I had a couple of dark days last week; for no obvious reason my mood suddenly plummeted and I went from screeching along to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend songs in my car to sobbing on the floor hugging my knees with my back to the radiator. I’m fine now, but every now and then I stumble like that. […]
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Orange & Almond Loaf Cake
If you saw my post on Blood Orange Doughnuts then you’ll know how obsessed I am right now with using them to make perfect Calpol-pink icing. I mean, who knew? Seriously, my days of using food colouring are over, and now I’m on the hunt for other fruits that’ll work in my icing crayon box. And […]
Guess what? I’ve written a book. It’s 128,932 words long, it took four years to write (four long years of backache, breakdowns and bawling on Sunny’s shoulder), it’s hands-down the best thing I’ve ever written and I’ve got two agents who are kind of interested. …But, I don’t like to talk about it. In fact, […]
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Cupcakes at The Deck
My sister in-law passed her PhD and turned 25 last weekend (…she’s a total wonderkid, what can I say?). So to celebrate both she came to stay for the weekend and I took her to The Deck in Cardiff Bay to scoff cupcakes and drink tea. I’d heard great things about their cupcakes, but nothing […]
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Peanut Butter Flapjacks
Does anyone else “Boredom Bake”? You know those afternoons when the weather’s rubbish, you’ve got nothing to do or watch on TV so you start bashing bowls around and experimenting with whatever you’ve got in the cupboard. Flapjacks are such an easy boredom bake – they taste good, they don’t necessarily have to look good […]
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