More Christmas Baking

I've been enjoying remembering my grandmother this Christmas. She passed away in July. I had hoped that she would see me get married (one day), but I have been so blessed to have her in my life as long as she was.


I've been making her Truffles this Christmas (this is officially batch number 3) and having sweet memories of when I would make them with Grandma as a little girl. 


I love her so much.

Christmas time is coming!

One of my favourite activities to do in the lead up to Christmas is baking!!!!

I LOVE my mum's Christmas Cake recipe. 

One cake usually weighs over 2 kgs, so in the last two years I have bought some lovely smaller tins

 and found that it makes two smaller cakes perfectly. 

This year there was a little bit left in the bottom of my BIG Donna Hay Bowl 

and so I pulled out a ramekin made a beautiful Mini-Christmas Cake!

Here you can see it just after I've pulled it out of the oven. 

I've poured brandy over it, and it is bubbling away :)

Cupcake Baking Party

The day finally came when I had time to bake! The result was several enjoyable hours of creaming, beating (thanks so much for lending me your awesome cake mixer Rach!), baking and decorating divine vanilla cupcakes. It was my first official venture into the craze for cupcake baking, and I must say it was a little addictive!

Look at how smooth the creamed butter and sugar looks!

How fluffy and light was the cake mixture?!?!

The glossy sheen on the cupcakes as they were ready to go in the oven was so divine (they were meringue-like)!

As lovely as this part was... it was only portion of the process. Each one was personally styled to create a 100's&1000's skirted buttercream icing that left you gazing longingly at the cupcake wondering should I just admire it or take a bite.

P.S. Once you ventured to take a bite, the light & sweet texture of these cakes filling your mouth was heavenly.

TREAT!!!!! Post packet!

To try and break some bad habits and create some new good habits, I've started a little bit of a treat system for myself. I set a goal for anything I want to break and then if I achieve it...


TREAT TIME!!!!


Well, last week, I did it!!! I achieved the two goals I set for myself...
And so in the mail came a special packet just for me!
I was very good and waited until after work before opening it...

SOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITING!!!!!
I'll have to have a cupcake bake soon!!!!!!!!!!