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Earl grey tea loaf
There's something a bit old fashioned about a tea loaf so it only seemed appropriate to photograph it with my 1940s Berylware crockery. This loaf is a great way of using up questionable looking dried...
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Vanilla kisses
It has been a week since I baked and ate these biscuits and I miss them already. Although not the most visually stunning batch of biscuits, as their piped shape melted in the oven, they were very tasty...
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Recent birthday cakes
Just a quick post on a couple of birthday cakes I whipped up last week.The first was a little vanilla sponge cake for my aunty's birthday on Saturday. My mum bought me two 6 inch round tins a couple of...
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Yoghurt, lemon and lime bundt
It's a sad evening when only half of your bundt comes out of the tin.My gut instinct was to leave it in the tin until completely cold, but the recipe said to leave for 15-20 minutes before turning out....
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Pyrex and pastels
I haven't baked anything over the last week as I've been on holiday visiting family and friends in Glasgow but I thought I'd share some of my most recent charity shop purchases.Two more Johnson...
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mango chai latte cupcakes and mango lime curd
Perhaps 2013 is my year for baking with different fruit. First passionfruits and now mangoes.This bake came about when Drink Me Chai offered me some instant chai tea latte powders to play with. They...
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flower power
Although I was delighted with the cake stand I found on my Glasgow holiday a couple of weeks ago, my favourite find is this little Taunton Vale ceramic canister.Even better, it matches the big canister...
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squidgy brownies
I tend to bake a lot with fruit, mostly because I love the flavour of fruity bakes and like to pretend it's part of my five-a-day, but every so often I have the urge to bake something unashamedly sweet...
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muesli cookies
There was a disaster yesterday.The biscuit jar was EMPTY. Not even a rich tea biscuit. Nothing.Since nobody was going to venture out to restock our digestive/hobnob/custard cream supply any time soon,...
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I got my happy feet
I recently bought two new pairs of shiny shoes and felt the urge to share them. It's hard not to smile at my feet at the moment. So shiny and red. They make me feel like I should be invited to a...
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custard and white chocolate biscuits
I've been on a bit of a biscuit theme this week. First the muesli ones and now these custard and white chocolate beauties which I photographed outside in the sunshine.I've been meaning to bake these...
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Project dresser renovation
Nearly three years ago my mum gave me a second hand dresser for my birthday. It has been languishing in the garage ever since, waitingto besanded down and painted.Last week I finally started project...
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My green dresser
TA-DAH! That is one beautiful green dresser, even if I say so myself.However project dresser renovation isn't fully complete as I still plan to line the three main drawers and back of the cupboards....
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carrot and banana cake
I really couldn't be bothered "dressing" these photographs, but perhaps the lack of fuss suits this simple, rustic cake.I baked this a couple of weeks ago (before the UK's ridiculous heatwave) and it's...
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July (food) travels
Well, wasn't July surprisingly hot and sunny? I certainly picked the best time for my holidays. Here's what I have been up to, illustrated by shoddy photographs from my phone.The first weekend I headed...
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Victoria sponge
My sister-in-law visited with a freshly baked victoria sponge a few days ago and I thought it was too pretty not to photograph. Sometimes the simplest cakes are the best. It's hard to beat a classic...
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New crockery and fabric
New crockery makes me happy, something I need to remind myself on a rubbish week like this one.I found this Portmeirion "crazy daisy" jug in a second hand shop in Glasgow a few weeks ago. It's a useful...
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banana strawberry yoghurt loaf
This was a "I need to use stuff up before they go completely out of date" loaf. A bit of an experiment so not completely successful. This loaf was delicious fresh from the oven. Although I don't think...
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red velvet cake
On Saturday night I went into town, just like all the other cool, young people. Except I went to the supermarket. To buy cake ingredients. Then I visited my brother's family and told my nephews bedtime...
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new pyrex
My sister-in-law found these fantastic pyrex glass tumblers for me last week. They remind me of something I may have found at my Granny and Grandad's (on Dad's side) kitchen cupboards when I was...
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