recipes

Sugar and Spice and all things nice!

Last month I treated myself to a copy of Good Housekeeping magazine and in it was a new recipe for Christmas Cake. The recipe looked lovely and, as its been a good few years since I have made one I decided to give it a go. To be fair, in the past I have only [...]

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Limoncello mmmmmmmmm..

Well this has been the first time I have made this but it will not be the last – it’s delicious and, as promised, here is the recipe: 6 Large lemons 1 750ml bottle of vodka 2 1/4 cups of water 3 cups sugar Wash and dry the lemons and with a vegetable peeler, remove [...]

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Time for tea – cake!!!

My partner and I were reminiscing last night over the cakes of our childhood – all home-made of course. Shop bought cake was not within my parents budget. Ade had said that when he was a school boy he used to visit a friend’s house and the friend’s Mum taught them both to make a [...]

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