Little Baker (LB) is thankfully still very much in the easy to please stage. Just before her 4th birthday I asked her what she wanted to for her birthday cake. The reply was a pink cake topped with some of her favourite things – biscuits, […]
The end of October brings Halloween and this is the perfect excuse to twist things in the kitchen. It doesn’t need to be complicated. The simple sausage wrapped in thin strips of pastry becomes a mummified sausage; chocolate biscuits blended to a powder make convincing […]
We are now in to week three of being a school gate parent. L is settling in and making new friends, I’m trying not to be “that” parent on the playground and keeping my profession quiet so I don’t get roped into PTA cake stall […]
Christmas with a three year old is very different to a Christmas with a baby and we’re only eight days into December. Yes Christmas with a baby is cute with them in awe of the twinkly lights and being content with a piece of paper […]
Time speeds by when you’re a parent. Ok those first few weeks with a newborn seem to be the longest days ever, but I think that’s mostly due to the fact you’re awake more than asleep; caring for a little one who thinks sleep is […]
Any regular Butcher Baker Baby reader will know I love a good cookbook and a bit of food history. I’m one of those people who reads cookbooks for fun. Forget fiction, give me a bit of non-fiction of the food & drink genre and […]