14 people (+ 4 babies) = £140!
Yayy… lots of cakes made and eaten yesterday and a bit of Phd research in the corner all equalled to a lovely afternoon and lots of cash… Add to that the £145 donated online, and I’m very pleased to be able to pass on a total of £285 to the Macmillan charity…. thank you all ...
Coffee & Cakes vs Cancer
Tomorrow is the Macmillan Cancer Charity’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event. I’m holding one at ours in the afternoon and cakes have been planned.. gingerbread ‘shapes’; cos I love gingerbread chilli choc fudge cake; that Dan lepard is a genius beetroot cake; guess what was in the veg box! pumpkin pie; autumnal innit? Still, I ...
Cake Monster
This is what a night of friends bowling / drinking / karaoke / drinking / cake and more drinking does to you kids!
Baking ups and downs…
So; Leap Year, St David’s Day and then Mother’s Day – a jam packed weekend that was! and it involved a lot of baking… The Welsh cakes for Offline were a success (after I realised that making them is along the same lines as doing pancakes – the first few are either burnt or a ...
Birthday tea…
Ok, I cheated somewhat as my actual birthday isn’t til tuesday but… Sundays are good for birthday teas… It was going to be in picnic form but what with the drought rain, it was safer indoors… :) My first ever attempt at a Victoria Sponge and Brownies came out pretty well (they all got eaten!) ...
a list
new dress found without even trying in Pop Boutique – lovely and fits perfectly! sewed new cushion cover for downstairs – been on my list a while stuck up and grouted new tiles to replace fallen off ones in kitchen – been looking at manky plaster for about 3 weeks… Put up photos from Hula ...
tres sophistique
Ms McC is hosting a Salon de Chansons – with chocolate cake! Makes one wish one was musical…:)
Advent – 24 Dec ’05
Dec 24: Christmas Eve train picnic.. Went up to Wales to visit M’s family for a couple of days… Walks were walked up a mountain, and alongside waterfalls… The Cranberry cake was eaten (yum), presents opened, real ale drunk and news caught up on.. The ‘traditional family Christmas’ turned out to be had playing EyeToy ...
Advent – 23 Dec ’05
Dec 23: Last minute baking… Just had time to make this (thanks Nigella) and use the cranberries that were bought on impulse earlier this week…Turned out well! :) Will wrap some and take it up on the train as part of our Christmas Eve picnic…
