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I Scream, You Scream...

MandyM — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:50:00 +0000

We all scream for ice-cream!

This month's Daring Baker challenge was fantastic! I didn't quite get it right, purely my fault, lack of planning and loads of procrastination, but it tasted fantastic anyway. I mean, come on. Home-made ice-cream, home baked Swiss Roll, combined to make a cake. Yum!

Swiss Swirl Ice-Cream Cake

Coffee ice-cream, choc fudge sauce, choc chip ice-cream

Vanilla & marshmallow, choc fudge sauce and choc chip ice-cream

An apple a day

MandyM — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:45:41 +0000

Even in cupcake form? Well, we can pretend that these moist, sinfully decadent apple cupcakes would be considered as one of your 5-a-day ;)

Moist sponge with small chunks of apple, spiced with cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Filled with creamy dulce de leche and finished off with tangy and smooth cream cheese frosting.

Yum!

Sweetie, what would you like for your birthday?

MandyM — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:44:27 +0000

A threesome.

Ok!

Make that a triple chocolate threesome cheesecake drenched with warm Frangelico sauce. That's what I call a happy birthday!

Threesome Cheesecake

A Real Pick Me Up

MandyM — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:06:36 +0000

The Feb '10 Daring Baker challenge was to make Tiramisu from scratch. Mascarpone and savoiardi biscuits included!

I had a lot of fun with this challenge and made three different flavoured Tiramisu, Baileys, Frangelico and Lavender with Earl Grey tea, and used three different recipes, one of them being the DB challenge recipe.

I think the one I had the most fun with was my Blue Rinse Tiramisu, named that way because when I thought of the combination of lavender with Earl Grey tea, old ladies with blue hair came to mind!

I loved all three flavours and would make each of them again.

Blue Rinse Tiramisu

Frangelico Tiramisu

Baileys Tiramisu

Pancakes!

MandyM — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:31:30 +0000

A pancake by any other name is still as sweet, so whether you know them as pancakes or crepes, try this South African pancake recipe for Shrove Tuesday. And what's more, they're banoffee pancakes, yum!

Banoffee Pancakes

Show Me the Love!

MandyM — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:15:37 +0000

Valentine's is just around the corner so if you don't enjoy the notion of spending inflated Hallmark induced prices to get something special for your sweetheart, why not make these really tasty yet really easy treats :)

Rice Krispie, Strawberry Pop & Mars Bar Coco Pop Treats

P.S. Happy Valentine's Day!

First of the New Year's Daring Baker Challenges

MandyM — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:15:31 +0000

The Daring Baker's kicked off 2010 with a fairly simple challenge, so I thought. There's always a twist though!

Make your own Graham Crackers. Ok, easy enough.

Gluten free.

Ah! There's the twist!

It was a good experience and I'm glad to have learnt something about baking gluten free, my neighbour's daughter has just been diagnosed with Celiacs disease so I had her in mind when I made January's challenge.

There was a second part to the challenge, to use the Graham Crackers to make Nanaimo Bars. These seriously sweet bars are absolutely fantastic and there's a lot you can do with flavour variations.

Daring Bakers January '10: GF Graham Crackers & Nanaimo Bars

I'm Just Over the Top!

MandyM — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:50:55 +0000

Not my words ;)

Jill from Jillicious Discoveries passed on the "Over the Top" blog award... to me!

Thanks so much Jill, I love that you enjoy my site and find the content and photos appealing :D

And now, I'm going to pass this award on to two other blogs that I enjoy.

Firstly, Lisa @ Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives

Her blog deserves this award because everything she does is over the top, in the best way possible. She never does anything half heartedly. With all her food creations, she goes above and beyond to make them interesting, tasty, and of course, visually delicious too!

And then I'm also passing this on to Kris @ Bake In Paris

Kris's photos are just beautiful and every single pic makes me want to lick my screen! Definitely worthy of the Over the Top award :)

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

MandyM — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:37:21 +0000

To me, Christmas is about receiving the greatest gift the world will ever know, and because of that gift, we have so much to celebrate. We can enjoy good times with our friends and family around us, putting aside any fights or annoyances that we may have had with any of the ones close to us through the past year. Remember all the good things about them and why we're blessed to have them in our lives.

Whatever Christmas means to you, I wish you a joy-filled festive season full of love and good memories in the making, and a wonderful 2010.

And enjoy these lovely little festive macarons too!

Gingerbread: Spiced with gingerbread spices, filled with a ginger spiced buttercream and a little surprise in the middle, a small peice of crystallised ginger

Mulled Spice: Lovely mulled spiced shells filled with a tasty brandy buttercream

Candy Cane: Bright red & white macarons filled with peppermint buttercream

Happy Birthday to Me!

MandyM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:16 +0000

Yup! It was my birthday on the 17th November and I had a fantastic day, my hubby really spoilt me! I also enjoyed a great lunch with friends followed by this delicious cake.

Pecan Nut Fudge Cake.

Need I say more?

21 again! ;)