What do you do when You read Nora Roberts and want to take a porktey to county Clare The female protagonist bakes up a Dundee Cake for tea and stop everything to read up all about it. You desperately want to bake this Scottish Christmas favourite, but have none of ingredients- whiskey, ground almonds, all-purpose… Read More Wholewheat Dundee Cake – my ode to Ireland
Pretend Interviewer (PI): We are inclined to take no notice of your request for a chat, given how you have been ignoring us. We have repeatedly asked you to talk to us – about 2015 musings and lessons, your 2016 resolutions, your first staycation that you took in January, your fitness progress – but you… Read More Showing heart on St. Valentine’s
December has special significance for the family. Much before we stuff ourselves with plum cake and ginger bread over Christmas, and ring in the New Year, we gather together mid-month to celebrate a bunch of wedding anniversaries. Come December, I want to cease all industrious activity and devote the month to boozy brunches, picnics in the… Read More Of December and Orange Cakes
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