Happy Monday everyone, I hope you all had the most wonderful weekend. We spent it enjoying music festivals, pottering in the garden, catching up with family and of course doing a little yummy easter baking. With Easter just around the corner, I couldn’t resist whipping up some delicious sticky mixed fruit scrolls and enjoying them straight from the oven while warm. My Grandma makes these scones by heart and each and every time they turn out beyond perfect, they’re quick enough to make before heading off to any Easter celebrations this weekend. xo
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My goodness, the biggest congratulations to Sarah McRae for winning the the Auckland and Surrounding areas prize & Georgia McCombe for the everywhere else prize!!!! Thank you so very much for everyone who entered, you are all beyond amazing and this prize wouldn’t be possible without your support – thank you! x
Oh my goodness, I’m SO excited about today – it’s the final day of my 4000 likes facebook competition! I have been completely overwhelmed and incredibly honoured by how many people have entered, shared and liked this competition – I’ll never ever be able to thank you all enough and tell you how much you constant support means to me, thank you! So just incase you missed it, below is the full list of lovely prizes up for offer for two very very lucky people. Good luck everyone, I can’t wait to announce the lucky winners tonight at 6pm! xoxo
Today is the final day for this competition, the two lucky winners will announced tonight at 6pm here on Made From Scratch and Facebook – so be sure to keep an eye out! Simply fill out the details below, share, like, tweet or pin the above image (remember to link back to Made From Scratch so that I know you’ve entered) and of course good luck and thank you so so much!!
Auckland and Surrounding Areas Prize Pack for one lucky person
A gorgeous mini love shoot with Coralee & Alex - the gorgeous image above is by them!!
A beautiful floral arrangement by Annie Oxborough
1/2 a dozen delicious cake pops from Cake Pop Kitchen
A oh so pretty $50 voucher towards any service with Kaitlin Chapman Boutique Makeup & Hair (valid after april)
Pamper yourself with Monaco Hand and Body Creme, Minx Nail Art and a St Tropez Spray Tan Voucher from Monaco Nails
A sweet recipe card pack by Made From Scratch
Everywhere Else Prize Pack for one lucky person
A gorgeous bundle of stamps, stickers and notebooks from Yellow Brick Road
A stunning collection of gift tags, sweet notebook and a yearly calendar by Toodles Noodles
A pretty heart sticker collection by We Love Citrus
A beautiful blue and white stripe apron from Chirp
A sweet recipe card pack by Made From Scratch
Oh with Valentines Day only a few days away, could there be anything more wonderful than giving (or receiving) a delicious batch of homemade Red Velvet Kisses! Ben and I don’t really celebrate Valentines Day, but it’s still a lovely excuse to show your loved one how much they mean to you – plus who could resist a little baking! These oh so lovely kisses would look stunning wrapped up in a mason jar or box tied up with twine or even simply stacked in cute little ice cream bowl! Oh and be sure to keep an eye out on the blog and Facebook tomorrow, I have a the most exciting announcement ever!! x
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Oh wow, New Zealand really is having the most wonderful summer at the moment it’s just so warm, perfect for a little gardening!! You may have noticed that I’ve been doing a little ‘spring’ cleaning on Made From Scratch lately, I found it a little to hard at times to find a certain recipe or post, especially as there are so many lovely posts now! So I thought what would be better than a gallery of pretty images so that you’re able to see a little preview of the post, this will be throughout the whole blog. I’m still slowly making my way through the rest of the blog, it’s been pretty tedious but so wonderful (and sometimes very weird) to look back on my old posts and see how much the blog has evolved over the last 2 or so years, thank you all so much for all of your support! I’m so happy to say though that the eat and wed categories are all finished for you to admire – I have to say a huge thank you to Coralee and Alex for very generously supplying the category images for wed, aren’t they pretty!! Have a fantastic weekend everyone, I’d love to hear you’re thoughts about the new layout. x
I love lazy summer days, especially when they end with a delicious BBQ, drinks and wonderful company. The other night we had out good friends Emma and Mike over for dinner, they’d told me about beer can chicken before – it sounded so weird that I thought it was a joke, but nope it’s a very real and very delicious meal! So they came over one amazing summer evening and we made beer can chicken for dinner, all I can say is that if you haven’t had the pleasure of trying this dish, it will quickly become your favourite BBQ chicken recipe – so much so that I don’t think I’ll do a roast chicken any other way now! If there is anything that you try over the summer holidays, delicious beer can chicken should certainly be at the top of your list! x
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One of the things that I adore about blogging is getting to meet and become friends with so many wonderful people – Julia from Studio Home is one of those enormously talented ladies with a killer eye for style! I’ve been following her blog for a few years and have had the absolute pleasure of meeting her in person since she moved up from Wanaka not long ago to expand on her gorgeous blog! Julia came over to our home for a little visit during to week to have a peek at our newly renovated home, chat over a little baking and cuddles with Kora – it was the best way to spend a lovely sunny afternoon. You can read all about our catch up on her beautiful blog here – you might want to curl up with a cool summer drink though, she has so many incredible posts to admire! x
This evening I’m hosting my very last baking class for the year – is anyone else a little freaked that the end of the year is almost here!? I’ve had the most amazing time hosting my classes and still have to pinch myself that this is now my job, it’s beyond incredible and wouldn’t be possible without all of you! I have to thank Ellie from Jel Photography and Coralee from Coralee and Alex Photography for all of their beautiful photos – you are both far too lovely and talented for words! And of course to everyone who has attended a class, commented on a photo, shared a recipe and for all of your endless support, you all mean the absolute world to me – thank you so much!
I do have some very very exciting plans in motion for Made From Scratch in the new year – I’m honestly bursting with excitement to tell you all, but you’ll just have to wait. Until then, have a little wander down memory lane from my first class – it still makes my heart swell with pride. x
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a lovely weekend – how fantastic was the weather, so glad that summer is now here! I’ve been dying to share the recipe for these cookies that I made for the Neutral Dessert Table a while ago, they’re so delicious! They’d be perfect for sharing (or gift giving) with Christmas just around the corner – I love the idea of baking for gifts, it’s really so lovely, meaningful and of course delicious! x
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