Today’s guest post is from my slightly insane sister-in-law, Dawn. We are a lot alike, in that we share a love of cake, hair dye, and nutella. Dawn has become quite the dab hand at producing giant cupcakes, and they are always well received at family gatherings. She has kindly written out a tutorial including…
Last weekend, I went to visit family in the Bristol area. I have a cousin who moved to Houston, Texas a few years ago when he married a delightful Texan lady. He was over for a visit, and my aunt threw a little family get-together. As this took place on March 17th, St Patrick’s Day,…
Yes, you read that right. I said Monkey Bread. Don’t worry, there were no actual monkeys harmed in the making of this bread. Monkey Bread is the ultimate tear and share bread. Made with an enriched dough, its very similar to a Cinnamon Roll, and in fact I use the same dough recipe. When you…
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…
There are certain flavours that scream Christmas – gingerbread, cinnamon, nutmeg, cranberry and of course egg nog. Last year I made chocolate bark for the first time as part of my edible Christmas gift hamper. It was extremely popular, so I wanted to include some again, but much like with the fudge, I didn’t want…
Some time ago, I saw an image of a birthday cake (I can’t remember where now sadly) and I have been longing for an excuse to re-create it in my own style. The cake basically was decorated with chocolate bars, but in a way that it looked like they were exploding from the cake. A…
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