This time I'm making no excuses. Not much has happened this past week in kitchen TPB, and for very good reason...
Read MoreDessert series: slowly taking over the world... part 2
As you all know, I'm a fan of life's simple pleasures, and so if it were up to me I'd probably just hand you a spoon and a tub of blackberry and rose geranium sorbet and call time...
Read MoreThe single conundrum
In a bid to address the eternal single conundrum - is it worse to do something alone that you know would be better done in company, or to not experience that thing at all? - I am going to do something about which I've previously been hesitant...
Read MoreFinding pleasure in simplicity
I like it how change can alter your perspective; how a chance series of happenings will force you to stop, to think. How change can make you realise that by fighting so hard for so long to just keep life going you've distracted yourself from the things you once found important. How at times, it gives you the opportunity to rediscover some of the things that you still do...
Read MoreA country weekend
An epiphany regarding failure
About this time last year I went on a little ramble about the yearning for traditions. I suspect it had a lot to do with my starting afresh in a new space and figuring out how to get by when, due to various devastating experiences, life had been thrown askew. Being myself, I find that when things get too serious it always pays to be flippant - and so rather than any deep introspection, this was to be about new baking challenges and most importantly, pastry...
Read MoreChristmas
The latter half of 2010 has been a bit of a struggle for Team Pretty Bake, and due to various extenuating circumstances we haven't made it into the kitchen nearly as much as we would have liked. But with Christmas just around the corner, and the expectation of TPB hampers looming large we managed a quick festive session and once again turned out some tasty treats for our nearest and dearests...
Read MoreA charming refection
Well, it seems all the latest blog posts have begun with an apology for not being around much, and I guess this one should be no different. But as I'm sure you can appreciate we're getting to that pointy end of the year, which means that some have exams to study for, others have new contract negotiations to work on, and at the end of the day we unfortunately have to devote most of our time to our proper jobs, rather than this amusing flight of fancy. Nevertheless, rest assured we are most certainly still here, and what I lack in frequency, I shall now attempt to make up for in overindulgence...
Read MoreHigh time for tea
After much ado about wedding cakes and some mental recovery on both our behalves, Miss Rose and I finally managed to realign our calendars for a spot of Sunday baking. This time we both had wants. Miss Rose wanted to use her newly acquired cloches, I had a saucy cake stand begging for some attention, and with Melbourne temporarily settling on a glorious spring day it seemed only natural to call time for tea...
Read MoreHappy birthday TPB
Two years on and it's been crazy...
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