an amber saturday afternoon

On a sunny lazy saturday afternoon myself and a dear friend Amber were catching up on all things lovely, giggle worthy, fashionable and delicious. We ate cake and sipped on our tea's and enjoyed a very good catch up at a dainty little cafe near the art gallery she works at. I must say I love Amber dearly and now even more so, as the gluten free orange and almond cake and chai tea were very good! Especially for a saturday afternoon when people have had way too many customers umming and arring over what meal and beverage to chose to accompany their delightful chats, catch ups, dates and gossips session with the bestie!

Amber and I get rather enthusiastic and usually draw some attention with our loud giggles and whats!! with exciting news that we share. And as we were finishing up the waitress asked if she could take our plates and... ( I thought she might have asked for us to be quiet) if in my personal opinion as a coeliac the cake was good or if i've had better. I felt a little special when she asked, and she talked with me about my opinion for over 10 minutes. I thought it was so nice someone really did care about the quality and taste for the gluten intolerant and/or coeliacs. Even if she hadn't of asked it was a very delicious afternoon date.

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twenty fourth

Its was my dear mumma's birthday a little while ago, and I was debating buying her either a normal cake- she could enjoy or a gluten free cake that I could enjoy too. Thankfully my brothers dearest friend Mitch made me mum an amazing!!! Gluten free chocolate cake it looked absolutely beautiful and tasted AA-MAZING! He is a very talented young baker. We sat there and just stayed quiet, now for my family thats saying something. When we are all together the house is never quiet thats just how good it was!

Its cakes like these that make me thankful I am a coeliac!

Adelle x

"She carries too, the little bag of macaroons on which she nibbles"

On a sunny Sun-day, Joshua and I ventured out to town dressed in our finest spring attire, as the sun was warm and our faces beaming. We were looking for something wonderful and indulgent. We thought it would be a lovely addition to our many collections for our 'glory box'.  Little did we think that something as little as Macaroons would be the highlight of our day out to town. To many macaroons maybe far to sugary & colourful. But to me they do mean oh so much! They're gluten free which is just so special its a little slice of my coeliac heaven- I may or may not have indulged in three. But most of all they remind me of my favourite thing in year 11- English Lit. Haha yes I know you may have spat tea at your screen in a dramatic WHAT! but I loved many of the texts I got to explore in year 11 and one of my favourites was 'A Dolls House' by Henrik Ibsen. Nora the main character carries around a little bag of macaroons and nibbles secretly throughout the day. Its her little indulgence in a bleak life. I loved the idea of them being such a treat and was fascinated by them. I asked my teacher rather naively what a macaroon was and he promised to bring us some if we did well in the assignment! Well yes I did try my very first macaroon and wanted to saver every moment. I knew why Nora carried a bag of them! 


So after a wonder and need for some food I came across a delightful cafe- Cimbalino and took advantage of their little collection of Macaroons. I had a blueberry and orange, lemon and lime and a ferrero roche. They were just lovely and perfect for a sun-day afternoon treat, and  Joshua also enjoyed them he did a lot of 'helping' to sample the macaroons. I think we'll be visiting town for my little bag of treats very soon.

Adelle x