I'm craving baking this week. Mum makes the most amazing chocolate chiffon cake. It's the most amazing combination of fluffy light sponge, with a moist, crackly top. Mum always laments to how they turn out - they didn't rise enough, or not sweet enough - but they are simply perfect, and she likes to trim the outsisde of any uneveness and gives me the crumbs. This cake is made for a glass of icey cold milk, and it's so light-as-cloud (or maybe because it's just so good) that it's nonchalant to eat two, three slices in a sitting.
Reminiscing of this wonderful cake, I pick up a Baker's Secret 23cm Springform Pan from Peter's. Since my loosebase tart tins weren't the success I hoped, I'm thinking I can also use these for high-walled quiches, as well as all manners of cakes.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Thursday, February 8, 2007
The Girl Can't Help It
I have an admission to make - I sort of 'dump' my dirty clothes in the laundry until they're ready to be washed, and close the door. So I decided to get a proper laundry hamper, it seems a bit grown up after all.
Regent Laundry Hamper looks good and is the perfect size for a single household like mine. It has handles so can be easily dragged around to other rooms and a mesh lining that is easy to remove and clean. A bargain at $26.00.
Since I thought it might be bulky I decided to order it online, and added a few other things to the order. With bub's birthday coming up (sort of...May), I decided a Mason Pearson Child's Bristle Brush would be a lovely gift for her beautiful silky chestnut curls, maybe even a piece to keep well beyond her childhood. The baby pink colour is so pretty and the bristles are soft for children's hair. I thought about getting the handle engraved but it's wooden and I was scared it might crack, so left it as is. $62.00.
I don't have much storage space in my kitchen (read, almost zero) but I need basic baking utensils! The Wiltshire Patty Pan 12 Cup is only $5.00 and I can make Kath's wonderful mini quiches, mini cupcakes and anything else mini. I'm in a tart and quiche mood so get the Baker's Secret Loose Base Tart Set of 3. Update: I don't use this as much as I hoped. I would have liked something with higher walls for more filling. Perhaps best suited to an onion tart or a rich chocolate tart where a sliver is all you need.
OK, and I really needed the S & P Provence Covered Casserole Dish 19cm. These cute square pot will be adorable for pies, soups, baked pastas, or anything for curling up with on the couch on wintery nights. $6.50.
Regent Laundry Hamper looks good and is the perfect size for a single household like mine. It has handles so can be easily dragged around to other rooms and a mesh lining that is easy to remove and clean. A bargain at $26.00.
Since I thought it might be bulky I decided to order it online, and added a few other things to the order. With bub's birthday coming up (sort of...May), I decided a Mason Pearson Child's Bristle Brush would be a lovely gift for her beautiful silky chestnut curls, maybe even a piece to keep well beyond her childhood. The baby pink colour is so pretty and the bristles are soft for children's hair. I thought about getting the handle engraved but it's wooden and I was scared it might crack, so left it as is. $62.00.
I don't have much storage space in my kitchen (read, almost zero) but I need basic baking utensils! The Wiltshire Patty Pan 12 Cup is only $5.00 and I can make Kath's wonderful mini quiches, mini cupcakes and anything else mini. I'm in a tart and quiche mood so get the Baker's Secret Loose Base Tart Set of 3. Update: I don't use this as much as I hoped. I would have liked something with higher walls for more filling. Perhaps best suited to an onion tart or a rich chocolate tart where a sliver is all you need.
OK, and I really needed the S & P Provence Covered Casserole Dish 19cm. These cute square pot will be adorable for pies, soups, baked pastas, or anything for curling up with on the couch on wintery nights. $6.50.
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