Making a giant iced dinosaur cookie. The sugar dough tastes surprisingly appealing and Ted was very pleased with the end result. [Read on...]
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I have a new lens for my camera. This possibly not the most obvious way to introduce you to it but I am still getting to “know” it and experimenting taking pictures of my latest cake decorating booty seems a good plan! Dr Oetker Shimmer Sugar First up, various Dr Oetker products; this canister [Read on...] 
We’ve had our dry run for BBC Children in Need 2011! Actually our trick or treaters enjoyed these last week so we’ll have to make some more in time for November 18. [Read on...] 
Two brands of children’s soft drink appear to be giving away alphabet fridge magnets at the same time. The nicer of these comes from Innocent Drinks and I was fortunate enough to receive a full set last week in return for creating a picture representing the letter A to kick off a series of [Read on...] 
Dinner With Crayons is my semi regular weekend series of child friendly restaurant reviews. Spicy food pushes the boundaries of most toddlers. We’ve done pizza places, burgers, roast dinners. Even sushi. Ted loves strong flavours and has tucked into some Mexican dishes such chicken mole at Wahaca with gusto however Namaaste Kitchen in Camden was [Read on...] 
The twins have turned into quite a nifty pair of diners, quite happy to sit in grown up chairs and eat whatever is put in front of them at the table. OK, I am painting a rose tinted picture here. [Read on...] 
What do you get for being a smartie pants trying to make your cupcakes at the last minute? Smartie pants rocky road. It’s one step up from cornflake crispies but the bottom line was I knew the children at the disco would enjoy them. Which is what counts. [Read on...] 
The quirky interior of Leon is a mix of industrial metal and worn wooden furniture. You can imagine these chairs were probably in a draughty Victorian church or a school until they were reborn here! [Read on...] 
In my recent review of Carluccio’s I rattled off a list of high street pizza chains that were not easily differentiated. That week, Fire and Stone, yet another pizza chain, invited me to check out their menu. With just five branches so far (three in London then Portsmouth and Oxford) even a serial chain [Read on...] 
It wasn’t any quicker than making it on the hob, in fact at nearly 50 minutes including warm up time it was definitely longer but the beauty was that I had a perfect risotto without any stirring required. Heaven. Had I had the larger cooking dish seen at the demonstration (above bottom left), I think you could easily make risotto for 10 people in this way. [Read on...] Fairy cakes are more delicate, with less icing and more suited to children’s parties. Those buttercream heavy beasts sold in the West End would start sheer sugar warfare at the average toddler’s get together [Read on...] 
The high street is stuffed with Italian places to eat: Pizza Express, Strada, Ask, Zizzi, Prezzo. The total bill came to around £30 including three soft drinks. If you want to take lunch out somewhere a little more sophisticated than most high street chains, that is still child friendly, Carluccio’s is an excellent choice. [Read on...] The Portsmouth to St Malo crossing is around ten hours and arrives in port at 8am French time so you get more sleep and do less driving. It’s a win win situation. [Read on...] My submission to The Gallery for the Cybermummy Photo Competition Theme: “Motherhood” Organising birthday parties was probably my main incentive to have a child. Daydreaming over Nigella Lawson books about having a little helper to stir the batter and plead whether they can lick the bowl out yet. Studying complicated animals made out of food in [Read on...] 
“Dinner with Crayons” is my occasional series of weekend kid friendly restaurant and cafe posts. My 3 year old accompanies me to the main UK chains, some independent places and who knows, somewhere more glamorous if we don’t get kicked out. Second time around taking Ted to Mexican chain Wahaca at Canary Wharf. Previously we [Read on...] 
Today’s Dinner with Crayons kid friendly restaurant/cafe review continues my mini-series of cafes within reach of the 2012 London Olympics site. We are visiting The Counter Cafe in Hackney Wick, run by the same team behind The Container Cafe. The Counter Cafe is, as you can see above, quite literally in the shadow of [Read on...] 
Today’s post is the first of a new occasional series, Dinner with Crayons, in which I will review kid friendly lunches out. Venues will range from the more obvious family chains to independent cafes and, if we don’t get thrown out, more exciting places. The financial pages are not my usual reading material but [Read on...] Rice and “curry”: a Ted-shaped milestone Two things have been different for me since New Year; blogging more regularly and Ted going to preschool twice a week – see how the two are connected? Last week, the week where I was exhausted after the three charity cupcake sales, was half term and although Ted [Read on...] This has been a few weeks coming but I hope you’ll agree it’s worth the wait. This Very Hungry Caterpillar cake was my first creation for a stranger. Someone emailed a picture showing a large cake for the caterpillar’s head and a trail of cupcakes making up the body and asked if I could [Read on...] Things are hotting up today. Having scattered various trays of cupcakes around the kitchen it is becoming obvious that I need a stand to put them on otherwise I will take over the table at tomorrow’s Big Lunch. I do not as yet own a cake stand so I decide to make one. My own [Read on...] |
 
 
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