When I watched The Great British Bake Off this week, I did actually consider doing the technical challenge. Then it got to the weekend, I still hadn’t gotten around to baking, and I have felt exhausted. So I went with a good old pasty instead. I wasn’t organised at all so it all started going wrong straight away. First of all, I decided to attempt my own puff pastry, for the first time! Bad idea. I think it was the mixing that went wrong; I tried rolling it out – no, didn’t work. I couldn’t rescue it either so it went …
Recipe – Black forest cupcakes
One of my favourite cakes has to be black forest cake. Chocolaty, creamy, and fruity – is there a much better combination? Using actual cream for these makes a delightful change from using butter cream. And you can’t have a black forest cake without cream, can you? They are absolutely perfect for afternoon tea with friends. Ingredients (makes 12) 150 g butter 150 g caster sugar 120 g self raising flour 30 g cocoa powder 3 eggs 300 ml double cream, whipped 12 black cherries Method Preheat oven to gas 4/350F/180C. Place cupcake cases into a 12 hole muffin tin. Cream together …
Review – Surcare laundry sachets
As a parent to a baby & toddler with sensitive skin, using a non-bio detergent is important to me so as not to irritate their skin any more. I usually switch between brands depending what’s on offer and/or where I shop, though I do have my favourites. I was recently invited to try one of Surcare‘s laundry products, the Surcare Sensitive capsules. All products are non-bio and sensitive. The capsules I received are: suitable for sensitive skin fragrance free outstanding cleaning performance at 30c non biological dermatologically tested & approved I decided to try the capsules in a variety of ways to …
We are (baby led) weaning!
It’s come that time again, one of the most fun parts of being a baby – weaning! I mentioned in N’s 6 month update that we had started. I tried him with some food a month or so ago but he wasn’t really interested, so I left a while. When he actually started grabbing for our food, I knew he was completely ready. I was adamant this time that I was going to be baby led weaning, as with J we went the traditional weaning route before letting him feed himself (maybe that’s why he’s a bit lot fussy nowadays, or maybe …
Weight loss – week 5
After a major gain last week, I have to be honest, it didn’t really give me a kick up the bum. I hadn’t done a meal plan so that didn’t help, but I don’t think I even logged into MFP last week either. Nevertheless, I tried my hardest not to eat rubbish and I managed quite well. Now we have our fruit & veg box again after our little break, that’s helping too. I wasn’t really expecting any more of a gain this week as I hadn’t been eating anywhere near as much as the previous week, but I wasn’t expecting a …