Month: March 2012
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Country Living Fair
Last week I went to the Country Living Fair to look at lots of lovely interior and textiles things. I had three hours from yo to go and when I got there and looked out across all the stands I thought there was no way I could do it. There were indeed some very lovely…
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Time for a cup of tea. And a lie down.
Weekend in our house is gardening time. In amongst managing the Edith behaviour. Edith’s terrible twos are peaking. Edith is now three. There was a small Edith break when Astrid and I went to the school open day where our job is to stand outisde and talk to the dads in the garden. Astrid’s job…
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Lemon and Honey cake with Spelt and Einkorn flours
The past few weeks I’ve been playing with some new ingredients. In my quest to bake a decent cake with no butter, sugar or eggs I’ve begun work on removing butter – and had some success on the sugar front. Replacing the butter, I’ve used coconut oil, which I’ve found works brilliantly as long as…
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Little presents for little girlies
It’s Franklin birthday season from late December to early March. Well, late March if you count Mum, which I suppose one should. Just because she’s no longer on this earthly plane doesn’t change her birthday. And if you count Kevin, birthdays run from late December to early June. Which really does change the whole Franklin…
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A hive of activity
Spring is officially here – it’s the 21st of March – and to prove it I’m as busy as a little bee. There’s a lemon cake in the oven, I’ve just baked a lovely loaf of Einkorn and Spelt bread and I’m off to the Country Living Fair in a few minutes. My Lightroom is…
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Baking birthday cake. And tidy type.
It was my birthday on Monday, and in our house blueberry and chocolate cake is called birthday cake. To make it even more special we sprinkled it with sugar and pretty edible petals from Steenbergs. Using my usual cake recipe but with blueberries. I promise this week to try some new recipes!! We took Monday…
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Birthday lunch at Moro
Yesterday was my birthday and we took the day off to spend a while at Moro for lunch. I only recently discovered the whole Moro thing when I bought myself Casa Moro for Christmas. I spent several days poring through the recipes. Letting my brother hold the book on boxing day he read it for…
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A nice rainy day and a visit to Violet Cakes
Outtake – final Violet Cakes photos at Lovely Food Ah, I love waking up at 6.30am on a Sunday and coming downstairs with Astrid. Even better this morning it was raining, which meant we didn’t have to go out walking – we could all stay inside and I could secretly get some work done editing photos. Lots…
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Banana and cardamom spelt flour tart
There’s a bit of a pattern to my cake recipe. I only really have one recipe – but I change the flours, nuts, fruit and essences so I call it “One cake, 100 ways”. Over the years I’ve tried using normal flour, buckwheat, brown and white spelt. My favourite is white spelt. I now also…