I take my 4-year-old daughter to ballet classes on Tuesdays. She really enjoys it and has made a new friend in her class. It’s neat to see her perform some of the poses at home – one day she did a plie. Ballet term 2 is now starting after a 2-week long Easter holiday, and [...]
I have always been intrigued, fascinated and mystified when it comes to French macarons. I believe I first saw them on Flickr, in an array of colors and flavors. I looked up how to make them myself and was quickly discouraged because they looked so tricky and I was sure I would fail with my [...]
Our 3 years back in the US have been great, but it’s time to settle down and raise our kids in one spot. As hard as it is to leave your family behind, it’s something that happens every day; kids grow up and leave their families behind to start their own life. I’m leaving my [...]
We’ve been having a lot of fun with our popsicle mold these past few weeks. The weather has been very warm and it’s nice to come inside and cool off with a popsicle. This post is a collection of the popsicle recipes we’ve used lately. Click on the photos if you’d like to see a [...]
I love making coffees at home. I’d love to have a nice coffee maker or an espresso machine, but I don’t; I have my good old 1-cup coffee press that I use religiously. Awaiting my return in Sydney, Australia, is a Senseo coffee maker, that I look forward to using again, but the drawback is [...]
I’ve been wanting to make ice cream cupcakes for a while now. There are so many different combinations of ice cream, cake and frosting that one could use that is was difficult to make up my mind! I’ve decided to go with coffee ice cream, chocolate cake and marshmallow whipped cream frosting. I may try [...]
This month’s Iron Cupcake: Earth challenge has been pretty hard for me. See, I love coffee and normally have two cups a day. The problem is though, that since becoming pregnant I don’t like coffee anymore! It’s really crazy. Through all my three pregnancies I have had at least one strong food aversion with each [...]
I spent some time searching for an easy coffee buttercream recipe, but the only ones I could find involved either raw egg whites, or was a Swiss meringue buttercream. I just wanted a regular coffee buttercream to frost the next batch of chocolate cupcakes that I would remove from the freezer. However, I could not [...]
If you’re a follower of The Sweetest Kitchen you’ll know that I have a slight obsession with Nutella. My latest Nutella creation is Nutella-coffee frosting. I was hoping this would turn out as nice as it sounded and I am pleased to say that it did! I originally added two teaspoons of instant coffee, but after [...]
I saved this recipe from a newspaper article in Sydney, Australia dated from my daughter’s birthday in 2006. I finally got around to making them a few weeks ago! They might have looked nicer had I dusted them with cocoa powder or chocolate shavings. Short Black Cupcakes Originally from Donna Hay Magazine makes 12-14 Ingredients [...]
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