It's been a while between blog posts for me. I've had a disrupted couple of weeks as the school term has finished and kids have started holidays and I've also had a few health issues which have meant I've had to slow down a bit. There's a couple of recipes in the works, but I've taken a bit of time out to throw my feet up and watch some old episodes of ER and the West Wing. Damn, after all … [Read more...]
Gluten-free Chocolate Cake with Guilt-free Icing
Now that I think about it, it seems kind of obvious that a chocolate cake should have featured in my recipe collection before now. It is, after all, a baking staple. But, simply, I've never managed to get around to it. Then late last year, I needed to make a cake in a hurry for a friend's birthday. I just threw some ingredients together and hoped for the best, and actually the end result wasn't … [Read more...]
Review: Together We Cook
Here's a fantastic idea that fills a gap in the cake market. Together We Cook is an online cake business that specialises in novelty and occasion cake kits, delivering them to your door. I've been thinking about this post for a little while now, considering how best to describe TWC's product. A cake mix for people who don't like cake mixes, perhaps? ... Except that when I received my gluten-free … [Read more...]