Posts Tagged : ‘chocolate’

May 2, 2017

Have you heard the phrase “world famous in New Zealand”? It basically means that something is amazing and totally deserves to be world famous but New Zealand wants to make damn sure you know it came from the land of the long white cloud. L&P is one of those things. It totally deserves a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 
Broken down it’s Lemon and Paeroa.
The lemon is the flavour and Paeroa is the town that provided the mineral water for the drink.
It’s sweet and refreshing and lovely and tastes like summer in a can.

L&P, lemon, doughnuts, donuts, lemon, new zealand, chocolate

January 31, 2017

I got married. We did it. It was fun. It was perfect.
And next month will be the first Valentine’s Day we spend as a married couple. My orders are to make this Marshmallow and Pretzel Chocolate Fudge again. My husband (it feels so weird and awesome to write that down, guys!) has requested it as his Valentine’s Day present this year after he devoured the majority of this batch I made around Christmas time. Fudge is something he is incredibly fond of. Luckily for me, my matron of honour has this awesome recipe up her sleeve.
I nabbed that recipe and made a few adjustments because Lizzy’s version is very elegant and grown up and Michael and I are basically kids. Who doesn’t want a salty pretzel and brightly coloured marshmallow in their fudge?!

PlanetBakeLife Valentine's Day marshmallow pretzel chocolate fudge

August 16, 2016

Guys, it’s nearly my birthday. In a week I will have turned 27. So much is happening in such a small space of time and I’m really excited about all the future has in store.
At the moment that means spending weekend running around meeting friends and family, making wedding plans and DIY’ing a lot of our wedding elements. I’m very lucky to have a super talented fiancé who designed our invitations and made them very personal to our style and our feel. I have a MOH who is an expert baker. A day of co-ordinator who is amazing and is going to be doing my hair and make up on the day. And my parent are always supportive of our plans.
While the wedding planning is going really well and it’s moving at a fantastic pace, sometimes you need some down time. Enter these chocolate primal protein mix pancakes. We enjoyed these pancakes on Sunday morning before heading off for a full day of activities. They’re much heavier than most pancakes but that’s because of the protein mix. You’ll probably only need a few pancakes to keep you satisfied for much longer.

planetbakelife protein pancakes

June 27, 2016

I didn’t grow up with Edmond’s in my life because I didn’t grow up in New Zealand but I see the company everywhere. When I talk to Kiwis they always tell me how they grew up with the Edmond’s Cookbook. It seems to be a staple in most Kiwi homes from a very young age.
After receiving the new Edmond’s Best of Baking cookbook, I can definitely see why. The recipes inside are easy to follow and cover a large range of basics like slices, savouries and cakes. If you’re just starting out with baking, this is a fantastic book to help you experiment with the basics. My favourite part of the book is that I could take one of the recipes and make it as simple or as fancy as I liked.
We went to a games and movie night and I took this fantastically rich chocolate cake along with us. It was a big hit!

Edmond's chocolate cake PlanetBakeLife Best of Baking

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