Celebration Cake – Chocolate Cake with Fancy Butter Cream Icing in Yellow and Maroon Rosettes

  This cake received lots of appreciative “ooos and ahhs” from the people I gave it to (plus everyone who has seen it).  The cake itself is a basic and quick to make recipe out of a book I was given by my Grandmother, when I was a child. Although the recipe is standard, and […]

Ideas for Christmas Craft and Displays in Public Spaces – (recycling theme)

Merry Christmas to everyone. Here’s a few ideas for Christmas craft and decorations for display in public spaces….and the theme is recycling. All items here are made with recycled magazines, CDs, books, and even a living tree.   Christmas Trees made out of Magazines and books:   These are made from recycling well-used TV Guides: […]

Baileys Chocolat Luxe Shots in Hollow Chocolate Easter Eggs

  What goes great with chocolate? More chocolate of course (and even better is alcohol disguised as chocolate). I had a bottle of Baileys limited edition Chocolate Luxe and some hollow chocolate Easter Eggs, and this is the result:     These are great for after dinner treats. You could even put the Baileys in […]

Origami Easter Bunny Rabbit

    This bunny is made in two parts; so you will need a square piece of paper 15 cm x 15 cm (6 inches x 6 inches) for the body and another piece of paper the same size for the head.     TO MAKE THE BODY OF THE RABBIT:   Fold a square […]

Hot Cross Buns (with fruit, and without fruit)

  This shows half of the hot cross buns with fruit and half without.   Hot cross buns at Easter are a must, and this is a lovely hot cross bun recipe. Mum has been using this recipe since the 1980s, when it appeared in an issue of New Zealand More magazine. Mum and I […]