by Anne Murphy | Jul 10, 2014 | Baking, Birthdays, Cake, Recipe
Every year, for the last 10 years at least, I make my ’40 something’ sister a birthday cake. It’s only been since my kids were born that I’ve done it and it’s usually been a quick, throw together cake with a bit of plain icing, just for...
by Anne Murphy | Feb 23, 2014 | Birthdays
In case you missed it, it was my birthday last Thursday and I was blessed with such wonderful kindness from friends, family and neighbours. My dear neighbour Nicola sent me a message asking if I had arranged a birthday cake, which I hadn’t. I was planning to...
by Anne Murphy | Feb 18, 2014 | Birthdays, Blog
I see these kinds of posts doing the inter webs from time to time and even though I’ll find it hard to come up with 50 things about me you may or may not know, I thought I’d give it a try. 1. I was born in Brisbane, Queensland and Mum gave birth at...
by Anne Murphy | Nov 24, 2013 | Birthdays, Children
Today you are 7 my big man! Oh how I love you. You’re one of the best things that ever happened in my life. You’ve turned into a real crazy dude with such an amazing sense of humour. You say and do the most funny things. Including all the fart noises! You...
by Anne Murphy | Nov 18, 2013 | Baking, Birthdays, Cake, Recipe
After 9 years of birthdays and birthday cakes, I’ve finally decided to keep it simple and save myself a lot of stress and worry. I guess I wasn’t worried about producing a cake for the kid’s birthdays but was more worried about baking 30-odd cupcakes...
by Anne Murphy | Nov 8, 2013 | Birthdays, Children
Dressed as the Monster High doll, Laguna Blue on her way to her brother’s school disco Today, my little girl, you will be 9 years old. I can’t even begin to comprehend how quickly the last 9 years has gone. All too quickly you have gone from a relatively...