I adore going to food shows – getting to meet my foodie idols, geek out on the latest kitchen gadgets, try all sorts of free samples and of course I always end up spending too much money. Last year I was fortunate enough to collaborate with the lovely folks at The Cake and Bake Show where I manned their Instagram account for one...

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Monday again! I woke up this morning and thought it was Saturday and then realised it was in fact Monday - not good! On a plus I've only 3 weeks left at work and next week is a 4 day week, woop! I'm more than ready to finish now but I know the longer I'm at work the more time I've got off...

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I’ve mentioned The Clandestine Cake Club (CCC) on here many a time but I’m quite bad for remembering to share the write-ups of our events. For any of you that are new to this blog or have never heard of CCC before (where have you been?) the basic jist of it is a group of home bakers meet at a secret venue once...

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We survived the first week back at work woop! Although today is proving rather difficult as I didn’t sleep well at all last night. After a hectic weekend (I need to learn to slow down) I couldn’t get to sleep til after 11pm then woke at 3:30am and it was gone 5am by the time I drifted off again. When the alarm went...

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I love brownies, let’s be honest – who doesn’t? Now I’m not talking about those brownie bites you can buy from the supermarket, they just taste like stale cake – I’m on about the real deal. I’ve been making this brownie recipe for a while now and it’s just so good. They are chocolaty, fudgy, gooey, indulgent and take me to my food...

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Meal Planning Monday, the first of 2016! Mr T is back on the low carb bandwagon and seeing as all I have craved this pregnancy is white carbs it means meal planning is proving rather difficult. I may join him in it after the baby is born but for now it's more about finding a nice balance and trying to cook meals we...

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Happy New Year everyone!!! Did you all have a great Christmas and New Year's Eve? After a busy week I crashed out last night at 10pm. I've discovered a week of late nights and being almost 32 weeks pregnant do not mix well! Over the past couple of days lots of reflective posts have appeared on my Bloglovin' feed and it got me...

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