printables http://www.etsy.com/listing/69664236/movie-birthday-party-printable-movie which come with a banner, ticket invitations, labels and 2" circles which l featured throughout the party.  I started with the invitations a few weeks prior to the party and created some excitement by giving each child a Jumbo box of popcorn with their ticket invitation to get them all in the mood!

Movie Ticket Invitations by Poshtique Designs

{Bake} Old Skool Toffee Apples for School!

A couple of weeks ago the kids asked me what treats l used to eat as a child??  It brought back many a memories of grocery shopping with my Mum on a Thursday night and choosing either a Chocolate Freddo or a Toffee Apple as a special treat!  Of course l always chose the Toffee Apple as it lasted longer and so l shared this little story with my children who looked at me rather bewildered and said "Mum, What is a Toffee Apple??"  Oh my, what had the modern world come to where children no longer knew what a toffee apple was??  I was flabergasted that l had never shared these special treats from my childhood and so the search was on to try and buy the kids a toffee apple and to my dismay l could not find a local shop that sold them!!  So what did l do??  I decided to make them and it gave me an excuse to use the very snazzy new candy thermometer l bought a couple of weeks back to replace my glass one which broke when we did the kitchen renovation.

{Bake} Deliciously Easy Chocolate & Frangelico Malt Tart

mmmmm deliciously easy chocolate & frangelico malt tart

Hi all over the weekend one of my best friends celebrated her Birthday and as a special treat l made her this delicious tart for our Monday Morning Tea together!  She loves chocolate and so l created this rich and delicious Toblerone inspired dessert as we don't mind a cocktail every now and then and l thought it could be a little naughty to have such a decadent dessert on a Monday Morning and it was!!

{Bake} Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake Pops and My Perfect Vanilla Bean Cookie Recipe!!

Sorry it has been a couple of very busy weeks and l have failed to post anything but life has been rather hectic here with renovation mayhem!!  But finally l have a BEAUTIFUL new kitchen and now l can bake and create even more than l normally do with my double oven!  However l have not had the opportunity to use it to it's full potential as yet as l have been too busy cleaning up my saw dust ridden house but l can deal with the cleaning up knowing l have a wonderful space to work in now and feel very organised and now l just need to do the rest of the house!!

Celebrating the Barossa

We had a wonderful Easter this year in South Australia visiting my husband's Dad and his wife and also had the opportunity to visit during the Barossa Vintage Wine Festival which was FABULOUS!!  I do love a good drop of red and especially something big and bold like a Shiraz so the Barossa is definitely the place to go and enjoy the vines and a glass or two of the new harvest.  We had a great Family Day at Seppeltsfield Winery filled with ice cream, rides, magic shows, grape treading and the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt and it was a good thing we got there early because as we left we saw just how far everyone had to park to be able to join in the fun!

The Amazing Magician

A chance to meet the rabbit