It was an uncharacteristically early start this morning, due to the need to attend to the car before the weather breaks again.
Tag archives: Cakes and Pastries
It was a dark and stormy night…
Don’t worry, I am not about to do a Bulwer-Lytton on you… Last night got a little wild and after I was woken by the wind battering the window at 11:30pm, there was little sleep in it. I lay there wondering of the power would stay on… and fretted about my computer. I had left …
…somebody has to do it
Only two spinners had confirmed intention of attendance at Spinning Group this week, and one of those cancelled before breakfast yesterday. One look at the weather forecast for the day led me to contact the other and to make the decision to cancel. Which left me with two spinning cakes on my hands. The first …
Tasty
Well, it all kind of worked. I was pleased with my pastry. Mr L thought his dinner was prettier than mine and wanted me to take a snap of his plate too, so I did (up top) but I think this one shows better the fact that the pastry did layer. Pudding was rather less …
A day in the kitchen
Mr L is out in the garden again. Yesterday he finished the tidying job that we started a couple of weeks ago and today he is out with the power washer, cleaning concrete. I did offer to help. No, I did, really I did. I was rejected and dispatched to the kitchen, where I am …
Absolutely not necessary
Necessity may be the Mother of Invention but a healthy appetite and an interest in food is certainly Auntie to Culinary Inspiration. So, what do you do on a Sunday afternoon in a long weekend when the munchies strike? I scour the cupboards and the refrigerator for some ideas. Today I assembled this little lot. …