Sunday 3 November 2013

Choccie cornflake cookies and a few from the last couple weeks ....

Hello and welcome to Sunday ...... again ...

Just like we don't want to ask how planes stay in the sky ... lets not ask why Sunday's always come around so quick .....

This post today is going to bring us back to an old school cookie. It's a family favourite and its the easier cookie to bake.

Big round of applause to the cornflake cookie (with choc chips added).

The reason for such an easy cookie today .... we lost an incredibly close family friend on Friday to that pure evilness of cancer so I am just trying for a moment to make life not so complex and just bring at least something back to some kind of niceness from when we were little.

My friends laugh at me (quite regulary for various ongoings) but on my shelf when you walk in my front door are my special vintage awesome champagnes that I have been saving for specific reasons .... anyway the last few weeks have taught me to shove that and for the next few months I am going to crack open the bottles for various occasions we all have coming up .... that includes the good reds I have to in the kitchen ... why bother saving, got to enjoy them. Now!!!

But lets start with the last couple weeks:

Wedding cake I did for James and Amy: really lovely couple ... this was a gluten free top tier, white choc passionfruit mud for the middle tier and a dark choc peppermint mud for the bottom tier ....

I do have to give a big shout out the lovely people at Lincraft at the Hood (aka Dee Why). I had a bit of a sugar veil last minute disaster and needed something for the middle tier ....

Found myself on the Saturday morning, knocking on the door asking for an early open, they obliged and I would love to have seen the CCTV vision of me running around the shop looking at all the lace materials .... was all fine and I chose a lovely lace ..... that's given me some other cracker ideas too.


New idea that I would like to branch out into is the dessert tables .... there's just so much you can do. Coops, Teresa and I set this one up and it looked awesome!!!! Just kept having to dodge the sun so it wouldn't melt the lollies ....

Few of the glass jars, vases didn't make it there or home due to breaking ... but hey that's life ... grat quality that mum has bought Ben and I up with ... no use crying over spilt milk ...which is actually quite good as I am regular dropper and breaker .....note for you all: never hand me vintage crystal unless you want to see it on the floor  ...


One of my favourite things EVER in the world is cinnamon donuts. Little hint to note .... if you ever need me to do something, can always be bribed with hot cinnamon donuts ... So I created the next best invention ... hot cinnamon donut cupcakes ... compromise for all.


Bugger buying all these new contraptions to get the most even measurement of cupcakes. Just stick to the old ice-cream scoop we all have in our 2nd drawers in the kitchen ... go on and have a look now and see if you have one ....


See look how even and round they come out of the oven ....still fascinates me the cooking process ....


While they are still warm you need to melt butter, sugar and cinnamon and then with a pastry brush, just slosh (professional cooking word I know) all over the cuppies and then eat as quick as possible ..... which helps when we had 3 hungry guys waiting .....


This one is for Tia's b'day. T has been one of my besties for years and years. One of the high school crew. There's been way too many laughs, moments, holidays, beverages etc etc to mention so will just sum up with the below cake and say the biggest THANK YOU for all the years and laughs!!!! And to many more .... especially for Alaska for the First Wives Clubs 50ths b'day .... God help the boat with all  of us on it ....


Rightio, two items in every girls handbag ... along with my 7 different shades of lipgloss, handcream, purses, books etc  ... there is also my favourite wooden spoon and wooden spatula .... you just never know ....


Okay to the cornflake cookies (with choc chips) .... Prep all the ingredients like so ...


Beat up the butter, vanilla, eggs and sugar ....


Throw in the chocolate chips ....


Fold in the flour and cornflakes




Roll into little balls ...



19 mins later we have the cookies ....






Now eat .... and just enjoy your Sundays wherever you are in the world and drink champagne  ...