I’m delighted to have found a new local coffee shop! Y Shed (Y = ‘the’ in Welsh) opened at Gowerton Golf Range (Victoria Road, Swansea, SA4 3AB) in December. It’s the brainchild of Sophie Spence, a former Ireland women’s rugby union international, who’s ended up in Swansea via Newcastle and Dublin. With her playing career
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The Espresso Martini was created in 1983 by Dick Bradsell at Fred’s Club, London. Legend has it that a young model requested a cocktail that would “wake me up, and then f*** me up”!!! So he created a cocktail containing coffee! A traditional Espresso Martini contains vodka. To create this cocktail simply combine 40ml vodka,
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With Valentines Day just around the corner, I have come up with two variations of my basic vanilla cupcake. Both are very simple to make and certainly provide a bit of wow factor! Simply prepare a batch of my very vanilla cupcakes (25/05/17) and tweak as follows….. First up are my Piñata (or Pin-heart-a!) cupcakes.
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Two years ago today we lost Greg. In the build up to this anniversary, I’ve been reflecting, and the one thing that has struck me, is that ‘time waits for no man’. In the blink of an eye, we are 2 years on from that day. Back then I was a Mum of a baby
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I am a big fan of peanut butter, so the idea of swirling it through chocolate brownies is genius! This recipe is adapted from ‘Delicious’ magazine. Ingredients: 250g unsalted butter, cubed 300g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids) roughly chopped 80g cocoa powder 400g caster sugar 6 large eggs 130g plain flour, sifted 200g crunchy peanut
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Some of my neighbours run a fruit and vegetable business and will often drop off some lovely produce on a weekend. Last week they brought me some beautiful blueberries (they know I’m partial to putting them in my Gin!) and I decided to make a cake with them. The following recipe is adapted from ‘all
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Every couple of months I try to arrange a ‘family night’ with my Mum’s side of the family. This stems back to when we used to meet weekly on a Thursday night to share a meal and a few drinks together. Since the arrival of the youngest members of the family and the death of
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What better way to beat the January blues than with cake? Hummingbird cake is sure to add a bit of sunshine to the recent cold, dark days! It’s similar to carrot cake but contains banana, pineapple and pecans rather than carrots. It’s a beautifully moist cake covered in cream cheese frosting. This recipe is taken
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