Tomorrow will be the second anniversary of the passing of my Great Aunt Nellie. I can't believe its been 2 years since we said goodbye (update, it has now been 6 years). I'll never forget the time leading to her dying. She was diagnosed with cancer on the 18th March and she died on the 27th April, exactly 4 months after my cousin...

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I had planned to post my banana muffin recipe today but the photos are on my phone and the stupid thing isn't connecting right to my computer grrr! Instead I thought I would tell you about another Clandestine Cake event that took place on Sunday 14th April. My blog is starting to look at bit CCC obsessed but I find the events are...

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Hello there! Apologies for the lack of blog posts last week but life just got in the way and I didnt have a chance to write anything. Anyway, one of the things I had intended to blog about was the Headingley Clandestine Cake Club event that took place almost two weeks ago now (time really does fly!). It was held at Sebby's Deli...

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I have had lots of requests for the recipe for my chocolate salted caramel cake that I submitted in the Clandestine Cake Club Competition at the Cake and Bake Show in Manchester just over a week ago. Thankfully I had photographed the making of the cake previously as I had thought about blogging about it. The chocolate sponge is a recipe I was...

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Final post on the Cake and Bake show that I went to in Manchester last weekend. I know I have went on about it a lot but so much went on that I felt I needed to write more than one post on it. One of the best parts of the show (apart from the CCC comp) was looking at all of the...

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After my previous and extremely long post about the Clandestine Cake Club competition at the Cake and Bake Show I am sticking with the trend and here is another long post about the show itself. If you can't be bothered with my ramblings just scroll down and look at the pics instead. So.... after we had left my cake at the CCC stand...

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