Anniversaries...

So my little sister and her boyfriend had their anniversary a few weeks ago and as part of his gift the bf wanted to make her some cupcakes. He calls her panda because she has a tendency to leave her eye makeup on and wake up looking like a panda with big black circles round her eyes! In turn she calls him Kermit (as in the frog) because he's got long lanky arms and legs just like the muppet does

So I hope you enjoy my rather comical cupcakes... They were done on very short notice!!

Peace x.

Bethany's Birthday...

So I have a beautiful niece (and an equally handsome nephew)! I am such a proud little Aunty haha! Anyway it was Bethie's 2nd Birthday at the end of April and so I made her the cutest (and quickest) cake ever before driving the hour to my sister's place to celebrate with them :-)

I thought I would do a little bragging and show you the marbled pink cake I made for her! I've really been getting into the marbling thing recently! I love it... So easy but looks so good :-) ill do some rainbow cakes soon and (hopefully) remember to take some cute pictures!

Hope you enjoy!
Peace x.

Mothers' day...

So for Mothers' Day we had a big family lunch with the grannies and one of my aunts :-) it was so much fun and I even made a cake for the occasion! It was a pink Rosewater marbled cake with those pogo stick biscuits, marshmallows and white chocolate over the top! It was so so yummy if I may say so myself!!

I hope it's inspirational to somebody! Maybe I'll get around to blogging the inspiration for it one day... No promises though as I seem to struggle keeping them recently!!

Peace x.

Times flying...

So things have been pretty hectic lately! I've had the flu. I've had laryngitis. I've also been cold (and probably very lazy) so haven't been posting on here! It's been more than a month since my last post! I should get on top of this all one day :-)

Unfortunately I'm not able to cross off my surprise because Superman ended up getting sick so the weekend never went through :-( but I'm sure I'll be able to plan some amazing surprises over the next 12 months!

I have just signed up to Cupcake Day for the RSPCA 2012 so am super excited thinking about food, invitations, food, location... did I mention food? I promise I will add lots of bits and pieces on here about my planning and prep! I'll hopefully have lots of things to tick off my list in the process :-)

Hmmm... what else has been happening? I'm having trouble recounting the last month it has been so busy! I've bought a huge bunch of materials to make a few aprons for friends and family (as well as myself) and even managed to make a pattern to follow from newspaper - Nanny style! My Nanny (grandmother) is an absolutely gun when it comes to sewing... she doesn't even need something to copy when she makes a pattern - just pulls the idea from her head and starts snipping away at newspapers with pins and tape measures going everywhere!!

I have come to a bit of a stop on the apron front due to having to pull my sewing machine out of the clutter we have in our laundry... but that shouldn't take too long to do and I'll turn into Queen of Aprons! I'm thinking it will be an amazing production line of cute materials, scissors and pins!

I'll post a few more pictures today from my phone so you can see what else I've been up to (baking wise)!

Otherwise I wish you all a truly amazing and magical Winter Solstice (Yule)!

Peace x.

Surprise...

I am super excited to be in the process of crossing something new off my list :-) I am currently planning a surprise for Superman. He knows who he is if he ever gets around to reading this blog (which thankfully he doesn't know about yet)!

So I have him from Saturday afternoon until Sunday afternoon... and to be honest he won't know what hit him! I will (hopefully) take lots of pictures to share with you all as I think it's going to be the best surprise! So far it is still in the works but it will start off by visiting the beautiful Festival of Light in Circular Quay which runs from Friday 25th May 2012 until Monday 11th June 2012. It's set to be absolutely amazing!

I'm still deciding where we should do dinner but my personal favourite is definitely Pancakes On The Rocks only because my family used to visit here once a month to go to the markets on a Sunday and enjoy a lazy breakfast of pancakes! We'll be doing public transport in and out of the city as I find parking to be a nightmare and considering it's the opening weekend of the lights display I'm sure it would be even worse than normal :-)

So Sunday is the bit I'm excited about! I'm thinking it'll start with a lazy breakfast as we meander on up to Bilpin from my place :-) I took my girlfriend to a beautiful little place to have breakfast on her birthday this year in Kurrajong. It was so cute and has a beautiful garden. It's called Bellbird Echo Cafe and is well worth a visit if you're ever on your way past (or even for a special visit to wander the gardens and eat the tastiest food!).

Finally, I've decided we're going to spend the afternoon picking apples at Bilpin Springs Orchard (this part he may not be so impressed by but it will definitely be my favourite!). I'm looking forward to all the things I will be cooking the following week... from Apple Strudel to crumbles and cakes (I'm sure he'll get super excited about this part!) - Yummo!

So I will definitely get back to you about how the surprise goes and will finally be posting my Peanut Butter and Choc Chip Cookie recipe and bragging pictures of my Mothers' Day cake too tonight when I get home from work :-)

Peace x.

Trouble in paradise...

I have so much to tell you all and cross off something else from my wonderful list but unfortunately I put my trusty laptop in for a service and don't get it back until Friday!

I can tell you all that I went to. See John Butler the weekend before last and it was nothing short of amazing! He is the most talented man with such compassion :) I think I'm only a little in love :p

Anyway I hope that photo worked!! I promise to do some catch up posts when my laptop is returned :)

Peace x.

Neglect...

I must apologise for my neglect of you dear blog and blog readers! I have been super busy recently getting through a few more on my list :-)

I am super excited to announce that I bought a townhouse so can cross that off my little list! I also went on enough of a date with 'Superman' to cross that off my list - he is a bit more of a story for another day I'm thinking tehe!

Since my last post I have also been able to wear red lipstick a few times... Once on Easter Thursday when my girlfriend and I went to a local hot spot dressed as bunnies and the second when I went to a Pirate party last night.

I have a few recipes to upload over the next week and a bit so stay tuned :-)

Peace x.