This decadent chocolate creations hides a surprise of strawberries stuffed between layers of moist, rich and crumby cake. The frosting was probably my favourite part of the recipe, being easy to spoon… I mean whip up… and it envelopes the strawberries in a warm chocolatey hug.
Then you get to devour it all.
Hi guys. So I do not have much time to write a lot in this post, though it includes an awful lot (contradictory, aren’t I?) 😛
But don’t blame me – it is SO my brother’s fault – he got me involved in a very heated Scrabble battle.
In the tiebreaker we TIED – 307 to 307, we are what champions aim to be 😉
But anyway, you are probably wondering about the title. I do this a lot to you.
Good morning, afternoon, twilight, dawn, dusk, whatever, wherever you are, to you all… wow… that greeting went much longer than expected… 🙂
I want to share with you the loveliness of a small, quaint town called Forster that I visited with my parents a couple of weeks back at the beginning of the holidays. According to Wikipedia and my lack of direction sense, it is a ‘large coastal town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia’.
They say large but really, psssht, it is pretty small considering you can walk roughly from one side to the other in 2-2 ½ hours 🙂
Why do I say it is quaint? Why is it not a full on, up and coming, technologically raging city?
Because it focuses on
Well. Here we are. Two days after Valentines Day. The day filled with romance, roses and red stuff. Because you know. Valentines Day.
The day one gets so mushy and gushy (rhyme that with mushy for my sake :P), seeing couples (old, young, in that ‘middle zone’ where they can’t decide) holding hands and walking in rhythm… sigh… what a romantic day.
BIG HEART
The day that TV shows nothing but cartoons glowing red and giving their other half a kiss on the cheek with their hearts literally beating out of their chest, as if it would rip it apart.
Yeah, Jerry, you can’t hide that luuuurve on Valentines Day 😉
Merry Christmas my friends, can you all believe the holiday season everyone dreams about is finally here for us 😀 😀 😀 😀
I hope you are all celebrating with family friends this joyous occasion of 2012, with lots of wonderful festivities, food and laughter 🙂
I wish I could be here with you all, and I promise to celebrate with you all belatedly but right now, I am with my family in India as I should be during this fabulous time 🙂
But no fear, no fear, I have some incredible guestposts lined up for you all and I hope each and every one brings a smile to your faces like they did mine – what else is Christmas and New Years about if not grinning? 😀
Happy Holidays!!!
P.S. I will not be commenting on ANY blogs for approximately 2 weeks so please do not think I have forgotten about anyone, I will be back on task straight after holidays 🙂
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And that’s it… my India adventure is over now, and the new year has begun, ready for me to hit my new adventure… also called my bed *YAWNS* 😉 – but I intend to share absolutely everything with you in a couple of days time so stay tuned and cool if you can…
So while I am cooling my heels from jetlag (and I am seriously exhausted and now heated), Miss Jenny from the fantastic blog, Ichigo Shortcake has been kind enough to guest post for today 😀
Have you ever visited her blog? She is one of the most talented bloggers I know, with such a flair and passion for food and photography. Seriously, I consider it an honour that she is here today 🙂
Without further ado, please welcome one of my inspirational blogger buddies 😀
Surprise I am back!!! For one guestpost I have had scheduled since August-September but still HIIIIII, I missed you lovelies 🙂
I can’t wait to be back to posting for real soon and hope you all are having a wonderful December getting ready for Christmas – GAAAAH SO EXCITED 😀
Go cooking, shopping, familying, giftng crazy (in no particular order ;))
Until then, enjoy this post and all the guestposts to come 🙂
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Today, the weather is scorching. I am talking hitting up in the 30s, flies galore and my feet unable to touch the pavement.
Pool, fans, ice cold water – it is all useless today and though I was planning on pulling down my Christmas tree today, it just didn’t happen. These hot days make me want to sit around with the AC on full blast while I eat thick juicy grapes and ice cream with no limit.
I am feeling so lazy today that I am not even posting this blog post till now, when I actually should have done it at least 4 hours ago. I had the pictures (which were taken quite quickly due to the unbearable heat) ready to go and when I sat down on my laptop, BAM – I fell asleep *smiles sheepishly*
Anyway, this very UV morning, I was lounging around, enjoying a bowl of ripe, sweet strawberries when it hit me. It hit me with fever so hot it was if I had swallowed the sun which is currently outside my window. I wanted perfectly creamy strawberry ice cream.
I know I promised lemons and coconut, and that is coming today just a little later… bear with me please 🙂
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They say good things come in small packages. Well!!!
I am not exactly small and petite (rather tall and ahem… :P) so I would like to meet ‘them’ – you know, whoever the jealous person/people was/were of us taller folk.
In order to get my own back whenever this phrase has been flung in my face, this is my immediate retort: “Better things come in large packages” – take that!
However, today, for the first time, I am beginning to doubt my own philosophy – no, no, do not get overly excited, it remains the same when it comes to people – I mean in terms of my baking.
Go Bake Yourself 
