Ottolenghi sweet potato salad recipe from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook. Can be eaten warm or cold. Ideal for parties or lunchboxes.
New Digs – Moving to WordPress
Welcome to Maison Cupcake’s new home over at Wordpress. We’ve exchanged contracts, completed and the removal men have gone home. The new site has been up a couple of days but I was away on a jolly to Dublin at the weekend and it’s only now I have chance to unpack the last few boxes and rearrange stuff the way I like it.
Moving right along – Switching from Blogger to WordPress
Holidays are over and so is my August blog break. Although I’ve returned to Twitter sooner, I must admit to sitting on my hands to not post things in the past few weeks as my attention has been focused on entertaining Ted during the pre-school holidays, potty training and finishing the new WordPress site. Before […]
Apple Loaf Cake with Nuts and Chocolate
Aha! You thought I’d gone away for the summer but I have one last trick up my sleeve before taking my self imposed August blog break. I realised I still hadn’t entered English Mum’s Big Bake Off and that this Apple Loaf Cake with Nuts and Chocolate was just the ticket. This is the cake […]
21 great food styling tips from Alastair Hendy
Hot on the heels of my sponsorship by Irish porridge oat brand Flahavan’s to attend Cybermummy, I received an exciting invitation with an Irish flavour. It was to attend a food photography and styling workshop hosted by Bord Bia, the Irish food board, led by professional food photographer and stylist Alastair Hendy and taking place […]
Things that don’t come naturally to me: low fat baking and hot drinks
One more post after today then Maison Cupcake officially breaks up for summer. There are a couple of reasons for this, a) Ted is off pre-school so I have less free time on the computer, b) I want to finish my new WordPress site without the pressure to post new material at the same time. […]
Brittany Ferries Saint Malo night crossing
The Portsmouth to St Malo crossing is around ten hours and arrives in port at 8am French time so you get more sleep and do less driving. It’s a win win situation.
Chorizo canapes with mozzarella and rocket
Easy chorizo canapes suggestion; chorizo and mozzarella contrast each other perfectly. The rocket leaves finish off the pretty red, white and green effect.
Waitrose Christmas food range: top treats to try
A festive selection of the most fabulous things in the Waitrose Christmas food range; from canapes to cakes and THAT Heston Christmas pudding.
Easy Tapas Bocquerones With Beetroot
Two quick and easy beetroot recipes to make tapas for summer parties.
Cybermummy 2010 pt2
Cybermummy 2010 was the UK’s first mummy blogging conference. It was held in a conference centre near Earl’s Court, London on 3rd July. Around 180 mummy bloggers and many more brand delegates were in attendance. This post follows up Cybermummy 2010 part one. Sian of Mummy Tips opens the conference I am a bit slow […]
Disney Siamese Cats on Marzipan Fruit Cake
Some weeks ago, a friend requested a moist fruit birthday cake covered in slabs of marzipan for a Siamese cat loving relative. I hadn’t made fruit cake for years but remembered it being easy enough. However when choosing a recipe I found many that required days of steeping fruit in alcohol. Fortunately Nigella Lawson’s […]
