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14
Dec
2010
Thank You- Over & out for now.
Dear Readers,
I am writing today to tell you, for now at least I will no longer be blogging on Bake & Bloom.
I am sure any Bride to be will tell you it is a big task to plan a wedding, and l have a lot of commitments to meet in my personal life at the moment including my veggie garden which is now huge! Changing jobs & finally getting really into floristry & trying to be more active in my family life which I have neglected for for quite a while now. Finding the time to commit to make this blog all it should be has become fairly difficult.
I would like to thank each & every person that has ever stopped by to say Hi or read a recipe, and especially my regular loyal readers & friends.
In particular I would like to thank my friends Mel (From Bread n’ Sniff It) & Christie (From Fig & Cherry) for making me really feel like a part of of the blogging family. You’re both a total inspiration to me!
Rest assured I will be back some time next year.
So for now my friends, goodbye. Keep cooking & know that I love you all. Thanks for making my life for the last year & a half a little sweeter & I am sure we will speak again soon!
xoxo Shannon Smyth
8
Nov
2010
Going Totally Nuts for Free Nuts!
Anyone who has been reading this blog for more than 10 minutes will know that I like me a good snack at around 3 in the afternoon. Unfortunately that snack is often coated in milk chocolate or crispy & deep fried.
It is not doing my wedding planning any favors.
The clever folks down at harvestbox.com.au have discovered that I am not the only wreckless snacker & are committed to giving us better, healthier, tastier snackage right to your office or home!
27
Oct
2010
Proper pumpkin scones
In my home there is only one shape a scone should be, circular & cut with a water glass dipped in flour.
None of this namby pamby cookie cutter business & certainly not American style scone triangles. Where did the scone triangle come from anyway? I suspect this is something to do with Starbucks. When they start serving real coffee made by real people, then they can come talk to me about how a scone should be shaped.
My mum always cut her scones using a water glass dipped in flour (to stop any sticking) and consequently anything else seems like a bastardised version of the original. Of course a cookie cutter will do much the same thing, but a water glass makes a fun sound when you press it into the dough too. (You will know what I am talking about when you do it)
18
Oct
2010
What did you do this weekend? Me? Oh, I just made an awesome wedding cake.
Ok. so technically it actually took 3 days, not 2 but this weekend I made my step sister’s wedding cake & 3 wedding bouquets, 5 buttonholes & a table centerpiece. (and a lot of mess)
You may bow down in my awesomeness now.
It was my first real wedding & Rachael & Adrian put a lot of trust in me to leave some important elements of their big day in my trembling hands. Thanks for letting me be a part of it guys!
12
Oct
2010
Wholewheat choc chip & walnut cookies. It’s what your coffee break is begging for
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.
It has been raining now for a week solid. The main road away from my house is flooded & I wore wellingtons for the majority of the weekend. (they are black with cherries on & completely adorable) Shane chuckled a bit when I bought them a few weeks ago saying I would never have cause to wear them. I love being right.
I spent most of the weekend ironing, giving my walk in wardrobe the same treatment I gave the pantry last week & planting some heirloom seeds I finally received nearly 3 weeks after ordering from the diggers club.
I am ridiculously exited about getting my veggie garden up & running. To the point where I keep running out to my mini greenhouse on practically an hourly basis to check if anything has germinated yet.
