to offer a selection of interesting reading for all customers and forthem to discover books they didn't know they wanted or, perhaps, that even existed
Thethemefor this month’s ClandestineCakeClub was ‘Musical Celebrations’. Forthe 'clouds' I whipped up a pot of cream and dollopped it atthe end of the rainbow cake, then dotted mini white marshmallows all over
We have a couple of excellent local bakeries in the little town where I live, both of whom sell very tempting looking Lardy cakes but in our journey of thriftyness and finding value for money, I have had a go at making my own and the results are delicious
It's for people that love cake and baking to get togetherfor a chat and to eatcake of course. ) I love theeffortthat's gone into decorating it, it looks fabulous
In it you will find a cakefor any occasion from the full on Toffee Shock Cake with it's four layers of different flavoured batter, fudge icing and caramel to the more homely and old fashioned Caraway Seed Cake
So without seeing the venue I contacted Alison and asked if  she would consider being a venue for a Clandestinecakeclub meeting, she immediately said yes, only later did it dawn on me that this was totally out of my area, fortunatelytheSouthLancashire branch has very close links with the Ribble Valley branch so we decided on a joint meeting, the joint organisers Kate and Liz both having heard good thing too about our venue
I didn't have any coffee to hand as I forgot to bring my jar of instant back from the office so I decided to change the flavours to chocolate and vanilla and sandwiched thecaketogether with white chocolate buttercream
I quite often bake decoratedcakesforcakeclub but I wanted to do something a bit simpler but still attractive this time and thought upside down cake to showcase the peaches seemed like a good idea
When I read that a new CCC had started in Sutton, just a couple of miles from where I live, I decided I should really make theeffort - and I'm glad I did
Diced lamb pieces (ask your butcher whatsthe best and cheapest). What you need. I love Lancashire hotpot and as a born and bred Lancastrian so I should, its the perfect frugal comfort food which will happily blip away in the oven whilst you get on with other things
Fold the wet ingredients into the flour very gently to formthecakebatter, do not over mix. Looking through the blog I noticed Sashi likes bacon a lot but being a vegetarian I was trying to find a recipe that would be suitable for me or one that I could adapt to make it vegetarian with minimal change
However, if you fancy turning this into a chicken stew ( which is what I did) just use chicken stock instead and add some cooked chicken just before adding the dumplings
Carefully turn out thecake onto a serving plate, while it’s still warm. We celebrated New Year and Christmas eves with the whole family, met with friends, and had lots of fun with a snow
Just look at how thecake folds over the strawberries. In the pan the mixture looks too little but when you push and arrange strawberries, cut side down, on top of batter, as closely as possible in a single layer, the mixture will gradually spread
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