Before I tell you about this cake I have some exciting yet nervous news to share. Remember how on my last post I said I had passed my theory? Well my instructor has booked in my practical test for the 2nd July! That's just under 6 weeks away! It really terrifies me yet excites me and I can leave the bus behind (and...

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Sometimes I find myself going weeks without blogging cos I haven't had a chance to bake a new recipe and life is too jam packed with other things. This is a baking blog but my life does not revolve around cake (even though I really wish it did!) so it's time to stop wallowing about not having time to bake and tell you...

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I'm a bad blogger - I make promises about fortnightly updates on my running and fitness and yeah, I don't follow through - sorry! Well here is the progress so far... It took me a while to get back into the running thing again, after my last post I really wanted to be motivated but a mixture of bad weather, long days at...

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I should realise when I read a Mary Berry recipe that she knows what she is talking about and not ignore her instructions. For some daft reason I thought part of this recipe was wrong but, I was in fact wrong for not paying attention to the expert. One evening a while back I took a notion for some shortbread. I don't often...

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