One of my favourite flavours for a dessert (or anything sweet really) is lemon, and I really love it in this cake as it makes it so moist. I think lemon & raisin go really well together and of course having raisins in a cake makes it healthy, right?… Ingredients (serves 6-8) 150g butter 150g caster sugar 150g self raising flour (plus a little extra) 3 eggs juice of 2 lemons zest of 1 lemon 200g raisins Method Preheat oven to gas 5 / 375F / 190C, and grease & line the bottom of loaf tin. Mix together the butter …
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Little man N at 9 months old
Nine months old. My youngest baby is now three-quarters of a year old. I don’t like it. He is growing up way too quick! He is developing quicker than J did too (I think he was just a lazy baby) which makes it seem faster I think. I finally made it to baby clinic to get him weighed and he now weighs 24 lb 1 oz which means he’s only put on not even a couple of pounds in the last couple of months. Like I thought, now he’s moving around a lot more he’s leveling out a little bit. …
Toddler troubles – sibling jealousy?
I mentioned briefly in J’s last update that we are having a few problems with J’s behaviour towards his brother, which is really getting me down lately. I really don’t know where to start to be honest. He started a couple of months ago, which thinking about it is coincidentally around the same time as N started moving about a lot more so requiring much more of my attention, meaning J getting a little less so most likely getting jealous. First he started with smacking him on his head, then he started pushing him backwards when he was just sat there …
Review – Organix Goodies Christmas selection box
Regular readers will know that we have reviewed Organix products a few times before and that we always think highly of them. Organix are dedicated to the “no junk” initiative and Christmas is no different. This year they have this Goodies Selection Box available to purchase as an alternative to one full of chocolate. Included in the selection box are: blackcurrant & apple fruit stars raspberry & apple fruit moos raspberry & apple soft oaty bar mini gingerbread men alphabet bicuits So there is a good variety in there with a similar amount to what you would find in a chocolate one, but …
Elf on the Shelf adventures (days 2-8)
Last week Buddy arrived from the North Pole with a North Pole breakfast for us all, which went down a treat (I’m hoping he leaves some for us on Christmas Day too!). He’s been back & forth since then and after the shaky start, J had enjoyed looking for him every day and seeing what he’s got up to overnight. His first week with us went a bit like this… Day 2 Buddy knew the cereal J usually goes for so decided he would get in there first… Day 3 Buddy decided to just hang around watching TV today. It took …