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The Monday Treat – Pear, Cranberry and Walnut Loaf Cake with Maple Glaze
The skeleton of the Christmas tree is out on the pavement waiting to be collected. The majority of the needles have been swept up, though we did find some in our bed this morning, which is frankly, a little curious. … Continue reading
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Chocolate Torte and how to avoid hosting accidental sex parties
New Years Eve is almost upon us. It’s a time to stop and reflect for a moment on the year gone by, the lessons learned, the things that we intend to do differently in the future. For my Aunty Jennifer, this … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, chocolate torte, New Year's Eve, pampass grass, sex party, strimmer, swinging, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – Spiced Pumpkin Apple Cake with Maple Frosting
Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Great excitement; the paper turkeys can once more grace the window sill. That’s not a metaphor for something. I mean actual paper turkeys. And also paper pumpkins and garland. Gotta love a theme.
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Tagged apple pumpkin cake, cake, pumpkin, pumpkin spice, Thanksgiving
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All Souls Day – Rosemary for Remembrance Cake
If Jon and I were still living in Poland, Halloween would have been something of an afterthought, but today, All Souls Day, would have been the real deal.
The Monday Treat – Autumn Afternoon Tea Time: Plum Cake
Back in London on the annual pilgrimage to the US Embassy to have my visa re-issued. Back to sleeping in my childhood bedroom, where creeper is already turning red around the windows, and I can watch the birds gathering in the … Continue reading
The Monday Treat – Birthday Cake
It was Jon’s birthday this weekend, which brought with it the usual scheduling nightmare that seems to be endemic to modern life. Jess could not do Friday. Jeremy could only do Friday. Ken could do any day, as long as … Continue reading
The Monday Treat – Lemon Cream Drizzle Cake
Perhaps it started when Ken and Carrie decided to celebrate both their birthdays and a wedding anniversary with a cake buffet at rotating restaurant The View; “What’s that you say? Too touristy? Shudder to think of navigating the Marriott Marquis’ … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, butter, cake, cream, eggs, Kitchenaid mixer, lemon, sugar
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Sweet treats to end a picnic with style
The fact that I love picnics so much must surely have something to do with my Mum, who would regularly slap some Marmite on a roll and take my sister and I out to Isabella Plantation to swing on the … Continue reading
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Tagged brownies, cake, desert, lemon cupcake, picnic, spiced apple cake, sweet, victoria sponge
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Victoria Sponge Wedding Cupcakes
“That’s right,†said the man in front of us in the line for the tills in Selfridges. “A Buckingham Palace jelly moldâ€.
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Tagged afternoon tea, cake, cream, cupcake, jam, royal wedding, Selfridges, victoria sponge
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