small kitchen tales

I get asked a lot at markets what a red velvet cake is and despite what many people think, it’s not just a vanilla cake with red food colouring. Red velvet cakes contain buttermilk and a small amount of cocoa powder. These ingredients give the cake a subtle and very distinctive flavour which makes it different to a chocolate or vanilla cake. The original red velvet cake is said to have had a reddish hue that was caused by the reaction between natural cocoa powder and an acidic ingredient, like buttermilk. Nowadays the intense red hue mostly comes from red food colouring. If you have been following on instagram you would have noticed a few trials for natural red velvet cupcakes with beetroot. Good news, the kids loved them and even though they know they contain beetroot they don't seem to mind.  Here's the recipe: Natural Red Velvet Cupcakes Makes about 12 Cupcakes Ingredients 100g self raising flour   30g almond meal *   20g b...

Sometimes I feel down, I think about lots of things, I question things, I question why some people do certain things, I wonder why some things are the way they are and then I stop. Sometimes I need to be reminded of what makes me smile, what makes my heart skip a beat, what makes me shed a tear of joy, what makes every day worthwhile. Sometimes I need to remember a few of the moments that make me love life this guy is my everything, my partner in life, father of my little beings, my support, my heart, my family, the love of my life, the calm in my life and many a times my personal navigation system  drinking yummy tea makes me feel warm and nurtured from the inside baking yummy bread for my family, here's the recipe    watching my little girl try and style her own hair receiving beautiful flowers on sad days What do you do when you feel down? How do you, a s Amelie says, "turn that frown upside down"?  Have y...