Once upon a time a little boy aged 7 and 1/4 was sent a book called ‘The Christmasaurus’ by the kind people at Penguin Random House and he absolutely loved it! My son is very excited about Christmas this year... Continue reading →

Life has been a bit hectic this year so this is my first week joining in with the Great Bloggers Bake off, I usually try to join in every week but life was winning this year. All though I haven’t... Continue reading →

We’ve been in our house now for eight years, and the kitchen has always been good enough, as in there was nothing so wrong with it that justified replacing it. This year though the units began actually falling to pieces... Continue reading →

This week the lovely people at Hagen Dazs were kind enough to send me some vouchers so I could try some of their great flavours for national chocolate week. My particular favourite was the belgian chocolate which is so delicious... Continue reading →

This week was chocolate week in the Great British Bake Off. I did briefly consider making a chocolate centre-piece, however spending most of the weekend at my brother in law’s wedding meant that realistically it wasn’t going to happen. I... Continue reading →

So I decided to have a go at the technical challenge from this week’s GBBO, all very last minute and rushed (slightly cheating because it’s all normal meringue but here it is in all it’s sugary glory. It’s made with... Continue reading →

This week the contestants on the Great British Bake Off tackled bread. I haven’t seen the episode yet but from the trailers it looks challenging to say the least. Show-stoppers were bread sculptures which are very impressive but I’m not... Continue reading →

The Great British Bake Off stated again this week and as (almost) always the first week was cake week. There were Madeira cakes, Walnut cakes and Black Forest Gateaux. When thinking which I would make I wanted to try something... Continue reading →

Don’t ask me how it happened but this year I somehow ended up as chair of the PTA at my children’s school. The first big event that we’ve run was a Summer Fun Day (a Summer Fete by any other... Continue reading →