With strawberry season in full swing, this is the perfect recipe to make use of fresh strawberries (or raspberries). I actually grew these strawberries myself! Ingredients for the sponge 225g unsalted butter, at room temperature 225g caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 4 large eggs 225g self raising flour 1 tsp baking powder splash of
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At the end of the school Summer holidays, we took a city break to Barcelona! A last chance for some sunshine, before the long winter stretch ahead! I chose Barcelona as it seemed to have something for all of us. I was travelling with my two Son’s (aged 3 and 9) and my Mum who
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The Affogato is an Italian coffee based dessert, with the standard recipe being a scoop of cold vanilla gelato topped with a shot of hot, dark roast espresso. ‘Affogato’ is Italian for “drowned”, with is apt as you are drowning your ice cream with coffee! This is an effortless recipe, which is simple yet fulfilling!
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If like me you love your coffee, but are finding it too warm to drink your coffee hot, I may have found some solutions for you! Surprisingly there are a number of ways to enjoy you coffee cold. There are two broad categories, the first being ‘iced coffees’ where the coffee is brewed with hot
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I do love a theme! And as the tennis reaches its climax, I’ve decided to make some Wimbledon inspired cupcakes, the inspiration being….. Pimms! Ingredients for 12 cupcakes: 165g caster sugar 165g self raising flour 165g soft margarine 3 medium eggs 1.5 tsp baking powder zest of half a lemon & half an orange Ingredients
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The past few weeks have been a very busy time in the Rees household, with very little time for blogging! On May 19th both Will & Morgan celebrated their birthdays, this year sharing their special day with a certain Harry & Meghan! This was followed by a hectic but fun birthday trip to Eurodisney! With
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