Category Archives: baking

800 !! This is my 800th post !!

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

Whoo hoo !!!   I need to go back to my first one and have a squizz .. I know it was a disaster!!  I knew nothing about downloading, editing, and all the stuff that goes with blogging !!!!     Not one … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, cake, flowers, garden, Jackie | 4 Comments

Focusing …

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

…. with the 50mm lens    I love ‘playing’ with my camera The subject : Erin’s birthday cake  (it didn’t whine, moan or pull grumpy faces!) I have a bone to pick with Picasa … the Collage application is no … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, birthday, cake, photography | 2 Comments

Focus on a hole-in-one …

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

…   to practice close-ups using only the 18-55mm lens which was not on macro setting I’d like to be as compact as possible when hubby and I go on our overseas trip in July, mainly as it’s an organised coach trip which … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, birthday, birthdays, cake, Carl | 1 Comment

Choccie birthday cake …

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

…. again, I hear you say!!!  Gotta have a choccie cake on one of our family’s birthdays !!!  ‘Twas just the three of us yesterday afternoon … hubby, me and our ‘baby girl’ … (and Jackie of course!) I couldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, birthday, cake, Elaine | 2 Comments

Creating a masterpiece !!!

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

It was my hubby’s birthday on Monday :)    I picked up the boys from school … dashed home to bake a cake for afternoon tea.  It was hubby’s birthday after all .. a cake was needed !!! “Can I put the sprinkles … Continue reading →

Posted in art, baking, birthday, Bradley, cake, Connor, Peter | 4 Comments

Are there fairies in the garden? …

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

   … fluttering between the tiny flowers … … or sheltering under large mushrooms …  … which grow as flat as a fresh baked cookie … … and round like yummy pie …  (self pastry milk tart!) Are there fairies in the garden ? … where flowers look … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, birds, Bradley, Connor, Easter, Erin, mushrooms | 3 Comments

Chocolate Cake

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

 I have used this cake recipe ever since I started baking as a child.  It’s a simple recipe .. nothing fancy … but it works every time … It has become a family favourite … now a ’Granny’s Speciality’ birthday cake … … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, cake, chocolate, Mum | 6 Comments

Weekly Winners : 16 – 22 August 2009

Posted on August 23, 2009 by

I love this time of the year … … when little buds burst into new growth … … with shiny new green leaves … .. and white flowering quince open … … and embrace the warm sunshine … … when … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, flowers, garden, Weekly Winners | 8 Comments

The art of icing a birthday cake for Grandpa!

Posted on July 20, 2009 by

…. as passed down by “my Gwanny” … .. “first you have to lick the icing off the whizzing thing ….. ” … then you have to squish the smarties on .. like this …. ” … then you get … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, Erin | 7 Comments

4 x 4

Posted on November 8, 2008 by

Jeanette tagged me to do this and thought I would do it now – before it rains. When it rains we don’t get internet !! apparently the little box on top of the telephone pole is rusted and the technician … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, Bradley, Elaine, learning curve | 1 Comment