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MANGO MOUSSE CHEESECAKE TRIFLE…quite a yummy mouthful!
You can never go wrong with a trifle + fruit + cream...so do experiment! It's FUN!!
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AHOY THERE MATEYS…IT’S A PIRATE CAKE!
“Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.”Unknown Chocolate Genoise Sponge with a ganache topping & marzipan Time for the son’s 9th birthday & his level of excitement has the rest of us crawling up walls!!! The countdown began 2 months ago, & reached a frenzy in the last week. Each morning of the last week was announced with 7,6,5,4,3,2…tomorrow, “I just can’t wait for tomorrow”!! That night a calm overtook him (as my friend commented, “must be the calm before the storm“). Dead right she was, because we were all so wound up by the end of it we were all riding waves of stormy seas…&…
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WRAP ON 2007…the year that whooshed by!
“We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.”Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory View from my window in 2007… That time of the year again; am racing as usual…still so much to do, and so little done. Even the year has almost come to an end! Huff Puff!! Will make an attempt to get onboard Nupur’s blogevent ‘Best of 2007’ to mark the end of 2007…a chance to do a SWOT on ourselves! I’m not sure I’m good at this, but will give it a shot since I committed. Am still pretty new around here, and have been hooked onto blogland only since…
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CAKES & DESSERTS…Sweet somethings!
CAKES & DESSERTS…Sweet somethings! * ALMOND APPLE CAKE from Dragon’s Kitchen* ALMOND MERINGUES TOPPED WITH APRICOTS* And another STRAWBERRY SWISS ROLL with piping on top* APPLE & BLACK GRAPE BANDE AUX FRUIT* APPLE & WALNUT BROWN BUTTER TARTLETS* APPLE CRISP…HELENE’S* APPLE CRUMBLE…with butter* APPLE SPICE CAKE by Dorothy Mae Brown* APPLE SPICED CAKE …Autumn Warmth* APRICOT & CHERRY MINI CRUMBLES* ARMENIAN NUTMEG CAKE* BAKEWELL TARTS…with the Daring Bakers* BLACK FOREST GAUTEAU* BLONDIES…with walnuts & chocolate chips* BROWN SUGAR PLUM CAKES … Dorie Greenspan* CARAMEL CAKE WITH CARAMELIZED BUTTER FROSTING…DB challenge* CARDAMOM-SPICED CAKE* CHEESECAKE POPS…DB challenge* CHOCOLATE & STRAWBERRY MASCARPONE CAKE* CHOCOLATE ALMOND ORANGE DESSERT CAKE* CHOCOLATE BUCKWHEAT FRESH LIME CURD…
