One a Penny, Two a Penny

On Thursday before this horrible cough descended I popped to the shops to get ingredients for making hot cross buns.


I spotted these lovely lamb-shaped cakes in the window of the Polish bakery.


My hot cross bun recipe has been adapted (& veganised) from one by Silvana Franco. The best thing about it is that it uses dried blueberries instead of currants.


The next best thing is it uses white marzipan for the crosses.


I guess being stuck indoors with this horrible lurgy has its compensations. I get to eat most of these myself!

Back to Yorkshire

Spring was really peeking through when we visited Nunnington Hall in North Yorkshire a few weeks back.

Lovely Friends, Lovely Gifts

It's Easter & I'm stuck at home with a horrible, horrible cold so thought I'd catch up on some long overdue blogging.


Recently we had some friends over for a board games/cocktails evening (as you do) & they brought us the gift of this beautiful pineapple. When we'd finished turning some of it into garnishes for our pina coladas there was still about half of it left. What do you do with half a pineapple?...


Turn it into cake, of course!


The pineapple came with its own specially made label. Despite its tropical appearance, its maker told me the image is actually from Butlins. God, I love Butlins! When I holidayed there with my family in the 80s I have very special memories of this restaurant.