Mother's Day

Victoria sponges and chicken finger sandwiches remind me of my grannies, although, I thought they would be a special addition to our Mother's Day offering this year.

It's been a long time since I have posted a blog. It seems there are never enough hours in the day! Anyway, here I am to tell you all about how we are celebrating Mother's Day this year and the plans we have to spoil our mums.

I'm so excited about the new cake in my repertoire, the Victoria sponge, which I've decided to launch on the Mother's Day weekend. It is a beautiful and buttery vanilla pound cake with lashings of my home made strawberry jam, softly whipped cream, and fresh strawberries. The large size is only $58.00 and cuts into 12 slices beautifully. The small size is more suited to 6-8 people and only costs $32.00.

I am also offering my gorgeous little chicken finger sandwiches in a box of 24 for the special Mother's Day price of $60.00. I just thought they would be a lovely pass around item before lunch or dinner or a nice picnic idea if you are going to the park with the family.

I am having my family over to the house for shared platters down the middle of the table. This is such a hassle free way of entertaining as I can prepare it pretty well the night before so I can spend the day with my mum.

I can make platters for you too if you would like the Simmone Logue fairies to just show up at your house and drop it off. All you need to do is add in the champagne. The selection consists of herb crusted roast sirloin, poached ocean trout, rocket salad, homemade potato salad, sourdough bread rolls and petit fours. This buffet menu only costs $60.00 per person.

We look forward to seeing you in store to pick up your cake. Make sure you call our team at head office on (02) 9519 3680 and place your booking to ensure you don't miss out! The finger sandwiches and shared platter menu can be ordered through our head office on that number too.

My Double Bay and Cammeray stores will be open all day on Mother's Day for brekkie and serving beautiful coffee and patisseries so come on down with your mum and join us for a lovely day.

Happy Mother's Day and bon appetite!

Simmone x

Sunday Roast

I chose the first day of winter to launch my Sunday roast at my Double Bay store and it went down an absolute treat!

We set the store up beautifully with a lovely new timber table from Elements I Love perched out on the street with an old champagne bucket full with my favourite roses. In true Simmone Logue style, I set the scene for what was a wonderful afternoon. Although the sun wasn't shining, the rain stayed away and it was the type of weather that made us all want to tuck into a hearty plate of goodness.

I cooked the lamb shoulders for 5 hours in a little bit of stock, lots of fresh herbs, red wine, and aromatic vegies. The lamb ticked along on 150°C until the meat was almost falling off the bone. The vegies caramelised up nicely with whole garlic cloves bumped up alongside kumera, Queensland blue pumpkin, onion, and baby carrots.

To finish off the dish - a tossed bright green sweet as sweet peas in mint relish with lashings of butter. What a treat this meal was with a generous ladle of rosemary jus.

I also served my famous bread and butter pudding which made me feel quite sentimental as it was one of the first desserts I baked when I started my business. People even came back for seconds!

Sorry to the people who missed out last week as it's important to book. This Sunday I will be stuffing organic chickens with spec and sage, and serving them with tarragon jus and roast vegies. I also plan to bake a big apple crumble and serve it with vanilla bean ice cream.

See you all there, and don't forget to book on (02) 9327 5700.

Simmone x