Ciao from Isolation 🥴… words I never thought I’d be writing — but more on that later. First, the food. Today I’m sharing a classic French quiche recipe. Quiche is one of those wonderfully versatile dishes that’s surprisingly easy to make. For this version, I’ve used caramelised onions, perfectly ripe tomatoes, and for a little…
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I’m sharing a simple recipe with you today – perfect stove top popcorn. Who doesn’t love salty buttery popcorn! It’s a H favourite so I make it often, minus the butter. I use coconut oil instead and it works a treat. I of course have nothing against butter, so feel free to melt a little…
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We celebrated my babies 2nd Birthday on the weekend – can’t believe he is two already! H had a wonderful time with his cousins and everyone was super surprised when we cut into his Birthday cake to reveal the colours of the rainbow.
My original idea was to create a checkerboard cake out of the different colour layers, so it would also look like lego on the inside – but I got lazy and went with a rainbow cake instead.
Rainbow cakes are surprisingly easy to make, albeit a little time consuming! I have detailed the steps I took to make the cake along with how I made the edible lego.
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Please note an Australian cup is based on a 250ml cup.Food colouring for the cake layers: AmeriColor works really well to get the intense colours. I used colours: 106 Electric Blue, 107 Lemon Yellow, 119 Red Red. If buying small bottles I would recommend buying a larger bottle of the red as you will use the most of this colour.
Cake colour mixes: Red layer: just pure red. Orange layer: Yellow and Red. Yellow layer: pure yellow. Green layer: Yellow and Blue. Blue layer: Pure blue. Purple layer: Red and Blue – I used to much of both colours and it was too dark.
* I have altered the recipe slightly from when I first posted it, to make it easier for people to halve the recipe
A big thanks to my sister for being my photographer on the day – Kerry Franks Photography
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To my darling boy Harry,
Words cannot express what you mean to me. You are my world. From the moment you came into my life I was totally smitten and love you more and more with each day. I’m so proud of you.
This evening you feel asleep on my chest, I know they say its a bad habit to get into, but it is these moments that are so special and that I will remember forever.
Your infectious laugh, you are the funniest and happiest person I know, you make me laugh a hundred times a day. You have the most gorgeous smile and dimples that everyone comments on. You are so friendly and everyone knows you in our neighbourhood. You wave and say hi to the barber, the shop assistants and the bus drivers everyday when we go for a walk. The man in the fruit shop always gets a high five, you can’t help but make those around you happy – even complete strangers.
Thank you for choosing me to be your mummy. I hope you have a wonderful birthday baby boy.
Lots of love mummy xxoxoxoxoxoxoxo x infinity 🙂
ps: with any luck this blog will still around when you are older and you can browse through and see some of the things we got up to when you were just a little guy.
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