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Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
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My Father and Other Liars
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Category Archives: cake
Snow Going Back #walking
I’m fixated with cake. Coffee too, but mostly cake. A day like we had this last week, what with the snow and cold means Dog and I need an incentive to be outside and cake does it. That and the … Continue reading
Posted in cake, dogs, Dulwich, miscellany, walking
Tagged cake, chocolate ganache, Dulwich Woods, walking
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The Less Is More Cake #vegan #bananaandfruitcake
Have I bored you yet with my recent attempts at vegan treats? I hope not because the latest cake is not just vegan but also sugar and flour free. I had a go at it for the Bloggers Bash in … Continue reading
Posted in baking, cake, miscellany
Tagged baking, banana and fruit cake, cake, gluten free, sugar free, vegan
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Nailed to a Lemon #vegancake
Ok, so I’m showing off. The seed and grain branch of the Le Pard’s enjoyed the vegan carrot cake but… why, with my family is there always a ‘but’? Or indeed butt? I suppose we always do things bottom up. … Continue reading
Meating The Maker #cake #vegan
I’m not a vegan; I’m not a vegetarian. I eat far less meat than I once did, and have little red meat but… chicken and fish… yes, I do. And so do – maybe did – my family. Then the … Continue reading
I know I shouldn’t…. But You Should… #bloggersbash #competition
I love cake. It’s always been my default treat but over the last 6 months I’ve cut down. Not entirely sure why. In part it could be because I recently enjoyed my BIG 6.0 birthday and this was the cake … Continue reading
Posted in #bloggersbash, cake, cooking, food, miscellany
Tagged #bloggersbash, bloggers bash 2017, cake, chocolate, cooking, food, truffles
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One of those things…
I went shopping a couple of days ago. Having done the bagging up and paying bit I decided to have a cup of coffee before heading home. The cafe attached to the store is a couple of notches up from … Continue reading
So there I was, ticking boxes, making cake #bloggersbash #adminflunkey #boobview
warning: this post contains a cake recipe that only strong minded people should view There have been several post Bloggers Bash posts, all rather endearing and lovely and not so much as a critical comment, a hint at a fundamental malaise, … Continue reading
When I was nine…
… I loved the rain, real pouring, can’t see your feet from the splashing rain. I would walk up the gutters letting my shoes fill with water until the socks slip-slid inside and imagined floating on the surface of the … Continue reading
Heard the one about…?
There’s a thing going around. Not one of those snot-dribbly chest-like-an-out-of-date-yoghurt-carton thingummies but a fad. Or maybe a fab. I’m feeling emotionally dyslexic today – or toady. Yes that’s it I’m feeling toady. Anyhoos Judy Martin started it here with … Continue reading
