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Caramel and Chocolate Dessert Brownies
Mum had a hankering to make chocolate brownies, so we decided on a recipe called American Chocolate Brownies. Mum also had a desire for some caramel, so we combined the two to make this delicious dessert brownie. I tell you, she leads me astray sometimes with great desserts. This brownie is so easy to […]
Birthday Baking Gifts
My previous blog post was about my birthday cake – Plum and Coconut Cake with Lemon Syrup, made by Mum. She packaged up the freshly made cake, travelled 3 hours by bus, and hand-delivered it to me. This was very special indeed, and I was also lucky enough to be spoiled with specially baked […]
Grasshopper Pie Cupcakes at Petit Fours
A group of friends and I went for afternoon tea at Petit Fours, and we had a very nice catch-up time over cupcakes and tea. Among the array of cupcakes in the cabinet was the Grasshopper Pie Cupcake. This is based on Nigella Lawson’s dessert from her book ‘Kitchen’ (London: Chatto & Windus, 2010). […]
Posted in Cakes and Cupcakes
Cupcakes from Petit Fours
I have discovered that cupcakes are very good for improving staff morale; they are very much mini-morale-boosters. Twice now, my work-team have placed orders at Petit Fours for cupcakes to bring back to the office. Cupcakes also strengthen our inter-team communication, and task management responsibilities through gathering the orders and phoning in the order, […]
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