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Can a muffin ever be a cupcake? Can a cupcake ever be a muffin?? Hmmm . . . food for thought here.When does a muffin cross over into cupcake territory . . . and when does a cupcake cross back into being a muffin????What if the two merge together .

 I found a jar of Jaffa Orange Curd in my larder that was going to be going out of date within the next couple of months and thought I better get using it as from next Thursday there will only be Todd here and I'll be away for about six weeks.&n...

 I wanted to make a special bread for our Easter Breakfast this year . . . something which would remind me of the beautiful fruit breads that my mother's sister Thelma would send up to us each Easter.   She was a dear saintly woman, wh...

 You can never have too many lemons in the house. At least that is my thoughts on the subject. I love lemon anything and so I always have a bowlful of them  sitting on my sideboard.   Aside from cheering me up with their beautiful...

At the weekend I like to cook the Toddster a special breakfast . . . I think that is a custom which goes back to my childhood. During the week, we only ever had cereal for breakfast or toast . . . but at the weekend, my mom always cooked us at least...

  I am a real fan of sweet breads . . . or tea breads as they are called back home.  They're always a welcome guest at my breakfast or tea table . . . and they're always handy things to have tucked away in the freezer, ready to bring out wh...

  As I mentioned the other day, I used to own my own canteen.   It was pretty much a mom and pop type of operation, serving mainly hot drinks, cold drinks, simple lunch dishes such as burgers and sandwiches, cakes, donuts, potato...

 If you are looking for a deliciously different type of bread to serve with your winter casseroles, soups or stews . . . look no further!  These are fabulous. These are rich and buttery . . . with a delicious crunchy texture from the c...

 I don't think anyone can accuse me of not getting any use out of my donut baking pans! I am using them pretty regularly. In  fact I like baked donuts so much that I purchased a second one so that I don't have to wash my pan in betw...

 Some days are bread and jam days.  Surely we all have them . . . you know the types of days I mean."I wish I was a poet like the men that write in booksThe poems that we have to learn on valleys, hills an' brooks;I'd write of things that c...

Source: strawberryshortcakelane.com via Judy on PinterestMy girls used to love the Strawberry Shortcake cartoons when they were growing up and I do confess . . . I did too.   They were such sweet characters (no pun intended.)  Little S...

 I baked something today that the chocolate hating Toddster did not like at all . . . but a gal sometimes just has to do what a gal has to do . . . sometimes you just have to feed your need for . . . chocolate . . . cake, cookies, brownies .

 Hands up if up if you are not overly fond of January and already in need of a bit of a pick up!  Me too!   I've been dragging along with this rotten cold/sinus infection/chest infection . . . . and feeling blah since before Chris...

 This is a recipe which I have had printed out and in my "To Bake Someday" folder, for about two years now.  It is a recipe I found on a little blog called Chef In Training, and I remember it looking really, really tasty.  I often spy...

Source: Uploaded by user via Latoyia on PinterestI have never been much of a bread maker.   Bread and I don't get along very well, and that is kind of sad to me . . . for after all, isn't bread considered to be the "Staff of Life?"I don't m...

Source: pentydeval.tumblr.com via Dale on PinterestFriday evening saw our annual Relief Society Christmas Party for the ladies in my church congregation. Happy to say everyone had a lovely time. We played games and made crafts, decorated cookies, at...

 Are you sick of seeing baked donuts yet??  Good, because I keep coming up with tasty and new varieties that I am just having so much fun trying out. I just love gingerbread.  It is one of my absolute favourite cake flavours and t...

 You can blame this all on my sister.  My mother had a doughnut pan sitting on top of her kitchen cupboards, gathering dust for years and years . . . she finally sent it to my sister because she had expressed that she had always wanted to h...

 My sister has been on a doughnut baking kick lately.  My mother sent her a doughnut pan and she's been baking doughnuts since, or at least talking about it, looking up recipes, etc. and sharing her thoughts with me.I was so inspired by her...

 As you know from time to time I get sent new cookbooks to try out. I am a great cookery book aficionado, so this is something which I don't mind doing at all.  The Toddster may moan and groan when one comes through the door . . . but I ru...