Cake 24

16 January 2011

Brunch with our friends LynnAnne and Boyd at one of their favourite local cafes. Once we finished our eggs and bacon, we moved to the main event. LynnAnne brought a delicious Tea Ring she made from her favourite recipe book "Secrets of a Jewish Baker".

Very very nice! We are enjoying the leftovers. It's delicious with cold yoghurt on a hot afternoon.
Yummmmm ...

Cake 23

15 January, 2011 - a joint celebration

A triumph - so many family members in one group: Ann, Jim, Alex, Ian, Olivia, Emily, Georgia, Jenn, Lachlan, William, Narelle, Dorothy and Bethany.

The first and third photo are of the cake I made for the occasion and transported to Sydney: Damp Apple and Almond Cake. An experiment, never made this before, it's a Nigella Lawson recipe from her book "Feast". Delicious.

The second photo below is of one of the biscuits/cakes which Narelle made. She has also recently celebrated an important birthday, so it was with much joy for us (and the paparazzi...so many cameras!) that she and Paul blew out candles their candles together.

As we usually say at this point.....yummmm.

Cake 20 - part two....

17 December, 2010

Back in early November we had Cake 20 - Part One (What's Inside?).

Now all can be revealed. We skyped with our wonderful friends to reveal what they had posted to Paul. Thank you Karen, Dennis, William and Alice for how each of you had a hand in making this happen.

Beautifully wrapped

Preparing the cake and candle for our Skype call

Connecting with the other side of the world

Close-up of the fruit and nut cake .... delicious

Cake 22

26 November, 2010

A surprise from Louise & Rick. The occasions, friends gathering to enjoy Louise's fantastic Nigella Lawson curries...and for dessert this fabulous pavlova roulade concoction appears with a candle on it.

Thank you! Louise, Rick, Nicole and Bruce for a delicious evening.

Cake 21

20 November, 2010.

Thank you Corrinne and Bob: delicious and beautiful. Chocolate cake with extra chocolate sauce and summer fruits.