It’s Fairy Bread Day!

Did you know? Today, November 24th is Fairy Bread Day! Hold on… what’s FAIRY BREAD? A favourite childhood treat in Australia, that’s what! Right up there with a sugar sandwich (yup – white bread, butter and sugar, a VERY occasional treat), fairy bread was something you got to eat rarely – mostly at birthday parties. … Read more

White chocolate Dipped wafer cookies on a parchment paper-lined tray.

12 Days of Holiday Treats: Chocolate-Dipped Wafer Cookies

Scroll to the bottom of the post to get ALL the “12 Days” recipes from 2019, 2020, and 2021! Welcome to Day 2 of The Twelve Days of Holiday Treats! Once again, this year, from December 1st-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining! The recipes I’m … Read more

12 Days of Holiday Treats: Strawberry Santa Hats

Welcome to Day 11 of The Twelve Days of Holiday Treats! Once again, this year, from December 1st-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining! The recipes I’m sharing are small-er batch (perfect for this year when many of us will still be attending/ hosting smaller gatherings) … Read more

Homemade chocolate speckles/ freckles on a white background.

Homemade chocolate speckles/ freckles/ nonpareils

Have you heard of chocolate freckles? Maybe you know then as chocolate speckles? Or maybe nonpareils? Or maybe you are new to this brilliant concept – if so, welcome! What are chocolate freckles/ speckles? Basically, it’s a two-ingredient wonder: Chocolate (I prefer milk for these) – but make it GOOD QUALITY (when there are so … Read more

Strawberry yoghhurt cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese frosting for National Cupcake Day 2017 image on eatlivetravelwrite.com

Strawberry yoghurt cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for National Cupcake Day

Remember earlier this month when I announced that today, February 27th, is Canada’s fifth National Cupcake Day – raising money for SPCAs and Humane Societies across the country? That’s right –  today is all about cupcakes – and raising money to help animals in need all around Canada. This is my fifth year participating and … Read more