Bryton Taylor | A Perth Food Blog

Old Fashioned Hot Cross Buns with a Cointreau Twist

They ended up looking like paper fortune tellers that we used to make and play with as kids, but the taste of them were definitely hot cross buns. The recipe is based off on an old fashioned version found in our big old Chatelaine cookbook, and caught my eye for it's use of hot mashed potato.

The Daring Bakers March 2012: T-I-double-guh-errrrr Bread (Dutch Crunch Bread)

Dutch Crunch bread

I first heard of dutch crunch bread in its other form, tiger bread, was when I saw it in Coles. Everytime I've seen it, it's had a Tigger sticker on, and, being the Disney fan I am, it just stuck in my head as Tigger bread.

Unfortunately when I gave up bread for a gluten free diet, Tigger bread was set aside as well. So when I saw that the Daring Bakers challenge (my first!) was tiger bread, my heart pitter pattered. I could now make a gluten free version!

'Tigger' bread aka Dutch Crunch bread

As I baked I couldn't help but chant under my breath, 'T-I-double- guh-errrrr'. And when the bread came out of the oven, it took everything not to stick my hands in the buns (known as tiger paws) and stick the 'tail' to my butt and bounce around the house.
Some people just never grow up.

Irish Penguin Cakepops

Another name for this is procrastination. I should've been studying. I should've been writing up a 3,000 word essay due this week. But no, I had an urge to make penguin cakepops yesterday. Little Irish penguins for St Patty's Day.

Irish Soda Bread

There's something so comforting about old fashioned food. Maybe it's just the ease of it. There's no fiddling and fluffing about. Just bam, few ingredients together, in the oven, and thirty minutes later, it's done.

Wilton Cakepop Products Giveaway

Who can resist a cakepop? They're oh-so-cute, easy to make, and thanks to their mini-size, very difficult to feel guilty eating!

So we've bulked together some Wilton products and are doing a giveaway thanks to Kitchenware Direct. Ready for goodies and happy dances?

The Wilton Cakepop Products Giveaway has now closed.
Congrats to Sarah for winning! 

This is what one winner with receive:

 

Wilton Pops Sweets on A Stick Book x 1

Wilton Pops Candy Dips White x 2

Wilton Pops Candy Dips Light Cocoa x 2 

Wilton Cookie Treat Paper Sticks 15cm x 2

Wilton Pops Wraps Assorted Hearts & Stars Set of 8 x 2

Wilton Pops Wraps Ruffle Set of 8 x 2

Wilton Pops Round Brownie Silicone Mould x 1

To enter fill out your name and email to the right in the blog's sidebar. Click submit. Easy as that!

Terms and Conditions

1. Giveaway is open to Australian residents only

2. Prize is worth RRP AU$118.40

3. Prize will be shipped from Kitchenware Direct

4. Giveaway closes Monday 26th March 2012.

5. The winner will be chosen by random number selection, announced in this post and contacted by email.

6. No emails are sold, used or distributed.

 

Duende, Leederville

short mac

I’m not much of a morning person. At all. On weekends I turn back into my night hawk ways, and my head stays hidden under the covers at the first break of light.
Morning? What morning?

So when I’m finally ready for brunch, a lot of eateries are serving lunch. Fortunately Duende in Leederville serves brunch until 4:30pm (not that I sleep in that much!) They also make an amazing coffee (we ordered a flat white and short mac) that goes down smoothly and wakes up sleepyheads (like moi).

Albany Eats; Emu Point Cafe, Rustlers, Liberte and Nonnas

I decided it was finally time to sit down and write about the restaurants we visited whilst in Albany… back at Easter time last year. Fortunately I jotted notes, so while it’s slightly hazy, the main points are still there.

 Upon arriving and dumping our bags in the room around midday, we headed out to cruise around Albany. We stumbled across Emu Point Café and stopped for a much needed coffee. We had hoped to grab a light meal, but they had just closed the kitchen, so that was out of the question. So we settled for an iced coffee and chai latte. Both were refreshing, and the pretty views, cosy seats and pleasant ambiance made it all the more enjoyable.

Tsunami, Mosman Park

My knife sliced cleanly through the meat, sizzling on the slab of stone. I popped a cube of the teppanyaki wagyu steak in my mouth, closed my eyes, and my tastebuds sang to the heavens.

After what could only be described as a seriously rough week, my kiwi had booked us into Tsunami to give me something to look forward to. Food, afterall, has always been a good motivator to get me through a day.

Nanaimo Bites

The last time I had these in Canada was several years ago now. I had enthusiastically and joyously purchased a large tray, certain that I was feeling so deprived of one of my favourite treats that I’d devour most of it. All 1.87 pounds of chocolate, coconut, custard, cookie and icing. 0.04m² of pure, wonderful, sinful sugar.
As you can imagine, a few bites in and enough was enough. My stomach wasn’t having any more of my brain’s silliness.

Reminiscing on Spain, Paella & a Giveaway

Down the winding narrow cobblestone streets of Barcelona, with bedsheets fluttering out of windows above her head, and across from an old bar where a lady sang in french, my sister, Madi was introduced to paella.

And it was here in Spain that she learnt Spaniards (and herself apparently) had no fear of good food, hence her jeans no longer fitting, was introduced to Chupitos (shot bars), and found that four months of backpacking can leave you 'bathmat deranged'. She emailed me at the time saying, "by the time I get home, I'll run to the cupboard weeping for bathmats and cuddle each one individually."