Patrick's chocolate cupcakes

5. Adding the white chocolate chips

Patrick and Kathryn are my cousins on my Dad's side.  She is the grand daughter of my great Auntie Ailsa and great Uncle Jo on the Saunders side.  Kathryn and I share many common interests such as exploring new opportunities and love for life, love for family especially our children and friends and have a genuine interest in family history.  Also, we share a common bond in our family ancestral ties and she is an awesome gal!  Kathryn's husband is Cameron and they recently returned from a working holiday in Dubai and are now living Sydney.  I'm hoping to visit them in Sydney sometime.

Patrick and Kathryn have been kind enough to share their chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate chips recipe and some awesome shots cooking these delectable cupcakes were provided too.  So thanks for sharing.

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups of flour
• 1 1/2 cups of white chocolate chips
• 1 cup brown sugar packed down
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups of milk
• 3 oz (85 grams) butter melted
• 2 eggs beaten
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Instructions

1. Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a bowl and whisk till combined. 
2. In a separate bowl combine milk, eggs, butter, vanilla and mix until blended.  Mix wet and dry ingredients together. 
3. Add chocolate chips, stir until blended.  Put in a moderate oven 180 degrees celsius until cooked (approx 10 to 15 minutes).

1. Patricks copy and the original

2. Mixing the dry ingredients

3. Mixing the wet ingredients

4. Stirring it all together

6. Ready to go into the oven

7. Fresh from the oven

Charlie's mini pikas

Last weekend Charlie and I made some pizzas for our lunch.  Charlie really loves pizza.  In fact it was one of his first words, pronounced "pika".

As you can see from the photo he was pretty happy about making his own delicious pizza. Too bad it ended toppings down on the floor just a few seconds after taking this photo. 

I'm still teaching Charlie about keeping the plate straight and the seven second rule.  Don't worry, he ate Daddy's pika instead.

Ingredients

- tomato paste

- cheddar cheese grated

- ham shredded

- red capsicum cubed

- mushrooms sliced

- basil

- mini pita bread

Anything goes with these types of pizzas. We were just using what was in the fridge.

Instructions

1. preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius

2. cut up your ingredients

3. using a spoon cover the pita bread with the tomato paste and then add all of the other ingredients

4. Cook the pizzas for about 10-15 minutes.