Nice weekend. Strange weekend, but a nice one nonetheless :)
Another weekend has come and gone. I am of the belief that we should have 3 day weekends and 4 day weeks. That would make my heart very happy.

Not too much to report. Robyn managed to run over herself with her car. Poor thing. She’s a bit of a disaster child. Fortunately nothing’s broken, just a few nasty scratches and bruises. I met Wayne’s dad. Sweet old man. Lots of energy for someone in their 70’s. Cooked breakfast for his family on Wayne’s very stubborn stove. Damn thing just doesn’t get piping hot and as a result everything ends up steaming, which isn’t the end of the world, but when you’re feeding 5 hungry people it can be. Anyways… we eventually ended up with “brunch”. Wayne’s brother bought him a puffer fish for his fish tank.
I would imagine that he looks like this when he’s all puffed up (sans the spikes, obviously):

Wayne and I went to tea at Illovo Nursery on Sunday, in the afternoon. The cake we had was so rich, but so lovely.

And that’s it really. Not much to report.

I’ve decided that I’m going to try take up cake decorating. We shall see how the cupcake decorating course goes on the 24th of September. If it goes well, I may get a book or two, a couple of tools and dabble. We shall see.

Kahlua Tiramisu with Chocolate Shavings

Although I very much doubt that this is a traditional Italian Tiramisu, it certainly does look delicious. This recipe come from the Woolworths Taste Magazine website.

Serves: 8
Category: Easy / Kid-friendly
Prep time: 20 minutes, plus overnight to chill




Ingredients:
2 x 250 g tubs mascarpone
1 cup fresh cream
1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped out
2 Madeira loaf cakes
1 cup strong black coffee
1/3 cup Kahlua
100 g organic dark chocolate, grated
cocoa powder, to dust

Cooking instructions:

• In a large mixing bowl, whisk the mascarpone, cream and vanilla seeds until combined.
• Cut the Madeira cakes into slices and dip each slice into the coffee.
• Arrange the slices to cover the bottom and sides of your serving dish.
• Drizzle over the Kahlua and any remaining coffee.
• Spread the mascarpone mixture over the cake slices and scatter over the chocolate.
• Dust generously with cocoa powder and chill overnight.

Monkey Bread

I think I'm going to make this when I'm off my diet. No, it's not made with monkeys. It seems to be a bread or scone dough, dipped in cinnamon sugar, then baked in the oven until it's soft. Interesting...