June 2014

It’s always so great when my friend Jade comes to visit. We spend the whole time laughing at stupid things, reminiscing and eating far too much. This trip she visited with her lovely boyfriend Brad and we managed to lure them out of London this weekend for a family BBQ. On her last visit I made all of these but this time I went for something a little smaller scale but super tasty. We used to live on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at school and when we discovered that putting Marshmallow Fluff with it was a thing we thought it was amazing. I don’t know if Jade and I were just easily amused back in school, but we found the name Fluffernutter ridiculously funny and there was an equally hilarious song that went with it. To make the macarons I …

Are we excited for the World Cup? These cupcakes are making me a little more interested I’ll have to admit. I think I’m just not getting my hopes up.  Apart from actually watching the football I’m more looking forward to pre-football BBQs, checking out Glen Johnson, and eating football themed treats, such as these, which I made to celebrate a few birthdays and the start of the World Cup yesterday. I chose …

This weekend I headed to Food Blogger Connect for the first time to hear some talks, learn lots and eat even more. The event was over three days but I opted just to attend the Saturday sessions to see what it was like. Not only did I get to meet up with my friend Livvi of Pancakes and Peonies but it was so nice to be in a space with other likeminded food bloggers who were also snapping away on their cameras too! In the morning I attended a Food Photography and Styling Lab run by Donal Skehan and Sharon Hearne-Smith (um how fabulous is her dress!!!) . They showed us in depth how they would style, shoot and edit images along with some great insight and tips into their process. We also got to …

I bought this ridiculously cool mould a while back in anticipation of the return of our weekly Mad Men nights. When the series was last on we gathered together to watch episodes, make great dinners and have some fun desserts. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the show, but it’s office based and they are on the phone like ALL the time. Whether they are talking business or secretly speaking to mistresses or answering to their wives I find a lot of the plots develop over telephone conversations, making this a totally appropriate addition to our evening. I wanted to make it playful and make a chocolate shell that revealed a colourful centre when you broke in to it. I used up the masses of Easter egg chocolate I have left and melted them down. Using a spoon I lined the mould, first with white chocolate for the dial and then milk for the rest of the phone, allowing it to set in the fridge after every stage. Once it had set I filled it with

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