My Favourite Iced Coffee – Cold Brewed
It’s warming up! Which means it’s cold brewed coffee season in our house. Have you discovered it yet? It’s amazing. It tastes as good as coffee smells! It seems to taste sweeter as it…
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Fresh flowers & bees; a 1st birthday cake
A few weeks ago we celebrated Munchkin’s first birthday with two splendid parties. For the first I made a Miffy themed birthday cake and for the second, we went with a fresh flowers and bees theme. For…
Gluten-free Vanilla Sugar Cookies
One of the most talked about parts of Munchkin’s birthday party were the cookies we gave away as gifts. My wonderfully talented friend Nikki from Toute Sweet took some time out with her friend Summer…
Munchkin’s first, first birthday party
Munchkin’s birthday isn’t for nine days, but her grandparents are here in Switzerland at the moment. So we decided to have a little party before the big one with friends next weekend. It just…
Gluten-free in and around Lausanne
Hello all! Just a quick heads up. If you don’t live in (or have an intention to visit) Lausanne in Switzerland and have an intolerance to gluten this post is probably not going to…
Gluten-free Raspberry Friands
I had an itch. I needed to bake. It had been so long that my Kitchen Aid had a light coating of dust! The cover of What Katie Ate has been giving me cravings for friands for…
Gluten-free profiteroles (choux pastry)
There were a few things I gave up on finding when I found out I couldn’t eat gluten anymore. One of them was profiteroles and a good choux pastry. But a trip to my…
Because sometimes you need to cheat
Hello lovely ladies and gents! I had intended this blog post to go live in time for Mother’s Day, so that all of you out there who wanted something a little more tasty than burnt…
The last 10 days in instagram pictures
Are we there yet? I’m not on bed rest (thank goodness!) but I have been ordered by my doctor not to do anything more energetic than a walk. Maybe she knows me too well… she…
In Print…
Why is it that every time I start to wonder what I’m doing with my life and start to consider returning to a ‘normal’ profession something turns up to make me change my…
Watermelonade
One of my favourite foods is in season! I’m currently addicted to watermelon and have found myself enabled by our local grocery as they’ve been selling deliciously sweet, organic, mini melons. I’ve been eating…
Chocolatey decadence. Gluten-free brownies
Gluten-free brownies are awesome. No. Seriously. They are. Why? Because they’re basically all chocolatey deliciousness and there’s not much in the way of flour. I made two batches over the last week. One…
Nespresso Iced Coffee
This will be my last iced-coffee post this year. Promise! I know I wrote all about how I love cold brewed iced coffee a couple of weeks ago. But I also want to share…
Gluten-free white chocolate chunk and macadamia nut cookies
The other week I was craving white chocolate and macadamia nuts. I used to be able to get gluten-free white chocolate chunk and macadamia nut cookies at my local cafe in Sydney. And when…
Gluten-free apple, custard & almond praline cupcakes
Makes 12 – 18 cupcakes dependant on size Last Sunday we had a ‘making day’. My husband spent the day finishing his manga style robot and after painting it perfectly… continued painting it so…
Gluten-free Lamingtons
I couldn’t resist. My kitchen was so shiny I could see my reflection in the kitchen bench and didn’t want to mess it up. But it was raining and overcast and I felt an…
Gluten-free Apple Custard Tart
This past Christmas I was given a glorious present. A copy of Lily Vanilli’s Sweet Tooth. This bright and cheerful book certainly won’t hide amongst the masses when you put it on your bookshelf….
Gluten-free French Toast
I’ve been served gluten-free bread from grocery stores at restaurants and when out to dinner and in times of desperation I buy it. But it’s a poor substitute at best. The bread that I…
Individual little layer cakes.
Gluten free dark chocolate layer cake with salted chocolate cream I received one of the best Christmas presents from my friend Jo this year. A 12 Cup Mini Sandwich Cake Tin. And then I promptly got…
High Tea at Miyuko in Zurich
Image via http://www.spottedbylocals.com/zurich/miyuko/ I found out about Miyuko a few weeks ago and immediately made plans to get to Zurich! Booking in for High Tea with a few other Lausannois ladies and crossing my fingers…
Gluten Free Apple Pancakes
Things have been a bit quiet around here lately. I’ve a few health issues to sort out and so haven’t much been up to making or baking. DM has been wonderful and doesn’t seem to…
In print…
I opened my letterbox yesterday and did a little jig on the spot. Even the subsequent trip to the print shop, where I had to deal with the staff who have successfully avoided ever being friendly…
Gluten free shortbread tea bags
I know it’s been a whilst since I posted a craft blog. I’d taken some time off over Christmas and my lastest project has taken longer than I anticipated. But rather than cram a quick…
Gluten free gingerbread
I hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas? Mine was fabulous and included a decadent seafood lunch at La Brasserie du Grand Chêne, more champagne and dessert with gorgeous friends, followed by an early night. All that eating and socialising is exhausting!…
Christmas decadence
Gluten free Caramel Slice/ Millionaires Shortbread Caramel slice brings back memories of school fêtes and sugar induced comas from the local bakery. The bakery version used to be about an inch thick and contained about…
Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Spread (Home made Nutella)
DM and I organised and hosted a dinner at one of our favourite restaurants in Lausanne on Saturday night. We could have quite easily have invited three times as many people but we wanted…
Banana and Dulce de Leche cake
Recipe: Gluten free banana and confiture de lait (or dulce de leche) cake with sour cream and cream cheese frosting I held a couple of ateliers on Friday and Saturday where some truly lovely…
Dulce de leche (or confiture de lait)
Months ago I discovered an evil genius had put crème caramel and baked chocolate pudding into small preserving jars. I decided I needed a set, and so set about forcing myself, my husband and other…
Sunday supper for four with a splendidly rich dessert
Recipe: Gluten Free Chocolate and Whisky Cream Pie Last Saturday night we had some friends come to dinner. It was raining and horrible outside, so after doing the shopping and tidying the house I spent…
Apple & Blackberry Crumble
Husband has requested I stop calling him ‘Husband’ in my posts. It’s a bit, well, stuffy. So from here on in he will be called DM, short for DataMan… He can leap tall spreadsheets. I’ve…
Scrumptious soft & chewy chocolate chip cookies
Recipe: Gluten Free Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies I’ve been addicted to the mix of sea salt and dark chocolate lately. This is my last recipe using it for a while as…
Gluten free chocolate cupcakes with fleur de sel Swiss meringue chocolate buttercream
Today the ladies of the Stitch ‘n’ Bitch celebrated the birthday of one of our members. Welmoed is a fabulously creative lady who makes children’s clothing and does some really lovely embroidery. To commemorate the…
Friday’s Festivities. Chocolate cake and pink champagne!
Recipe: Gluten free Chocolate Cake with Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting When I’d last made a Squidgy Chocolate cake from Phil Vickery’s Seriously good! Gluten-free baking my husband decreed it one of…
Paddy Mac’s Rocky Road
As you may know from my tweets etc. my husband and I have just returned home from a very quick trip to Australia. We spent 61.5 hours travelling to spend 68 hours in Sydney. For…
Jammin’
One of my fondest memories is of my mother and grandmother creating organised chaos in the kitchen preserving fruit or making jam. And of my grandmothers homemade jam smothered on toast the morning after a…
Summer shellfish entrée
I’ve been craving crevettes shrimp prawns for a while now. There’s something about the arrival of warm days and copious sunshine that scream shellfish to me. So when we had two friends coming to dinner last night and…
Sunday brunch – Gluten free feta, summer fruit & pistachio pancakes
Are you looking for something delicious and nutritious to whip up for brunch tomorrow? Why not make up a batch of these? Last week with the in-laws here I decided to make something a little special for…
Smoked Trout Mousse Canapés
For our cocktail party a couple of weeks ago I made a range of canapés. But due to the crazy busy nature of the event I didn’t get photos of the food I’d made. So…
Saturday breakfast.
Absolutely delicious Gluten free brioche from Sonja in Cully, made into French toast and served with maple syrup and strawberries! I cut the brioche I bought yesterday into equal slices, put them in a bath of…
Strawberry, blueberry, chocolate and chantilly cream meringue cake.
This weekend, I was lead to believe that it was the 2nd meeting of the Lausanne Baking Society (it’s recently had a name change to allow for items other than cake to be accepted). Unfortunately we discovered…
Chocolate, raspberry and vanilla buttercream cake
Last weekend it was a friends birthday. It fell to me to bring a cake! Unfortunately my first attempt failed. I’d not had a cake fail in well over 7 years so it came as…
Po-Chi’s birthday cake
Today is my friend Po-Chi’s birthday. Po-Chi is a very special gentleman I met when I started the Lausanne Stitch ‘n’ Bitch. He’s one of the best knitters I know and is my go-to guy…
Gluten free pistachio, almond, rose water and lemon drizzle cake
My gluten free pistachio, almond, rose water and lemon drizzle cake for today’s Lausannoise cake society meeting. I tweaked this recipe to make the cake shown above. The cake turned out a complete success! It did take…
Items I created for our Unbirthday Party
Finally, here are some more of the things I made for our Unbirthday party. I created a miniature top hat using this kit I bought online. I have quite a stash of fabric from the early 60s…
Every little girl turning 3 years old should have a mouse cake
I’ve created more cakes in the last 2 weeks than I have in the previous 4 years! But it seems I haven’t lost my touch completely. Meriel, the lovely lady I held a baby shower for…
A Hot Air Balloon themed Baby Shower
Today I held a baby shower for a lovely friend. Some of my very creative and talented friends and a couple of lovely new faces arrived to celebrate the imminent arrival of Meriels little…
Unbirthday party cake
Our unbirthday party went off on Saturday without a hitch (other than the heat determinedly trying to melt the cake! And I can now devote my attention to next to nicx for at least the…