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I may have quit alcohol for 19 DAYS NOW (are you proud of me ’cause I damn sure am), but you can’t make me give up Coke Zero Dave Jack. When I wake up after horrid dreams about arguing with my mother-in-law via IM, I …
Apple Cinnamon Cake
I made this cake for the first time this week and I think it might be one of those awesome recipes that is just about fail safe. It gets better……you only need one bowl. I know. Get baking!
You will need;
- 150g butter, melted
- 2 cups drained, slightly stewed apple or 1 can of apple pie filling (I bought this from the store for the first time and OMG it’s so yummy!)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup sultanas (I used raisins)
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- icing sugar to dust
Preheat oven to 160, mix all ingredients, spoon into greased pan, bake for 55-60 min until skewer comes out clean, cool on wire rack and dust with icing sugar to serve.
This cake is divine, super moist and yummy and couldn’t be easier to make. Loved it.
Boy and a Ballpoint #2
Dave was doodling with Ethan a lot of the time and it was sometimes hard to discern who drew what. But then I realised the key was checking the hands. Ehan always draws his subjects with prickly pear cactus jazz hands akin to a deformed …
Boy and a Ballpoint
Ethan discovered how much fun drawing caricatures of us is last week. He carried around a makeshift clipboard all day (even to Pak n Save) and drew his little heart out. Obviously there is a punk rock theme running through the series, it also appears …
Because we could really use a hand
Interweb friends, I have entered a photo in a contest to win $1000 and it’s quite doable I think, we just need your votes! You can vote once every day so PUHLEESE click on the link below and cast your vote, it is as easy as 1 click xxxx
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The project that grows…..and grows….
I thought that repainting all of the interior doors in our house would make a HUGE improvement to the very haphazard existing paint job. I was right, after a couple of coats of paint they look fresh and new and have helped make the house …