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Almond Birthday Cake

I hope you all had a lovely Easter. It was a nice relaxing one here, although we could have done with the weather being a bit nicer, it has been very wintry! It was also my mum’s birthday yesterday so making a nice a birthday cake was in order! I had a browse through my…… Continue reading Almond Birthday Cake

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Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

I have hundreds of recipes pinned on my Pinterest Boards but I have never actually made any of them. Its been more of a case looking at the photos for inspiration. I thought it was about time I tried when I came across a recipe yesterday for Peanut Butter M&M Cookie Bars from A Kitchen Addiction  …… Continue reading Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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Mini Cakes

The Mr asked me to make some cakes for his Table Tennis team as it is their last game of the season tonight. I was going to do a big cake, but instead decided to do a selection of mini cakes, which would be easier for the team to serve and eat. I borrowed a…… Continue reading Mini Cakes

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Sunday Smores

Sundays are always a perfect day for baking. I was in the middle of making the wedding invites when the Mr put the F1 on. I knew it was time to take a break and disappear off into the kitchen!! I wasn’t entirely sure what to bake, I bought a new traybake tin the other day so thought…… Continue reading Sunday Smores

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Apricot and Almond Flapjacks

I had a bit of a baking disaster yesterday, I was trying to make a roulade, and well it completely collapsed! I vaguely remember making a swiss roll at school (not quite the same I know) so thought if I could do it then, then surely 18 years later I can do it now! It…… Continue reading Apricot and Almond Flapjacks

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Happy Mother’s Day

I hope you all enjoyed your Mothering Sunday, to all mum’s I hope you were all really pampered. Our Mother’s Day plans had to change as my mum was taken into hospital on Thursday. I’d planned to make a fancy cake, but decided to change it to cupcakes to make it easier serving it at the bedside. So…… Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day

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Lovely cookies!

I had a wonderful day yesterday, I had my make-up trial for the wedding, and I went to try my wedding dress on as it has just come into the shop! It is  a surprise though and I am giving nothing away! :) Let me tell you instead about this delicious cookies I made. Peanut butter and…… Continue reading Lovely cookies!

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Where has the time gone!

Ok so my last post was a complete age ago! I do apologise. I suppose life got in the way, not just that but I lost my focus on the blog, posting pretty pictures of other peoples photos of weddings and from other blogs was really nice but it wasn’t me, it wasn’t my words. When I started…… Continue reading Where has the time gone!

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Snickerdoodle recipe

I thought I would share with you the recipe for the snickerdoodle cookies featured in my post yesterday. They are so simple to make and taste delicious. They also seem to improve in taste after a couple of days… if they last you that long that is! :) Enjoy!