A Little Taste of Australia, Baked in California
Homemade buttercream cupcakes and Aussie-inspired Doughie Donuts, freshly made in Thousand Oaks.
About Cor cooks
Cupcakes and Doughies - Event Catering
Planning an event or party? Treat your guests or surprise that special person with one of my buttercream icing cupcakes, a cupcake tower, or a batch of my Doughie Donuts. I offer cupcakes and Doughie Donuts for all types of events, from corporate meetings to family gatherings.
Why Cor Cooks
I come from a large extended family, with 9 uncles and aunties on Mum's side and 8 on Dad's, so food was a big thing that always brought the family together. A family party was more like a town gathering.
So I was brought up on Mum's cupcakes and lamingtons, all my aunties' baking, and my uncles—well, they fished, dived and hunted. So I guess this is just generational, a little like my bald head from Dad's side.
I remember swiping 6 cupcakes fresh from the oven, long before Mum even got a chance to ice them. Warm cupcakes are so good. Cakes and cooking were a big thing in our family and still are today with my kids.
Sometimes I will look something up if I am not sure how to cook it. Other times, I will be riding down a mountain or fishing off a beach and think a recipe up, then just go and try it.
I love when one of my kids' friends comes up and asks me to bake them some cupcakes, or looks at me confused and asks, "You made these from scratch?" Like, that's so cool.
There is also nothing better than cooking fresh, homemade food for my family, whether the ingredients were bought or harvested from the land, sea or rivers. Besides, my family are my biggest critics and fans.
The name Cor Cooks was my daughter's idea. Being an Aussie, we shorten most things, so I was always called Cor. One day, I was sitting watching a mountain bike clip on YouTube and the creator was Rob Rides. My daughter walked past and said, "Hey Dad, Rob Rides—you should call yourself Cor Cooks." So that was that. Cor Cooks it was.
I am not a chef or a cook.
I am a stay-at-home dad who just loves cooking. It's in the genes.
Quality
Quality is always key when it comes to food. Cheap will always be cheap unless it's straight from the source, and when I say source, I mean a roadside market outside a farm, free-range game from the land, fish from a river or lake, or freshly caught seafood from our oceans. There is no better supermarket than nature itself.
Using quality ingredients will always make your food better.
Below are a few things I cook for my family and friends.
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