Kit Kat Club

Chocolate Workshop - May/June 2011

What: Chocolate truffles, mousse-filled cups, chocolate piping & Nutella cups

When: 11 June 2011 (11:00 to 13:00)

Where: Mother City Cakery at 20 Rosendal Street, Bothasig

Cost: R100 for the workshop & R40 for chocolate disks

Patrons Present: Janine, Lucy, Nadine, Vannessa, Amie, Clarissa, Amor, Charnel, Megan, Carol

Organised by: Carol

Firstly thanks to Lucy who found this KKC option on Gumtree. Beryl Visagie at www.mothercitycakery.co.za not only creates beautiful cakes but also offers a workshop for beginners in chocolate work. Once you know how to fold a wax cone, piping decorations can be a lot of fun but it takes lots of practice – ask all those ladies that were licking the chocolate off their fingers. There is nothing like a creatively placed swirl, curl, butterfly, heart or drizzle of chocolate to elevate an everyday dessert to gourmet status. We made chocolate cups using plastic moulds and paintbrushes. Once set we filled them with chocolate mousse or Nutella. Our chocolate piping added an impressive finishing touch to the mousse and a drizzle of chocolate added a nice flair to the Nutella cups. Making the chocolate truffles was easy and can be done with simple ingredients. It was quite messy on the hands but the end result was scrumptious. We dipped the truffles into the melted chocolate with a bent fork – don’t use your best cutlery for this….. We took our masterpieces home in beautifully decorated boxes.

CJ xxx

Movies and Champagne - April 2011

What: Movies and Champagne
When: April

Where: JC le Roux wine farm

Cost: R80

Patrons Present: Lucy, Carol, Amie, Vicky

Organised By: Vicky

On a stunning Sunday morning in late summer Lucy, Amie, Carol and Vicky enjoyed a delicious breakfast buffet at J.C. le Roux as part of their ‘Sunday Films’ special offer. After an interesting off-roading experience due to a slightly misguided satnav we ended up at the wine farm. Over a glass of bubbly and a delicious breakfast we took in the beautiful setting and scenery. The mini cinema where they showed the film was lovely too (Notting Hill – “I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her” Never gets old....). Hope they do more of these events. For info, they were doing a champagne and nougat tasting so may be worth looking into this in future.

Cake decorating - March 2011

HAVE A BREAK HAVE A KITKAT

What: Cake decorating

When: March 2011

Where: Lucy's house

Cost: R60

Patrons present: Fiona, Linda, Lucy, Nadine, Vicky, Vannessa, Ana-Rita, Amie, Kerry, Amber, Janine, Clarissa

Organised by: Clarissa

A fun evening was had by the girls attempting to make fondant icing decorations. Poor Clarissa did not stand much of a chance trying to make herself heard over the din but still managed to gain some control and taught us all something. What emerged from the evening was a large number of frightfully professional looking decorations (some more so than others) and some rather delectable looking cupcakes. And of course we learned that it is not wise to lick either one's fingers or the colouring bottle when colouring our fondant. Thanks to Clarissa for her patience and for teaching us all something new.

First KKC where we had such a great attendance 11 out of 12 girls, nice going Clarissa.

And this is what happens when you taste the mixture before it sets, think it is Avatar 2 :-)

Fun was had by all, thanks Clarissa.

Astrology Talk - February 2011

What: Astrology Talk

When: 28th February

Where: Bellville

Cost: R80 p/p

Patrons present: Nadine, Vicky, Janine, Lucy

Organised By: Lucy

Astrology Talk by Laura Selena Bradfield

28 February 2011

We are living in a time when the universe is requiring that we become more conscious.

How do we do that?

Rather then waiting for something in your life to happen which throws everything up into the air

we can take steps to become more conscious and live meaningfully now.

Astrology can help us prepare for planetary shifts in consciousness

and conceptualize the themes for the next few months ahead.

Astrology can also be used to understand the meaning of events in your life.

Laura will first introduce you to astrology and explain why and how it is used.

There are very important transits that are occurring over the next 3 months

she will talk about their meaning, some warnings and discuss ways in which you can align yourself for a smoother journey.

The end of the talk we will have a short Q and A session which I welcome you all to take part in!

Laura is look forward to meeting you all!

See you there

Laura studied Astrology through Rod R. Suskins’ School of Astrology, graduating from the 3 year Astrology course with a diploma.

She also hold a diploma in Aromatherapy and Reflexology through the Cape Institute of Allied health studies.

She teaches Aromatherapy and Reflexology to the blind on a part time basis and run my private practice in Durbaville.

She also offer astrology readings via Skype. I have 7 years experience as an Aromatherapist and Reflexologist and 6 years experience in the field of astrology.

Carbon Nation - January 2011

What: Theatre and dinner

When: January 2011

Where: Labia Theatre

Cost: R40 Theatre and then cost of dinner

Patrons Present: Lucy, Nadine, Amie, Janine, Kerry

Organised by: Kerry

Carbon Nation - a quirky, easy to understand documentary about taking some easy steps to help make the planet less toxic, using available natural resources. The stats, the humour and the general layout of the documentary was surprisingly far more interesting and entertaining than we might have originally anticipated.

So, after walking into the wrong movie.......and then having to move quickly to the correct theatre - duh!!!!.........we managed to find a seat, and a surprised Janine was shocked to realise that we were coming to watch a documentary........not a movie! A question and answer session at the end with the director of the movie, was very interactive and informative.

We then moved over to Asian Kitchen for dinner. The very smily owner found us a table, although they seemed to be fully booked initially. The food was reasonably priced, and very, very good. Jesse, the bartender captured Janine's attention and was happy to pose for photos with us.

All in all - a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Cutest Bartender ;-)

Here fishy, sushi time

Cocktails - December 2010

What: Cocktails

When: 30th December 2010

Where: Ritchie's Panarama

Cost: From R30 for cocktails and then whatever food was eaten

Patrons Present: Amie, Nadine , Fiona, Ana-Rita, Janine, Lucy, Clarissa and Fiona's mom

Organised by: Lucy

Cocktails … however, we since learnt that Ritchie’s is not a good option for Cocktails as even with their limited selection they weren’t able to make what was on their menu. Also – Ritchie’s were not very accommodating re substitute shooters as Janine found out.

We also learnt that it is still worthwhile to have a December KKC even though people were not initially interested, we had a good turn out! Happy new year to all of you….

L x

Cake and Tea - November 2010

Ana Rita organised for Nia, but due to unforeseen circumstances, this had to be cancelled, but the girls did go out for cake and tea.

Thanks Ana-Rita, we look forward to this in 2011

Gift Bags - October 2010

What: Christmas box and Sweet Box

When: 23rd October 2010
Where: Carol's house, Kleinbosch
Cost: R60 for supplies and pizzas
Patrons Present: Nadine, Vicky, Ana-Rita, Lucy, Janine, Carol, Vannessa and Mitchell, Fiona popped in.
Organised by: Carol

Armed with instructions and a glass of wine, the ladies were shown how to make Christmas and Sweet boxes by cutting, scoring and decorating cardstock. These gift boxes can be used for any occasion. With a small gift and some chocolates, the Christmas box can be used instead of Christmas crackers and the sweet box can be used for Halloween.

While we were being creative, Fiona popped in for a drink and was ropped in to help. (Thanks for the help and Strawberry Daiquiries). No dieting was allowed as we had some yummy pizzas from Debonairs. Despite the wine and the chaos, the ladies gift boxes turned out very well even though some tried to do a "Janine". Guess who is getting one for her 40th.

Interactive Cooking Course - September 2010

What: Interactive Cooking Course with Jan Bester from Cooking Forward

When: 18th September 2010
Where: The Walshes
Cost: R150
Patrons Present: Nadine, Kerry, Niel, Ana-Rita, Linda, Lucy, Mike, Gathry (proxy for Vannessa), Carol, Janine
Organised By: Lucy

Time 3 – 6pm but since we were having so much fun, we overshot this to 7:30pm

Menu

Tarte Flambe
Rosemary Rack of Lamb
Chicken Stroganoff
Spicy Green Beans
Wasabi Mash
Tarte Tatin

KKC is a ladies time out but this one we invited the men along as some of them are the main Chefs in their family. We started off with a glass of wine and an explanation by Jan of what we would be cooking, and splitting us up into Teams. We ended off with some more wine and eating a full meal, plenty to go round and very delicious! We thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and would recommend this as an awesome event. Thanks Jan & Anushka!

Here are Jan’s contact details:

Jan : http://www.cookingforward.co.za/ , info@cookingforward.co.za

Pyjama Party - August 2010

What: Pyjama Party - watching old videos
When: 07 August
Where: 32 Buoy Bend
Cost: R50 for the pizza's
Patrons present: Clarissa, Vicky, Vannessa, Lucy, Linda and Janine
Organised by: Linda

ok, so 'pyjama party' it is, watching old wedding videos.

Bring along: wedding videos! pyjamas! (or be daring and arrive wearing it), pillow(s), blankets, sleeping bags, girls pyjama party stuff, snacks - popcorn, cooldrinks, drinks, etc

Supper: we made pizza, yum thanks Linda. Was very interesting watching the weddings, boy how technology has grown, mmmm and a few of us too, all the girls decide it is diet time :-).
Linda and Janine stayed over and "G" man made us omletts. Yum

High Tea - June 2010

What: High Tea
When: June
Where: Lord Charles Somerset West
Cost: R80
Patrons Present: Ana-Rita, Fiona, Kerry, Cherrie, Vicky, Nadine, Lucy, Carol, Vannessa and Janine
Organised By: Clarissa

This month's KKC was high tea at Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West. Unfortunately Clarissa could not join us for the day. Good relaxing afternoon.

Breakfast - May 2010

What: Breakfast
When: 27th May
Where: Angelican Church Milnerton
Cost: R40
Patrons Present: Lucy, Fiona, Clarissa, Kerry, Carol, Vicky, Linda, Janine, Nadine, Vannessa
Organised by: Nadine

Stunning breakfast held by the Sunday School classes from St Oswald's church, Good time out session for the girls to catch up and enjoy the food, company and friendship. Special guest. ... Mitchell ;-)

Yoga - April 2010

What: Yoga with a difference
When: 17th April 2010
Where: It's Yoga, 12 Marine CircleTable View
Cost: R130 +-
Patrons Present: Nadine, Carol, Vannessa, Kerry, Lucy, Vicky, Janine and Aidan
Organised By: Vicky

“Everybody say ‘Ommmmmmmm”

Janine, Lucy, Nadine, Kerry, Vanessa, Carol and Vicky were joined by Aidan at It’s Yoga in Table View to partake in some modified Ashtanga Primary Series on 17th April.
As promised by Aidan, it was a challenging workout but he adapted it very nicely to our needs and we all felt very relaxed yet re-energised afterwards. We were also very impressed at how bendy Aidan was perhaps even more surprising was how flexible Kerry was as well!
Thanks so much to Aidan again for a lovely afternoon (we didn’t feel so bad about eating the cakes after our session) and to Sarah for the use of the studio.....Vicky x

“Don’t we look like we have been doing this for years?! Check out Lucy at the front, posing J”

Taste of the Cape - March 2010

What: Taste of the Cape - various chefs

When: 28th March 2010

Where: Rhodes High School - Mowbray

Cost: R170

Patrons Present: Kerry, Nadine, Vicky, Linda, Angela, Fiona, Clarissa, Janine and guest Natalie

Organised By: Janine

9 girls set off for some amazing tastes and a really beautiful day. Various restaurants had set up tents, so loads of tasters, wine tasting, eye candy and much much more, This is a definite for next year. mmmmmmmm linda and close ups......... ;-)

Chilling, socialising ;-)