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pink velvet moneta
I've always disliked dressing for weddings. I'm not a dressy person by nature (despite wearing dresses 90% of the time) and I don't feel comfortable in the usual flesh-baring/over...
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bakewell slices
I've been wanting to bake Bakewell slices for absolutely ages, at least a year, so I'm really pleased to have finally made them. That's one less bookmark in my baking books! I'm determined to work...
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a fruity carrot cake
A few months ago I had a craving for carrot cake and wanted to celebrate having survived my first block of beginner adult ballet classes. Instead of defaulting to my usual favourite recipes I flicked...
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birthday cakes and other bakes
Hello! How's it going? I'm currently feeling a bit run down. I had a sick bug last weekend and this weekend I have a massive coldsore. I look delightful. In an attempt to not run myself into the ground...
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knitting review: 2018 so far
As we're now over half way through 2018 (whaaaaaat?) I thought I'd do a review of my knitted projects. I have managed to knit something every month so far this year except from June which is pretty...
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Betty's rhubarb - a crumble and a tart
Dare I say it, but I think I can almost see a glimpse of light at the end of the house renovating tunnel. The demolishing stage felt neverending, but things are finally going back in. Plumbing is...
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30 and a load of cake
I turned thirty a few weeks ago. *Insert Edvard Munch's Scream painting face*I think I hit the feeling-and-looking-physically-older phase a couple of years ago so I wasn't bothered about turning...
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Dad's 60th
My Dad turned 60 a few weeks ago and to mark the great occasion Mum and I created a cakey golf course in the shape of a 60. Perfect for golf-lovin' Dad.No surprises for guessing the cake base, it's...
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cinnamon sour cream loaf
Festive baking is in full swing on blogs at the moment and here I am posting a cake I made almost two months ago. Oh well.However, I think this could easily be considered a festive bake since cinnamon...
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making, mending, baking, reflecting
It's that time of year again.... when I feel the need to blog about all those forgotten bits and bobs from this year and panic that it has to be done before 31st December otherwise THE WORLD WILL...
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mum's knitting needle roll
Happy New Year! For my first post this year I'm sharing the last project I completed in 2018: a knitting needle case I made for my Mum's Christmas. I debated lumping it in with all the other makes in...
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I like big socks and I cannot lie
You can thank me later for having Sir Mix A Lot stuck in your head for the rest of today.I'm back with my first completed project of 2019: a pair of long, slightly ridiculous, knitted socks. The yarn I...
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chocolate and hazelnut cake
Well hello there. A lot has happened in a year. I didn't intend to abandon blogging but crap happened and I didn't deal with it very well, I certainly didn't want to talk about it and I pretty much...
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chocolate and vanilla marble cupcakes
This was my first bake in my new home in my shiny new oven a year ago. My best friend came to visit me about a week after I moved in which gave me the perfect opportunity to test my oven's baking...
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all the cream cheese icing
Cream cheese icing appeared to be a running theme when I looked through last year's baking photos on my phone. All of these bakes have been blogged previously in some form but I felt they were worth...
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Shaun the sheep cake
Out of all my bakes from last year this was hands down my favourite. Just look how flipping cute it turned out!I made this cake for my youngest nephew's birthday last May and although it looks fancy it...
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nostalgic bake: rock buns
Rock buns/ rock cakes, whatever you want to call them. They're a good, old fashioned, British bake. My Granny used to make fantastic rock buns, my aunty still makes fantastic rock buns and I baked them...
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white chocolate and passionfruit sprinkle cake
Last October my sister-in-law requested passion fruit and lots of sprinkles as a theme for her birthday cake. This is what I created: a densely sprinkle-covered vanilla victoria sponge filled with...
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Irn Bru birthday cake
I'm finally onto my 2020 bakes, woohoo! Now here's a showstopper, my middle nephew's 10th birthday cake based on his favourite drink, Irn Bru.To those out with Scotland, Irn Bru is a sweet, fizzy drink...
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Banana and blueberry pancakes
A few months ago I came across a recipe for sugar free banana and blueberry pancakes on Nickki's blog SomethingSweetSomethingSavoury. I love both bananas and pancakes so needless to say I had to try...
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