Yeah… it’s Luca’s 9th Birthday tomorrow and we have been celebrating all weekend. We have done a major spend in Toys R Us, Olly has spent the whole weekend building Lego for him and racing on his Scalextric, he has had his chosen Birthday dinner of Chinese tonight and…
Fabulously simple chocolate fudge cake
As you know from my previous post it was my Hubby’s Birthday and our 5 year anniversary, also you will probably also of gathered by reading my blog that I don’t like to do things by half and Birthdays for my loved one’s are no exception. I decided to…
Happy Birthday & Happy Anniversary to my Gorgeous Husband
It’s my Hubby’s Birthday today and also our Anniversary, we have been together for five years and it just keeps getting better. I am writing this blog in-between a mammoth cake baking session, as I rather stupidly set myself the task of baking him a three tier chocolate cake !!!…
Fried custard squares
I am a very lucky girl, as I am married to the most amazing man, he is intelligent, loving, supportive, Ok I’ll stop, I know, I am always banging on about how great he is, but I am lucky and I would never take that for granted, but to add…
A tribute to Prosecco & Limoncello
I love all things Italian, sometimes to my detriment, especially during the World Cup ! As you can imagine living with all these England fans, loving the Italian football team and wanting them to win does not go down well, but hey its not as agonising as being an England…
Perfect Pavlova
Nigella likes to refer to this recipe as a prodigious pavlova, I like the idea of describing it as this as it means remarkably or impressively great in extent & size and trust me it is. The first time I made this I was a little overwhelmed at just how…
Courting Cake -Simon’s 22nd Birthday – June 2010
Sunday 13th June 2010 was my eldest Son Simon’s 22nd Birthday and he had decided to spend it with us this year, as you can imagine I was very excited and started planning immediately. As we were watching the first England game of the World Cup and as Simon…
My favourite dinner – Tava (Cypriot baked lamb & potatoes with cumin & Tomatoes)
By now I expect that you have noticed that I don’t cook any English food, have a passion for Tessa Kiros cookery books and have been very influenced by my Italian up bringing, well this recipe is no exception as it is a beautiful Cypriot dish from the lovely Tessa…
My gorgeous Husband – Ben (Boeuf Bourguignon)
I have introduced you to my five gorgeous Children, but now want to tell you about my most amazing Husband, who came up with the idea of this Blog for me and who is my complete and utter World. Ben & I have been together now for five years…
