Christmas Cookies

It was from last Christmas but looking at them, the buttery taste still lingers. These cookies are my hubby's grandma's recipe. Very delicious, melt in your mouth and of course special as the secret recipe just got handed down to us.

Yummy Christmas cookies!

Vanilla Cuppity Cakes

My boy's favorites weren't absent during the holidays but I couldn't promise him a fancy icing so I left that out. Instead, I had them in festive, colourful cupcake liners. I think that did the trick :). Cupcakes were as usual moist and super delicious!

Moist Vanilla Cupcakes!

Christmas Dinner 2015

What was yours? Well, this was ours... a deliciously stuffed grilled whole chicken. It came with boiled sweet Dutch carrots and could be paired with crackers and cheese. It wasn't a feast for many but it was for the 3 of us :)! Hope you had a joyful celebration!

Yummy chicken for Christmas dinner

Tollhouse Cookies

I'd lost and forgotten this recipe a long time ago. Good thing I sent it to a friend before and she reminded me about it last Christmas. Nice of her to send me back the recipe I sent her before. I didn't waste time and baked it during the holidays. They were so good!

Home-baked Tollhouse Cookies

Vanillekipferl 2015

We've decided to make it a Christmas tradition to make the irrestible Vanillekipferl. Last Christmas, they came out a bit chubbier than usual but still delicious as they normally are. It's one of my favorite Christmas cookies so they don't normally last long :).

Vanillekipferl Christmas 2015

Tempting Tortes

Baking at home or not, the temptations are just everywhere. Like these delicious and tempting tortes and cakes in a cafe at the QVB. You can't resist them or can you? My personal favorite here is their New York cheesecake, it melts in your mouth!

Tortes and cakes at Vienna cafe, QVB

Eggnog Cupcakes

Christmas baking starts now with these christmassy eggnog cupcakes with a hint of nutmeg. I really get into the Christmas mood when I start baking. It's becoming a tradition, a very delicious one! How about you, have you got started yet?

Delicious Eggnog Cupcakes

Mickey Muffins

Finally got to try the micky mouse silicon mold I bought in Disneyland. I promised my boy mickey chocolate chip muffins for new year and glad they turned out really nice. My hungry boy, getting up from a nap had already 3 so far.

Mickey chocolate chip muffins for new year!

Fathers Christmas

It's 3 Lindt fathers christmas awaiting my boy on the 24th. The box is obviously too small for 3 men so Santa left it open :). It's so cute how my son tiptoed to reach the goodies and it's so sweet how he shared the 2 with mami and dadi.

The 24th box of the Advent Calendar filled with chocolate Santas.

Vanillekipferl

The whole house still smells of freshly baked vanillekipferl. These are biscuits mainly made of spelt flour, almond flour, lots of butter and sprinkled with powdered sugar. So yummy you can't stop eating them. I'm so proud to say my boys made them. I just had to sit, relax and wait for these goodies to be ready :).

Sprinkling powdered sugar on freshly baked Vanillenkipferl.

Christmas Bears

Looking like the terracota warriors, these warrior chocolate bears are ready to celebrate Christmas with everyone. Though it's a sad Christmas for the Lindt community here in Sydney, the joys from these sweets will be present. P.S. Got a box of assorted Christmas chocolates from Lindt, Martin Place before the siege happened. They make my son happy getting 1choc a day from his advent calendar boxes.

Lindt chocolate bears at Lindt cafe, Darling Harbour

Gingerbread Train

I thought it was great to get a gingerbread train kit and build it with my little boy before Christmas. Glad I did because he was really excited and enthusiatic about it. It was fun watching him decorating the train. The joys of parenthood.

My son's gingerbread train, Christmas 2014

Banana Cupcakes

It's that time of the year when lots of my energy are exerted into baking or simply making sweets. I love to bake and I'm glad I have a little helper with me. My son and I made some banana cupcakes that left a very lovely smell of the kitchen and our home.

Baking banana cupcakes at home.