I've started watching 10000BC on Channel 5. Always intrigued by these type of social experiments (I was gripped by Living In The Past in the 70's) it's fascinating to see specifically what a decent meal means to us humans. Until something is taken away, it's sometimes hard to fully appreciate how much we truly would miss something were it not ...
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Did You Know It’s National Cupcake Week?
Seriously I love social media. If it weren't for Twitter I wouldn't have known it was: National Cupcake Week 2014. And that would have been my loss. For I do love cake. Cupcakes are such fantastic works of art. Edible ones at that. So, if you haven't seen it before here's an old post of mine. How To Bake The Perfect Cupcake I guarantee you will astound ...
How To Bake A Cake
You never know where inspiration, for a blog post, will come from. (Actually it is my daughter's 9th birthday, but I hadn't planned on blogging about that). Then, I received an e-mail from a reader. As I e-mailed back - inspiration struck. ...
No Waste Tastes Great /It’s Gone A Little Sour
It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great Click here to learn more about my simple Friday routine Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge Quite a sparse fridge, apart from the top shelf. There is still a lot of cooking margarine to use up. No pressure - as it has plenty of life left in it yet. But it did remind me I'd promised a post on piping/frosting ...
How To Bake The Perfect Cupcake
I'm not one to advocate calling anything 'perfect' because nothing ever can be. But I didn't want to title this recipe 'How To Bake A Good Enough Cupcake', because they truthfully will be way better than 'good enough'. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, check out my Good Enough Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe) The Perfect Cupcake Recipe - Makes ...
Sticky Bottom Raspberry Cupcake Recipe
**Things are a little chaotic at my IRL home at the moment, so rather than neglect my virtual home (this blog) completely I'm re-posting a recipe that appeared over at Jo-Jo Bakes last year. Enjoy!** (Originally posted 25 July 2012) Sticky-Bottomed Raspberry Cupcakes – Makes 12 (Want to know why they’re called sticky-bottomed? Try them and find ...