I woke up this morning and realised it’s the blog’s birthday … and I had forgotten to make a cake. But I had to make a cake for a Halloween party I am attending later today. So, that’s the story of my spooky blog birthday cake! This is a chocolate orange cake: orange zest in […]
chocolate orange
Foodie penpals – September 2015
This month has been the month of the German Jessica! Both of my penpals are named Jessica, and both live in Germany. However the Jessica who was sending to me is originally from the USA, and the parcel she sent me was a great mix of German and American goodies. Her lovely blog Mustard and […]
Let them eat cake
It’s birthday season for friends and family at the moment, and so I have been baking cakes (which is one of my favourite hobbies anyway). I use a fail-safe sponge recipe from Nigella’s Domestic Goddess book which forms the basis of many of my cakes, and so I thought it would be worth sharing here, […]