Vanilla Easter Biscuits with Royal Icing

    The eggs only. They look eggs-tra specially eggs-cellent.   We didn’t put all our eggs in one basket: we added a chicken and bunnies as well. A pretty blue bowl of pretty biscuits :   “Time consuming but absorbing, and fun to make” – this how Mum described the making, baking, and icing […]

Posted by Admin on May 3rd, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Biscuits, Easter, Festive and Celebrations, Icings and Fillings

Easter Holidays

  A selection of eggs and chocolate for an egg-scellent ‘healthy’ Easter feast : Creme Egg, Green Eggs (feijoas), and Candy Covered Chocolate Eggs. (We did actually have a boiled egg for Easter Breakfast followed by the traditional Creme Egg, egg-cetera, egg-cetera). Mum had just read an article and commented on how eating dark chocolate […]

Posted by Admin on May 2nd, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Easter, Pot Luck (miscellaneous)

Strawberry Santa Hat Brownies

    This recipe came from the New Zealand Woman’s Day issue of 9 December, 2013. I was going to make the Strawberry and Cream Cheese Santas again for Christmas (see a previous blog for this recipe), but came across this one instead. I see that a local bakery, Breadworks, made these Santa Hat Brownies […]

Posted by Admin on January 4th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Christmas, Confectionery, Desserts and Puddings, Festive and Celebrations, Fruits