Twin Birthdays/Crazy Weekend.

All Ganached!

Birthday Party 2morrow!

Sometimes I think my purpose in this life is to try out as many things as possible so I can choose ONE talent to concentrate on in my next!

I volunteered to make my Twin Sisters' fiftieth birthday cake not knowing at the time that my Daughter and Grand Daughter would be moving house today.  So in amongst the mayhem, the packing, and the boxes I have made the cake!  We also have two interstate guests arriving tonight and one from Sydney!!!!!

Foil Covered Numbers.

Black Forest Brownie Cake

Chocolate Ganache added.

With Cherries on top.

Marzipan Roses.

Taa Daa!

The Twin Quilts are bound, labelled and wrapped, the outfits all picked out (we have to wear wigs!) and all that's left is for the removalists to show up!

Happy Queen's Birthday Long Weekend to you all in Eastern Australia!

Lavender Shortbread - Gluten Free.

Opps! Wanted to post photographs of the two beautiful rounds of lavender shortbread I made during the week - but alas, this is all that's left of them! The shortbread was delicious.  I used a Karen Martini recipe again and substituted plain flour with gluten free flour.

Birthday.

Despite the sweltering heat, I was determined to bake my husband a cake for his birthday today.

So here it is, black forest brownie cake; recipe, compliments of Karen Martini.

This is one of the easiest recipes I've used in a long time.  We are yet to taste test it but as I'm a chocoholic, I'm sure the amount of chocolate used both in the batter and the ganache will guarantee a luscious cake.

I literally slaved over a hot stove to create this masterpiece, perspiration running down my back in temperature in the mid thirties.