The boys’ school reports arrived this week. Their teachers said nice things about them and used words like “mannerly” and “polite”. We checked that we’d been sent the right kids’ reports, then smiled smugly at one another that something had sunk in and patted one another on the back for…
You know from my last post that I let the boys decide what they want for their birthday cakes. Now, our Cathal is not much of a talker but he is very good at getting his point across. His big brother’s birthday is eleven days before his so he was…
Birthdays are a big deal in our house, I love them, love the parties and most of all love making the cakes. Cakes for kids are fun, they don’t need to be perfect, but have to have a wow factor. Ciarán turned 4 last week, but we have been…
The title lies and the lawyer and perfectionist in me feels bound to come clean. Despite being called a traybake there is absolutely no baking involved in this recipe, it’s a melt and mix job. Better still it’s a “melt it all together recipe” with no precariously positioned bowls on…
Toblerone Cheesecake I’ve always been a Toblerone fan. When I was a child Toblerone was a luxury, the reserve of Easter Eggs and Duty Free. I have happy memories of eating Toblerone on another continent, jet lagged, with no food available thanks to a late flight and the only edible…
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