November 2012

Happy Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving. Maybe it’s because you get to eat turkey before Christmas. Or maybe it’s the lovely thought of seeing faces I only get to see every now and then. It’s both of these, but it also because of pumpkin pie. I love it. Seriously. Pumpkin and spices, there’s nothing better. The one we have at Thanksgiving always tastes so good and

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Tasty Travels: Vienna

This weekend my sister, cousin and I went to Vienna. We had so much fun exploring the city and spent a lot of time admiring and tasting Vienna’s sweet treats. This included a cupcake shop, christmas markets, an iconic cake cafe and sipping on hot punches… read more

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Movember Cupcakes

I’ve been waiting since last November to make these. I find Movember hilarious. I generally like a bit of facial hair so to celebrate this hirsute month I made these cupcakes. I went for the manly combination of  chocolate guinness cake with

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Dark Chocolate and Cherry Muffins

One of the great cook books that I received for my birthday was Paul Hollywood’s ‘How to Bake’. The first recipe that caught my eye was this one for dark chocolate and cherry muffins. One of my favourite combinations. In my excitement I forgot to buy the bread flour so I used plain instead. I felt like one of those contestants in the Great British Bake Off who in one of the technical challenges deviates from

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