We are enjoying the final days of the Christmas holidays here at Castle HQ. Jam and I have been enjoying lots of relaxing as well as getting a few important house jobs done. Earlier today we stripped the first wall in the kitchen (the walls are being painted the 2nd sample – the greenish colour Read more about So that was Christmas[…]
As it was Grandpa’s birthday this weekend we headed down to Boscombe to wish him many happy returns (and go for a tasty meal) so here are a few photos from the restaurant where we had lunch. I also baked a cake which I then had to nurse in the car all the way to Grandpa’s. Read more about Grandpa’s birthday[…]
Every year in December we usually get really busy, so this year I promised myself I wouldn’t add any extra stress by adding anything ‘extra’ into my diary. I failed at this miserably last week when a friend at work organised a bake sale to raise money for Crisis to provide a Christmas, meal, healthcheck and Read more about White choc and cranberry cookies[…]
So a few weeks ago I saw a poster at work for the Oxfordshire bake off. Not only was baking fever coming to a school near us but all the money raised was going to Oxfam and local childrens hospice Helen & Douglas house (the same charity I ran dressed as santa for a few Read more about Going all golden & baking up a storm[…]
When I first joined my current workee company I quickly learnt that my new team of colleagues were very receptive to goods of the baked variety. Before I knew what was happening I had been crowned team baker and the cake orders were staking up! So in no particular order here are some of the Read more about Let them eat cake![…]
With Easter and the long weekend (yes!) coming up I thought I’d whip up a tin of Easter biscuits for my colleagues at work. The plan was to do them in Easter shapes, my favourite being the hare below. However there was loads of dough left so the Easter man was born! To make your Read more about The rise of the Easter men![…]
A true (but not often known) fact about me is that I used to work as a barmaid in Soho London. The streets of Soho have a bit of a reputation for *blushing* other things and while there was a lot of that about there was also the pub I used to work in, the (sadly Read more about Barmaids mince pies[…]