It would’ve been my Mother’s birthday today and I’ve no doubt at all if she was still here there would have been cake. The sweet things were always her favourites, I’m sure that’s where my indulgent streak comes from. She was one of those people who always looked at desserts first on a menu, making …
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If All Else Fails,There’s Cake
It’s my sisters birthday today. I won’t share her age, a gentleman never tells, but let’s just say it’s a landmark one. The sort which in a more normal time would have been marked with hugs, kisses and a big family get together. Instead, she’ll be having a quiet day at home and other than …
Too much time, too little to do.
I forgot it was my fathers birthday at the beginning of this week, or perhaps I should say I momentarily overlooked it. Ever since lockdown started back in March I’ve been calling him regularly to see how he is and when I did on Monday it went to answerphone so I left a message. I …
Discovering flourless cake.
I took a step into the unknown yesterday with my first attempt at a flourless cake. I’ve already mentioned it was my partners birthday a couple of days ago and she rounded off a weekend of celebrations when she had friends over for lunch in our garden. The meal was arranged at very short notice, …
My Saturday baking
Some days are for full-blown baking projects, others are more a case of checking what you’ve got in the kitchen, then deciding what to bake. Today is straddling both camps. We have another birthday coming up in the house and I’m back on cake making duty. This one defiantly falls into the project camp. A …
Saturday afternoon in the garden.
Saturday afternoon and I’m sat in the garden having a first attempt at alfresco writing. Things have been a bit thin on the blog front recently so I thought I’d have a bit of a catchup. I didn’t get around to any writing for a few days after my last post, then I had to …
I made a Victoria sponge.
I baked a Victoria sponge this weekend. That light and airy cake which somehow seems to symbolise teatime in ways nothing else does. There are so many childhood memories of there always being one of these on the table if we went to spend time with my grandparents. Full of cream and fruit, dusted with …
Sometimes you just need cake
Sometimes you just need cake. Maybe I should change that ‘you’ to ‘I’ but for this piece I’m going to assume that we all do. We all need cheering up and that’s never felt more relevant than on this dull and damp January afternoon. We’re now into that hibernation time of year when the holidays …
David in the kitchen. 