TOMORROW THIS DIET OF COFFEE AND PYJAMAS ENDS.

Oh sweet freedom. Almost there. I will do so much. I will clean my desk. I will learn to knit properly. I will read everything. I will hire season seven of One Tree Hill and watch it all in a weekend - shame-free. I will partake in the June sales. I will apply for a US visa. I will book flights. I will ( Read more... )

I'm currently listening to an exam revision lecture, and I'm dying a little inside. Or I would be, except that I'm wrapped up warm in my house eating gingerbread and generally ignoring the lecturer's analysis of a Remarkably Tedious Act (RTA 1997 Vic). Baking is the key to surviving hideously boring exam revision lectures. Gingerbread is like the ( Read more... )

My family just devoured a whole tureen of chocolate pudding. Luckily half of it had exploded over the microwave, hence saving our waistlines. Totally not my fault. At least it's better than that time I put a plastic squeezy bottle of honey in the microwave...

Lesson: Microwaves are evil, their instructions incomprehensible and their explosive ( Read more... )

I am making cinnamon scrolls today if it kills me. They look absolutely gorgeous. I do love baking, but I generally stick to the safe territory of cakes/biscuits/pasta. I would fail if left to fend for myself. I'd eat cherry tomatoes and summer fruits and not much else. Maybe some choc chip biscuits. :)

I do have the best choc banana cake recipe ( Read more... )