These little gems are TO DIE FOR!!! It’s no secret, lemon is my absolute favourite flavour in sweets and desserts, tangy and sweet, citusy, zingy, invigorating…. If you love cheesecake and you love lemon meringue pie then this is gonna ROCK YOUR WORLD! When I travelled to the Italian Aeolian island of my heritage, Salina, and around the […]
Night Circus party
HOW TO THROW A CIRCUS PARTY!! What an extravaganza… ROLL UP.. ROLL UP! mystery, intrigue, surprise, weird, bizarre, freaks, beauty!! When I was asked to style a Vintage Night Circus Party for a 15 year old at their private home my imagination took flight. I could visualize the whole extravaganza… fire breathers, aerial artists, knife […]
Heavenly chocolate cupcakes
How to make the most amazing cupcakes in the universe!! I have searched far and wide, tried countless recipes, mixed batch after batch of chocolate batter in the quest for the PERFECT chocolate cupcake. After years of experimenting I can confidently announce that I have now found the most amazing cupcake recipe EVER!! This is a fudgey chocolate cake, it has body, […]
Grand Piano Cake
Grand piano cake in the making… I have two beautiful daughters who are teenagers now… I know I know… teens!! They have been learning to play music since they were little ones. Fortunately, all those years ago, we found the BEST piano teacher EVER in the WHOLE WORLD to teach our girls!!! So when their teacher […]
Warm Belgian Bitter Chocolate Tart
A tale of a tart… a Warm Belgian Bitter Chocolate Tart. Not so long ago I owned and managed a beautiful fine dining restaurant. It was warm and cosy with an open fire and a luxurious atmosphere. One of our signature desserts was Warm Belgian Bitter Chocolate Tart served with Crème Fraiche ice cream. It was the […]
Wild West Cowboy Hat Cake
Who doesn’t love a good hoedown, a Wild Western shin dig, a rockin’ rodeo… I know I do!! Yeee harrrrr!! I remember back to a Wild West party I attended at a conference held on Lindeman Island in the Whitsunday Islands years ago, it was such a hoot, we all rocked up dressed in our […]
Jacaranda Tea Party
Every year under the magnificent Jacaranda tree… Late October, early November, Sydney turns on the most magnificent display of Jacaranda fantastica… that’s its official name 😉 Fluffy clouds of purple petals set against the blue sky, purple carpets cover the ground, delicate purple rain falling on your shoulders, its like a lil’ bit of heaven on earth it is. As […]
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