Notes from a Domestic Goddess Wannabe

I can't get enough of the ginger! My final batch of Christmas cookies had to be ginger ones.  I picked the ginger snaps recipe from Joy ...

Nigella promises that these are a "doddle to make, and meltingly gorgeous to eat", and she is not wrong at all. The recipe doe...

 "I can't disentangle the smell of gingerbread from the smell of Christmas...", Nigella Christmas, p 201 And so, I could...

Peanut Butter Yumminess! Christmas is coming and I have decided that homemade baked goods make great presents.  So I have been experim...

For 11 months I have nursed him, bathed him, changed his dirty diapers, played with him, endured sleepless nights and sore shoulders on acco...

Baby seems to have gotten over the worst of his chicken pox. I didn't notice any new blisters today. He doesn't seem too bothered...

Baby was diagnosed with chicken pox on Monday, at the start of the school holidays. So all our plans haven't at least the next two weeks...

I was looking for a simple basic chocolate cake recipe for Junior's 7th birthday celebration at home (just the family).  I chose Rachel ...

I had made these wonderful cupcakes from Nigella's HTBADG previously, and blogged about it here .  The recipe is soooo soooo soooo good,...

I baked this in August but didn't have time to blog about it as things have been quite crazy the last few months!  Anyway, Jr watched an...