Early Saturday morning is when I do most of my baking, no one is up and about so little chance of a disturbance. This weekend was slightly different as we had a doggie visitor on a stay over who was very curious while I was making it – his little puppy legs couldn’t get him up high enough to see though. Im told I am … Continue reading Lemon Butter milk Cake with Balsamic Glazed Fruit
My daughter is getting very hyped about St Valentine’s day – she is currently focusing on making her teacher a card, a card for Niall from One Direction (God help me, she is only 5) and a cake for her daddy. I haven’t the heart to break it to her that Daddy is not that keen on eating too much cake. I have also been … Continue reading Show your Love ♥ Coconut & Lemon Cake with Glazed blueberries
It won’t be the first time I have mentioned ‘When I lived in Rome’ but … When I lived in Rome, my Italian teacher was someone I became really friendly with and her father was a baker from Pisa. I was lucky enough to spend some time with her and this included a visit to the Bakery seeing the huge numbers of beautiful Panettone’s coming … Continue reading Sugar & Spice – Christmas Panettone
This is a recipe belonging to Jamie Oliver from one of his earliest books Jamie’s Italy which I had completely forgotten about how much I loved. He makes it with Fragola Grapes,but raspberries or blueberries are delicious in it. I didn’t have as much fruit as the recipe needed so had to content myself with just putting fruit into the middle rather than onto the … Continue reading Olive Oil & Lemon Cake with Raspberries
There was a lane near my house growing up which lead to the primary and secondary school I went to. In my teens it was often the spot where we sneaked off to have a smoke – (I gave them up, Im happy to report) but in my younger years it was where our mum herded us to, to pick the autumn berries. We used … Continue reading Autumn Blackberry Cake
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