Welcome to Day 1 of the “SIR CHOCOLATE AND THE ICE CREAM RAINBOW FAIRIES” Blog Tour! @bakeandwrite @4WillsPub #RRBC.
Hi, my dear friends and visitors, I’m excited today to have Robbie Cheadle visiting my blog. Please help me give a warm welcome to Robbie and Michael for their cook, “Sir Chocolate and the Ice cream Rainbow Fairies story and cookbook.”
This is Day 1 of the “SIR CHOCOLATE AND THE ICE CREAM RAINBOW FAIRIES” Blog Tour!
GIVEAWAY: (7 winners) Each will win a copy of her Sir Chocolate Story and Cookbooks. For your chance to win, please leave a comment below!
Welcome to part 1 of the fondant cat parade
The fondant cat parade tells the story in limericks of Dinah the Kitten, daughter of Daddy Grey and Mommy Cat, who likes to sleep and escape to Wonderland in her dreams. While in Wonderland, Dinah meets a variety of brightly colored and fun fantasy kittens. The fondant cat parade illustrates some of the wonderful fondant art that appears in all the Sir Chocolate books.
Today, you will meet Daddy Grey.
Look out for part II of the fondant cat parade tomorrow when you will learn about the Fondant family dynamics. You can download the full illustrative PDF of the fondant cat parade here: https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/dinah-in-wonderland-fondant-cat-parade/.
How to make Chelsea buns
Ingredients – dough
500 grams white cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
7 grams fast-action dried yeast
300 ml milk
40 grams softened butter
1 beaten egg
Ingredients – filling
25 grams melted salted butter
75 grams brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon mixed spice
150 grams dried mixed fruit
Ingredients – icing
150 ml water
150 ml icing sugar
Method
Melt the milk and butter in a saucepan, set aside to cool down to lukewarm. Sift together the salt and the cake flour in a bowl. Make a well in the center and add the yeast. Pour the milk mixture and the beaten egg into the flour mixture and mix until they come together into a soft dough. Tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for at least five minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic and no longer sticky.
Rub the bowl with a little vegetable oil and place the dough in the bowl. Turn it until it is completely covered with oil. Cover the bowl with cling film and set aside in a warm place for one hour until the dough has doubled in size.
Spray your baking tins with non-stick spray or grease with hard margarine. Melt the butter and mix the brown sugar and the spice in a small bowl.
Knock back the risen dough to its original size and turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll the dough into a rectangle of 50 mm thickness. Brush the rectangle with the melted butter and sprinkle with the sugar mix and then the dried fruit.
Roll the rectangle up into a long cylinder and cut into slices of about 5 cm thick. Place the slices on the baking tray, leaving a space between them. Cover with a tea towel and leave in a warm place to rise for a further 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius or 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake the buns for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown.
Sieve the icing sugar and mix with the water until it forms a thick paste. Drop a spoonful of the icing onto the cool buns and spread with a butter-knife.
BOOK BLURB:
Join Sir Chocolate and Lady Sweet on a fun adventure to discover why the milkshake rain is pale and white.
Contains five recipes that children can make under adult supervision
AUTHOR BIO:
Hello, my name is Robbie, short for Roberta. I am an author with seven published children’s picture books in the Sir Chocolate books series for children aged 2 to 9 years old (co-authored with my son, Michael Cheadle), one published middle grade book in the Silly Willy series and one published preteen/young adult fictionalized biography about my mother’s life as a young girl growing up in an English town in Suffolk during World War II called While the Bombs Fell (co-authored with my mother, Elsie Hancy Eaton). All of my children’s book are written under Robbie Cheadle and are published by TSL Publications.
I also have a book of poetry called Open a new door, with fellow South African poet, Kim Blades.
I have recently branched into adult and young adult horror and supernatural writing and, in order to clearly differential my children’s books from my adult writing, I plan to publish these books under Roberta Eaton Cheadle. My first supernatural book published in that name, Through the Nethergate, is now available.
I have participated in a number of anthologies:
- Two short stories in #1 Amazon bestselling anthology, Dark Visions, a collection of horror stories edited by Dan Alatorre under Robbie Cheadle;
- Three short stories in Death Among Us, an anthology of murder mystery stories, edited by Stephen Bentley under Robbie Cheadle;
- Three short stories in #1 Amazon bestselling anthology, Nightmareland, a collection of horror stories edited by Dan Alatorre under Robbie Cheadle; and
- Two short stories in Whispers of the Past, an anthology of paranormal stories, edited by Kaye Lynne Booth under Roberta Eaton Cheadle.
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:
Robbie Cheadle
Website: https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/
Blog: https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15584446.Robbie_Cheadle
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bakeandwrite
Roberta Eaton Cheadle
Website: https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/
Blog: https://wordpress.com/view/robertawrites235681907.wordpress.com
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19631306.Roberta_Eaton_Cheadle
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertaEaton17
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robertawrites/?modal=admin_todo_tour
AMAZON OR OTHER PURCHASE LINKS:
TSL Publications:
https://tslbooks.uk/product/sir-chocolate-and-the-ice-cream-rainbow-fairies/
Lulu.com:
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Cream-Rainbow-Fairies-Cookbook-ebook/dp/B086DYYNFQ
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The Showers of Blessings 
well done, Miriam – sweet of you to feature Robbie 🙂
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Thank you for stopping by, da-AL.😊
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Those chelsea buns look fantastic! And Daddy Grey – cuuuute!
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Yes, they look so delicious. Robbie’s fondant characters are amazing.
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Hi Miriam, thanks again for hosting the first day of my tour. My goodness, this post has been popular. I have really enjoyed engaging with everyone in the comments.
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Yes Robbie. I was glad that it was popular to kick off your tour. You did a good job preparing the post. Engaging with the comments is wonderful and people who left comments liked that. I tried to respond also when someone hosted me.
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I have tried to respond to all the comments, Miriam, on all the posts. There have been a lot so I had to leave a few days between each visit, but I love engaging with bloggers. To me, that is the whole point of blogging. Have a lovely day.
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I know, Robbie. After responding on the first day, I sometimes wait for a few days to go back just like what you did. I still have to catch up the rest of your blog tour. I’m glad you’re having such a great blog tour.
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I love the looks of Daddy Cat. I don’t make buns because living alone, I would eat them all. They do look and sound yummy though.
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Hi Carla, I don’t bake that often, although it looks like I do I actually prepared this posts over a number of months. My son, Michael, picks up weight easily so I have to take it easy and not tempt him to much.
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I bake when I know I will have people over to share and take some home.
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Your grandchildren would love the Chelsea buns, I think!
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I’m sure they would. I would have to make them when I know they will be over.
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Perfect, do you do cooking with them?
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Yes, we have made cookies before. My grandson cooks with his nonna as well, not sure about our granddaughter.
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That’s wonderful. My daughter let Autumn help with her cooking early on.
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Hi Carla, I seldom make buns because the sugar keeps me awake and my husband can’t have carbs. Yes, they do look very delicious!
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Thank you, Robbie and Michael! I’m a bit late catching up, but congratulations on the book and tour! Delicious!
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Good to see you, Olga. I have to come visiting you!
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Hi Olga, thanks for visiting me here and commenting. I appreciate all your support.
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How did I miss the Chelsea Buns hubby would love me forever if I made these…lol..Once he has finished the bread pudding I may treat him. As for cats I prefer dogs but the little grey cat is soooo adorable your fondant work is amazing Robbie 🙂 x
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Your hubby is fortunate to have all the good cooking, Carol. So you’re a dog lover. 😊
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I am a dog lover, Miriam…Cats are ok just not for me and yes I think he is very lucky…haha
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I love Chelsea buns, Carol, so I don’t make them very often [giggle]. I am a big cat person and my cat, Push-Push, is like my baby. I carry her around and it drives my mum mad. She says I make a fool out of the cat.
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Hubby loves them more so luckily he eats all the pies…giggle….Mmmm I think I am with your mum on this one Robbie…..Cats have their place just not in my house but I would let your little grey cat in it is so cute…x
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Miriam, Thank you for featuring Robbie Cheadle on your blog. I have met Robbie recently and her blog and photos are delightful! I enjoy the “Daddy Grey” poem. The Chelsea buns look tasty. I love how the books are a family affair. 🙂
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Yes, Erica. I love Robbie’s idea of involving her two sons in the children’s books. Michael is doing very well with writing poems also. 🙂
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Hi Erika, thank you for reading and commenting. This really is a fun activity for me and my two sons to do together. Chocolate Land was Michael’s idea.
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