My first car looked a something like this. Or rather a much older and more battered version. I bought it because a friend of a friend had it for sale. Sadly it didn’t go very far before conking out altogether and needing to be towed off to scrap yard. The experience didn’t teach me all […]
Tips for creating a family friendly bathroom
On the face of it the perfect bathroom might be an oasis of tranquillity with exotic expensive-looking tiles, posh smelly stuff and gleaming surfaces. In an ideal world this is a place to escape for serenity and me-time. However, if you’ve got kids then you don’t live in an ideal world so the perfect bathroom […]
Hanging out and learning about baking
Hot new baking tips I gathered this week: If you want strongly coloured icing, spend money on the best colours you can find. To make an iced cake easier. Freeze a Madeira sponge and ice it while half defrosted. If your cake won’t rise, maybe the baking power isn’t fresh. Too much baking powder can […]