Cinnabons and the Jelly Slice that never was...

Hey all,

So here we are again on a sunny Sunday, a week and a bit since my last post. Last week I wrote that I was planning on baking something spectacular. Well it did happen, but it wasn't spectacular. It was, actually a little bit shit.

I will call this the tale of the Dale Fail. See I asked my colleague Dale what he would suggest that I bake for the next week, and he suggested I make a jelly slice which is something his mum makes really well and its "reeaalllly good" apparently. So I took up his challenge and it ended up tasting so revolting I threw it out before saving a slice for him to sample.

I don't know if it was the recipe I found from the internet, but the middle layer which consisted of condensed milk + gelatin + lemon juice was the worst bit of the slice. It tasted really odd. Odd in a sense that it wasn't very disgusting but it didn't taste very pleasant either. Anyway, after sampling it he said it was fine and blamed me for using chocolate digestive biscuits in the base.

Needless to say, I won't be attempting this one in the near future?


Moving onto my more successful baking stories, the next week I made Cinnabons (alternatively known as Cinnamon Scrolls). On a trip to the states a few years back, I tried one of these delectable baked goodies. They're served warm with the icing practically dripping when you bite into them. Sooooo good.

Then I was reminded of my love for them when Jenny made them a few months ago. It was decided then and there that I had to try these out for myself, and they were the bomb!!! Usually I avoid baking things that require kneading because I'm not really good at getting the dough to form to the right consistency, but this time it was actually pretty easy. Fail proof!

I got the recipe from Jenny's Blog which was super easy to follow. Once they were baked, all I needed to do was add the cream cheese icing ( which I used from Hummingbird). Tip: to make the icing runny, I added milk to the icing.





There you have it, I'm not sure what I'll bake this week... inspiration usually comes to me when I read about something or see it on TV. Yep I'm a total sucker for advertising.

Watch this space!

x A

Happy Cupcake Day!

It's Cupcake Day today apparently, and I've got nothin' for you . Muahahaa

Well, not tonight anyway. I'm baking tomorrow night, and trust me It's going to be goooood.

So going off the above, you may have guessed already but I won't be writing about baking tonight. I am happily sitting on my bed, listening to love song dedications with a bath towel on my head. How awesome are hot showers in winter? Bloody good I say!

But what's even better are these fabric wall decals by Mae.




Aren't they great? Super cute and girly, and there's a Veruca Salt person in my head right now screaming "I want these now!!" and stamping her feet (or that would just be me). I first saw them on after a brunch date in Summer Hill at a quirky little kid's store called 'My Messy Room'. I'd been there before, and always like going in to look at all the things I'm going to buy for my future children. Yes, they will have awesome rooms with Mae wall decals. I will also have them for my room too- would that be weird? Anyway, I don't care. Veruca Salt really wants them.


One other thing that has caught my eye was this book in Pentimento.


It's a little book of quotes and pep- talks based on certain situations or unfortunate events that a person may experience in life. In my case, the ones that really stood out to me were ones like:

"You can't live your life for somebody else"

"The flames that burn the brightest are often burn out"

"You're not bossy , you're assertive.

and...

"Their judgement says more about them than it does about you"

Can you tell I bought this book? I bought two as gifts for friends, and I had to come back the week after to get a copy for myself. I have found the greatest generic gift that anyone would be happy with!

Oh yeah, I finally got my hands on some bts stills of the shoot I was on a few weeks back. Yep, I got to sit in a shiny black ferrari. Yeah boii!

Touch ups before my opportunity to shine! My moment lasted 15 minutes.

Photos by Damo.

Hey Ma, I'm sitting in a Ferrari and i might be on TV!

Anyway g'night! Watch this space for the baking stuff...

x A

Maple & Pecan Muffin Plus One Seagull.

Happy Wednesday!

**EDIT. It's actually Thursday. Sheesh.


Tonight's post features Hummingbird Bakery's Maple and Pecan Muffin, which may not look too impressive but is actually a silent killer. The thing I like about this recipe is that the muffins aren't too sweet, which makes it easier to wolf down. Hmm.. now I'm not sure if that is a good thing.

But anyway, they turned out great and ended up being most of the office's second breakfast that day!

I haven't got much to report this week at all, except for that fact that I've been listening to Love Song dedications with Richard Mercer alot ( right now its 'Have you ever?' by Brandy) , watching heaps of tv and really getting into Mao's Last Dancer. Has anyone read that one? Personally, its a real page- turner and I can't wait to hire the movie when I'm done reading it.

Basically, I haven't really been motivated to do anything but be a couch potato. I figure its because it's winter and I'm sort of hibernating. It's the kind of hibernating where you don't get fired from work for sleeping when you should be at work , you're just being super lax and being in bed by 9pm but not really sleeping. Just reading and watching episode after episode of Modern Family, Glee and How I Met Your Mother.


Yep that's it for tonight. I'll leave you with some clips that was sent to me, and had us all at work laughing and wishing we were this clever. Note: you will need to watch these in order (Homeboy!)










x A