AVOCADO COCONUT ICE-CREAM 53 1
Avocados are one of the creamiest fruits I have ever come across. Its creamier than bananas but has not the sweetness at all. Its green is absolutely gorgeous, its a dream to slice through when ripe and I get a strange pulse of satisfaction[...]

CHEESE, OLIVE AND BUTTERMILK HERBED BREAD 53 1
Thank god the thyme and the Italian parsely I had bought in 2 little packets 5 days ago have not wilted to a day over useless. To quote (with a twist) season 10  Idol judge ST. Finally I got down to making this fantastic[...]

BANANA ICE CREAM 53 1
There are bananas and then there are bananas. Anyone who lives in a tropical country will know that there are at least four kinds of bananas commonly sold in fruit shops this side of the globe. And anything in the shape and form of a[...]

PINK ROSES WEDDING CAKE 53 1
Colours make the world go round. In my world.  Two days before the cake was to be picked up was a period of intense focusing, ups and downs, debating, changing of plans and finally, the night before, a feeling of relieved[...]

CAKE CONNECTION SUGAR ROSES CLASS 55 2 (2 votes)
No I haven't vanished. Again. I've been busying myself making sugar paste roses, hydrangeas and leaves for a small wedding cake that I had agreed to make. I have to say I've lost a little bit of the passion I had had once....a few years[...]

PLUM FINANCIERS 53 1
I attended accounting classes many years ago. It almost drove me insane. I sat at my chair, back rigid, knuckles white from squeezing my pen and my eyeballs glued to the whiteboard as the lecturer rummaged with numbers and[...]

BANANA CRANBERRY CUFFINS 53 1
I'm elated. These cuffins made TOP 9 on Foodbuzz to day 23rd February 2011. Happy Buzzday. Thank you Foodbuzz Foodies! Beat me. Hit me. Flog me. But please don't fog me.  Don't those foggers annoy the[...]

APPLE PIE PIZZA 53 1
You could say I started the new year off with a big slump. Not in a bad way. Just a lazy way. Too many New Years too fast makes me wonder whether I'm coming or going. New Years  seem to be standing around every corner and[...]

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! 53 1
Happy New Year to all my lovely visitors, to my dear friends and to my wonderful blog friends. I know. I've been slacking. But I've been up to something too. Here.    HAPPY NEW YEAR! OF BLOGGING..... AND THEN SOME! [...]

MEAT AND RICE BIRYANI 53 1
A biryani requires saffron. A spice I hardly use but had the pleasure of using when I made this.  In using saffron i realized that crushing the saffron threads to a powder before soaking them in some hot water is a must if[...]