Last year, I organised a bake sale at work to raise money for Comic Relief. It was fairly successful. Everyone that attended seemed to have a good time, and lots of cake, cookies and cupcakes were eaten, as well as a reasonable sum of money raised. The University I work for are running a campaign…
I reviewed the recipe book The Petit Four Cookbook by Brooks Coulson Nguyen this weekend. In case you didn’t already know, petit four is French for ‘little oven’, and is used to describe small bite-sized cakes. I confess, as much as I like to eat these, I had never attempted them before so it was…
A good friend of mine has a book out today! Alasdair Stuart is a freelance journalist who, among other things, works on Pseudopod.org, the world’s leading horror fiction podcast. Alasdair has collated his outros (the opposite of intros) for 2012 into a book called The Pseudopod Tapes: Vol1. To celebrate the launch, he held a…
A sweet addition to the Halloween buffet. I made some deliciously moist Red Velvet Cupcakes. Red Velvet is a chocolate sponge, slightly sharp with buttermilk, and coloured a vivid red. Instead of the traditional cream-cheese frosting that usually accompanies red velvet, these cupcakes, sat in pretty purple cases, were frosted with an orange buttercream, and…
Back in February 2011, Maine lawmakers were poised to make the “whoopie pie” the official state dessert – even though some claim the chocolate cake/cookie sandwich filled with white fluffy filling was actually invented in Pennsylvania. In the end, they plumped for the far healthier option of the Wild Blueberry Pie as the state dessert,…
The nights are drawing in, and the clocks went back this weekend. Goodbye summer, and hello autumn! I love this time of year. I love the changing colours in the garden, as the trees change through their autumn reds, golds and oranges. At this time of year, and before my thoughts turn towards Christmas, we…
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