Today I received my allergy testing results. Cow's milk, egg white, soya bean.
Urrrrgggg.
5 or so years ago my naturopath suggested I had a dairy intolerance so I went off dairy for 12 months and it helped my health significantly but then I got lazy... I love chocolate! However, I still avoid cheese, substitute all cow's milk with soy milk and use dairy free margarine instead of butter (still eat yogurt, and am lazy when it comes to products containing dairy).
So now I've found out that I can no longer substitute cow's milk with soy - what am I going to do?!
Oat and rice milk are very runny and sweet, I can't imagine cooking with them the same way as other milks. But we'll have to try....
My vegan relatives will be happy.
Any suggestions to great milk-egg-soy sites are very welcome!
And so, another chapter begins.
Wednesday 18 July 2012
Monday 2 July 2012
Happy Birthday Superstar!
My gorgeous niece turned 15 this weekend and to celebrate we threw a big party in our garden (I think our house has become The Party Garden - I said 'palace' but we're much more rugged than that). My gift to her was, as usual, a birthday cake.
Last year I made her a pair of Doc Martens and this year wanted to make something a little more abstract that would hopefully look better than last years haphazard work. She told me her favourite colours were dark purple and green and I decided to work with the purple.
This cake gave me reason to finally visit A Tiny Bit Marvellous, a local cake decorating shop and I am super thankful for all their help and encouragement.
The party was filled with friends and family, food and fun! The cake was a hit and (after a previous night of mayhem leaving me ready to give up cake decorating for good) I was very pleased with my (slightly off centre) creation. (Please excuse my terrible photography).
The cakes I baked were chocolate (top layer) with a chocolate buttercream and marble (bottom layer) with vanilla buttercream. I filled the centre of each cake with buttercream and a layer of raspberry jam for the marble cake.
Last year I made her a pair of Doc Martens and this year wanted to make something a little more abstract that would hopefully look better than last years haphazard work. She told me her favourite colours were dark purple and green and I decided to work with the purple.
This cake gave me reason to finally visit A Tiny Bit Marvellous, a local cake decorating shop and I am super thankful for all their help and encouragement.
The party was filled with friends and family, food and fun! The cake was a hit and (after a previous night of mayhem leaving me ready to give up cake decorating for good) I was very pleased with my (slightly off centre) creation. (Please excuse my terrible photography).
The cakes I baked were chocolate (top layer) with a chocolate buttercream and marble (bottom layer) with vanilla buttercream. I filled the centre of each cake with buttercream and a layer of raspberry jam for the marble cake.
Happy Caking!
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