Creme Brulee

I received a blow torch last Christmas but it's taken me nearly a whole year to use it to make creme brulee.  It was the yummiest thing ever and everyone in my little family enjoyed eating it.  Using a blow torch is so much fun too :).

I got the recipe from http://www.taste.com.au/ and adapted it slightly.  I think caster sugar worked much better than brown sugar (which was suggested).

Christmas cupcakes and cookies

I've been doing a bit of fancy baking lately but I keep forgetting to take pictures before I send the goodies off  or before they get eaten!  I finally remembered to take some pics of this lot as I was walking out the door.

These are mini jam-filled vanilla cupcakes decorated with red fondant icing bases and white fondant icing snowflakes.

The sugar cookie snowflakes are decorated with royal icing and white cachous. 

They were delicious!