Banana Hit! August 30, 2008

In the words of Mother: “All I can really say is banana, banana… and more banana!”
How can I put it any better? I think you get the jist of what our cake revolves around… But don’t go thinking that this is any ordinary banana cake. Three layers of scrummy surprises await you inside. So let’s dig in!
 
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Experiments are what I do best… August 30, 2008

Since the start of this month, I have been promising myself that I will enter ‘Layers of Cake’: an event for – well, I’ll give you 3 guesses!
It took me nearly the entire month to finally do something about it… Looks like I’ll be entering this event ’stylishly late’.
HOWEVER… don’t you go thinking that I shall [...]

We simply CAN’T have a fish pie without prawns! August 15, 2008

 I mentioned in my last post that we had recently been on holiday – we were staying with old friends in their house by the sea. I’m planning on posting a few more entries on the holiday itself [it was fantasitacular, as was the food!!] but first, I’ve just got to write about the first ever recipe taken out of [...]

Fruity Flapjacks August 13, 2008

I can still taste them in my mouth right now! The easiest thing I’ve ever baked by far; just as rewarding as some of the more difficult recipes – and just as popular, it seems! Earlier this evening Fiona, one of Mother’s closest friends, visited us for dinner. Flapjacks are her favourite, and she had [...]

Lemon Shortbread, Nice Slices! August 13, 2008

I was so excited about baking for the first time in what must have been a couple of months, that these simple looking slices were going to feature on the first ever post to be blogged before I had even made the things! I managed to restrain myself for the few days it took for me to be let loose [...]

Enjoying the nibbles? He was our favourite rabbit… August 12, 2008

My dad is always coming up with new ways to entertain himself. Last month it was creating a garden outside his office at work, then building a picnic basket to put inside… God knows where he finds time to actually do his job, they must dispair at his cement plant! This meant that when, one Sunday evening [...]