Little Miss Cupcake

I had some spare cupcakes over from an order I had just finished for a friend at work and Little Miss Cupcake had been pestering most of the afternoon and night to help out. So as a reward for her patience I let her pipe her one with buttercream icing and sprinkles.

Little Miss Gardener

While I was outside re-potting some store bought lettuce Little Miss A came outside and wanted to help. She had spied a pink pot and HAD to use it. So I helped her pour some potting mix into it with a small spade, use her finger to poke holes, drop the seeds in the holes and cover them. I gave her a little drink bottle to water them and no surprise - one swig for the pot and one swig for her...lol. She was so attentive and helpful, can't wait to see her face when they start growing.


After planting her Sweetcorn and Bean seeds we went inside to make labels for her pots. I have some super sized ice block sticks and I helped her write the words and then she drew a picture of each at the bottom.

Next step was to go outside and label each pot. The pink pot is for Beans and the green pot is for Sweetcorn.


Here she is holding her Beans pot

Here she is holding her Sweetcorn pot

Baking Challenge - #1

Apple Cake with Lemon Icing I got this recipe of a blog but can't remember which one now. Using simple ingredients that can be easily found in your pantry.

Ingredients:
4 Eggs
2 C of Sugar
3 tsp of Vanilla Essence
1 C of Oil (any kind)
2 C of Flour
4 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
2 C freshly chopped apples - sprinkled with sugar
Pecan nuts - recipe doesn't specify how many

Method
Combing eggs, sugar, vanilla and oil
Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger
Fold in apples and nuts (I used walnut pieces)
Pour into greased or lined tin and bake aprox 1hour or until done

Ice or not to ice up to you - I used lemon icing and then sprinkled shredded coconut over the top

Feedback:
Texture nice and moist but I think next time I'll add a bit more cinnamon to boost up the flavour.

Baking challenge revival.

I'm going to revive my baking challenge again. I'm doing the odd bit of catering here and there so its a good time to start challenging myself again. So I hope you pop in from time to time to see what I've been up to and I'll also be adding the odd picture to facebook.

Catering Gig

from left to right: Chocolate Crunch, Chocolate Cake, Carrot Cake and Chocolate Crunch

Had my first catering gig last week and the feedback was awesome. Here's a photo my niece took of the what I had baked for a shared morning tea from some staff who were leaving.

Dads favourite spot

Al and the boys were doing some much needed property maintainence when I was summons to take some photos of Phoenix. But I couldn't resist snapping a few of Al sitting in my dads favourite spot in the garden.

Patiently waiting

At a recent Bowls Tournament Little Miss A sat down on the edge to watch Phoenix bowl. As you can imagine this "moment" didn't last long.