Me and measuring cups have a checkered past. When Nuwan and I were getting ready for our wedding, we went to Myer (big Aussie department store) and registered. That’s the fun part where they give you scanners and you can walk around the store scanning items that your guests will hopefully buy for you. We…
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Dairy-free Chocolate Cupcakes
A few weeks ago someone in my mother’s group suggested going to a pumpkin patch. I was all in, it sounded fun and exciting and so quintessentially American! We found a good time and decided to go before the weather “turned”. A few days before the event when Mr Firehouse asked “what exactly is…
Coffee & Toffee Cupcakes
Years ago I used to be a Barista at Gloria Jeans (like Starbucks Australia) and since I went to Uni during the days I often worked the Thursday night shift. In Australia, malls open late on Thursday for what we call ‘late night shopping’. I think it’s supposed to coincide with pay day and…
Almond & Black Tea Cake
In retrospect, Nuwan and I were very unprepared for moving to America. We thought of all the big things like the accents and driving on the other side of the road. But, we totally forgot that we were moving to a country that has a coffee shop around every corner. Tea is something that…
Dairy/Soy free Banana Bread
Have I told you about my lovely husband that always reminds me to buy bananas when I go shopping and then lets at least one of them rot in the fruit bowl. Well now you know. This has forced me to have a variety of banana friendly recipes to use up the soft bananas….good thing…
Dairy and Soy Free Vanilla Cupcakes
Ahh the unending joys of motherhood, I’ve been put on a fabulous new diet. Dairy and Soy free. The doctor hopes it’ll help Mister C stop spitting up so much. I’m hoping it’ll help drop those post pregnancy pounds that refuse to budge. This new diet has a multitude of challenges that come with it,…
Black Tea and Ginger Friands
A long time ago, in a land far far away (Sri Lanka), my great grandfather set up a tea factory in the hills of Ratnapura. It still stands there today and is run by my great-uncle. It makes stellar tea and if you’re in the market for some Single Origin estate Ceylon Tea, there’s no…
Coffee cake with caramel meringue buttercream and caramel chips
This is a recipe I’ve adapted. Credit for the original cake recipe goes to the lovely ladies at Exclusively Food and the icing is based on a Martha Stewart one. Coffee buttercake Ingredients 225g (1 1/2 cups) self-raising flour 75g (1/2 cup) plain flour 150g butter, chopped and softened (if using unsalted butter, add 1/4…
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