A few weeks back was my husbands birthday…that’s when I baked the Maple Walnut Cake. I won’t go into the details again of how I got to Maple Walnut Cake, but let’s just say my Maple walnut cake started...
Author - Batter Me Up
Recently my husband took some time off from work to be a stay-at-home Dad! Not significant time…just 2 weeks.. Till my Mum came to help with the kids and we went back to being corporate slaves. It was a well deserved break...
It’s my husband’s birthday today! So obviously I’ve been hard at work trying to decide on what to make for him. He’s my biggest fan and my biggest critic, so while all this baking stuff is very relaxing...
The company I work for is going through a massive restructure and restructuring always results in layoffs. Obviously the morale was at a high time LOW at the office and the working environment was just depressing right after the...
During my final days of finishing Grad School I was often wiling away time in between writing my Thesis and procrastinating of course – you can’t be a student if you don’t procrastinate! And how can you procrastinate if you...
Has anyone tried the Peanut Butter stack at Starbucks? The average person will probably say ‘no’. It’s easy to miss; it’s usually sitting very quietly keeping to itself on the last shelf of their dessert section. One...
Happy New Year! After all the holiday festivities are over I thought I’d start with some light baking, nothing very demanding and exhausting so I decided to go to back to basics and a little more – Fudge Brownies...
I was visiting my sister-in-law over Christmas and teaching her little babies to Bake. One of the many things on the list was Zucchini Bread to give all our baking a healthy touch somewhere. I grated half the Zucchini after...
While we are getting ready for Christmas and working on our shortbreads I thought I’d make the millionaire shortbread just for a bit of variety and for the added sweetness which a plain shortbread would not give. So here it...
Aah – ‘Tis the season to be jolly…! I love how right after Halloween everything turns green and red and the preparation for Christmas is in full gear. Of course how can Christmas be complete without some form of...