Today's post is focused around a cute little date I had with my mum and future sister-in-law. We were cupcake tasting at a cute little boutique coffee shop in Victoria Park in Perth, WA. It is called the "Sassy Cookie" and the owner is a lady who bakes all her own cupcakes, cakes, tarts, biscuits - basically she bakes everything she sells, and she also does cupcakes, biscuits and cakes for events, such as weddings! 

We had heard about this little cafe online, and I had called to enquire about cupcakes and biscuits for my future sister-in-law's kitchen tea we are having pre-wedding! The lady was so lovely and we said we'd pop down to try out her cupcakes and biscuits before we ordered anything! We found the place, nestled in bushes and down a few stairs - the cafe is a little house that has been converted into a shop-front and cafe, while the other half is still a house! As you walk in, you immediately feel at home and feel really special! The girls working there are super friendly and there is a big board displaying all their coffees, teas, smoothies, milkshakes etc while the fridges at the front are stocked with cupcakes of all flavours, tarts, biscuits, breads - it's pure heaven for cake-lovers and sweet-tooth's alike! 

My mum ordered a tim-tam milkshake, which is basically tim-tams blended with milk and ice-cream. It was absolutely rich and delicious, it definitely wasn't something you'd drink if you were watching your calorie intake for the day, that's for sure. My sister-in-law and I ordered an Oreo milkshake (if that's on the menu, would there be anything else you'd get??) which again was literally (well, it tasted like it anyway) just Oreo's crushed up with milk and ice-cream. It was heaven, absolute Oreo h e a v e n! We also decided to order some cupcakes to try out before ordering any for the Kitchen Tea as sometimes you just can't be sure that they'll be as delicious as you'd hope or as you'd make (we are big bakers in our family and love making cupcakes and cakes, just lack the time). We ordered a basic vanilla cake with pink icing on the top as a standard thing to try, as that's the most basic. We also ordered a white chocolate mud cake with some vanilla icing on the top and we also decided to splurge and try a very decadent chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing on the top. We cut them up into threes and we devoured them in minutes! By far our favourite was the white chocolate mud cake, and our least favourite was the chocolate cake, as it was just too rich and too strong for us! These cakes and the milkshakes were absolutely amazing, and I feel like I'd visit this place every often, if it weren't for the distance / the high calorie intake (haha). If you live in Perth I would highly recommend giving this place a go - you won't regret it! Needless to say, we ended up ordering cupcakes for the Kitchen Tea and will post plenty about that event here soon! xoxo 

I often go on 'coffee dates' with my mum, regardless if we get coffee or be naughty and get strawberry milkshakes or iced coffees (whatever we really feel like at the time!)

This particular day we had spent shopping in our local shopping center, I spent way too much as always and we had been on our feet for ages so ended up at our favourite coffee shop for a strawberry milkshake & cake treat!

I am super close to my mum (and dad) and I am very lucky for that! I love spending time with her and having our coffee dates / shopping dates so prepare for many-a-post about these special dates :)

This one in particular was nothing of real note, except how good does that milkshake and cake look! It tasted as good as it looks, also, I haven't had a strawberry milkshake, or any milkshake for that matter, in SUCH a long time, so this was so good!!

Do you like milkshakes as much as me? I mean come on, who doesn't?? What is your favourite flavour! Let me know in the comments below xx

The happiest day of love, besides every other day of the year. This is a belated Valentine's post, but I thought, why not!

This year was the first Valentine's day we shared in our own house together and it was all kinds of sweet, especially as we had pancakes for breakfast! I am a huge fan of pancakes, and I am a huge fan of making them from scratch and putting all kinds of toppings on them as well. Who doesn't love pancakes?!

Home made (with love) Pancakes with strawberries and maple syrup.

We had a relaxing day at home, followed by an early dinner at Salt On the Beach, a new restaurant (new to us) that overlooks the beach in Fremantle, Perth. I never took photos of our meal unfortunately (I wish I had), but we had a delicious entree of salt and pepper squid, fish and chips for main and a chocolate crumble dessert / sticky date pudding to finish our meal with. The food was incredibly yummy, fresh and very filling, the serves were on the large side for sure! To top our lovely evening all off, we felt like the waiter was there just to wait on us which was a really nice change from fast-paced restaurants that are all about turn-around. I would go back without a doubt, and definitely for the purely magical sunset! 

Rose petals completed the evening.

The sunset was purely magical, this photo does not do it justice.