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Tag Archives: baking
CANSA HIGH TEA
Naqiyah Mayat of niqi.co.za hosted a lovely High Tea, as part of the Host A Cuppa campaign; a nationwide drive by Le Creuset and CANSA to raise awareness and funding for cancer support. I had the opportunity to attend, and snap … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, breast cancer awareness, cansa, cansa high tea, cheese board, food, high tea, high tea ideas, niqi.co.za, photography, pink, secrets and stilettos
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MONTH OF PINK | MINI DONUTS
The month of Breast Cancer Awareness is upon us, so Secrets and Stilettos will be themed pink for the rest of October. For my first pink post, I made mini chocolate and sugar doughnuts! Using this recipe, I literally had … Continue reading
Posted in Baking
Tagged baking, baking for kids, baking ideas, chocolate doughnuts, doughnuts, kids baking, mini doughnuts, pink doughnuts, quick and easy doughnuts
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HEAVENLY DESSERTS
I scheduled a bright, summery post for today, only to be welcomed with rain and clouds. Disappointed, but every rainy day can be fixed with a bit of dessert right? I made these (150 of them!) for Eid, and I … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, banoffee pie, dessert, dessert recipe, oreo cheesecake, panna cotta with berries
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EID BAKING IDEAS
Every year the night prior to (or early morning of) Eid, I stay up making and baking everything for the day after. Whilst I try to make something different for every occasion, finding what to make is generally the hardest part. … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, cheesecake, chocolate, chocolate dipped strawberries, dessert, dessert recipe, dessert. dessert ideas, eid ideas, food
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RED VELVET ROSE CAKE
In baking, there are always trends as there are with fashion. We went from the cupcake craze, to the macaroon craze, to the cake pop craze. (I think I may know what’s the next best thing, but I will update … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, DIY
Tagged baking, cake, cream cheese icing, dessert, red velvet, red velvet cake, red velvet rose cake, rose cake
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CHOCOLATE CAKE POPS AND TRUFFLES
I did a DIY for individual cake stands yesterday here, and as promised, here are the recipes for the cake pops and truffles featured Ingredients: 4 eggs 1 cup castor sugar 1 cup flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, cake pops, chocolate cake pops, chocolate ganache, chocolate truffles, recipes
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DIY CUPCAKE STAND AND WRAPPER
The best part of the NiQi Living the Lifestyle workshops is the High Tea. At one of Naqiyah’s workshops, she had a lovely individual cupcake stands that I simply had to get my hands on. After shopping around, I had yet to … Continue reading
Posted in Baking
Tagged baking, cake pops, chocolate truffles, crafts, cupcake stand, cupcake wrapper, diy, doily, individual cupcake stands, lace cupcake holder, tutorial
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NEIGHBOURGOODS
On Saturday morning I went to Neighbourgoods Market in Jozi town. It’s a delicious food market (with a few vintage and designer clothing stores) every Saturday from 10am to 3pm. Everything I sampled was to die for, but I didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, outfit post
Tagged baking, diy idea, fashion, food market, johannesburg, Jozi town, Juta street, mr price, neighbourgoods, photography, smoothies, vintage clothing, Zara
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WHITE CHOCOLATE TARTLETS
There are few things more in fashion right now than baked goods. While I love to admire the shoes and handbags that are popular on cakes these days, I much prefer items to taste as great as they look. I … Continue reading
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Tagged almond biscotti, baking, berries, dessert, dessert recipe, quick and easy desserts, recipe, white chocolate tartlet
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