Pies!!!

Baking pie was a bit intimidating but it ended up being a lot of fun! As you know it was recently my friend Steff's bday. For her present I decided to buy ingredients for pie and then have some gals over for wine and pie making, such a lovely evening!

Originally this pie was called cranberry struzzle pie, but we opted for mixed berries instead. We made two, one with and one without nuts. We got quite creative!

Ring Ching!

Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie

Apple Pudding (Birthday) Cake!

Well it was my birthday and I decided I wanted to make my own birthday cake. It's very similar to the first apple cake I made for my mum's bday but this one has grated (not chopped) apples ( i gave this task to my sister which she so grately appreciated hahaha). Needles to say it was delicious so nice and moist! I put some of the sauce on top of the cake right away, set it in the fridge for a bit, then I was able to write on it in icing (pink of course), and I saved most of the sauce to warm up when it was served to drizzle on each piece! Very good with ice cream :) YUM!

Ring Ching!

90 Apple Recipes - The Ultimate Cookbook For America's Most Popular Fruit + Bonus

Carrot (dream filled) Cupcakes!

So it's my lovely friend's (Steff) 23rd birthday and she's having a pot luck brunch. I decided cup cakes would be more fitting for a birthday than muffins right? haha, anyhooo at least there's carrots in them! wow let me tell you grating carrots is a mega workout, i may have pulled an arm muscle ;). For these cupcakes you put a dollop of cream cheese icing in the middle before you bake them, but there was a lot of it left over so i decided to put a layer on top of the cupcakes so it would be easier to write in icing on top. These are my most favorite things I have ever made EVER!

My Co-worker was also moving away and a group of us got together for some thai take-out and what better to go with thai food than carrot cupcakes ;) mmm so good they would go with anything!

Ring Ching!

Carrot Cake - 8x8 Pan