tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16865986306231563132024-03-13T03:41:22.010+00:00♥ Ceri makes...♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-32063361228888654782012-11-25T19:32:00.000+00:002012-11-25T23:43:49.911+00:00Street Feast...<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ff6699;"><strong>♥ Ceri makes... </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #666666;">what more could you ask for under one roof than delicious food, drinks and djs?! I spent a perfect Friday night at the weekly street food market <a href="http://www.streetfeastlondon.com/#">Street Feast</a> in Hackney Downs Studios. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #666666;">SO much delicious food to choose from we hardly knew where to begin so opted for some mulled wine & hot apple rum to start. Then after deliberating over burritos, pork buns and jerk chicken I went for the pulled boar in a brioche bun from the <a href="http://www.wildgameco.co.uk/">Wild Game</a> company - delicious! Their fries cooked in beef dripping were also to die for. The rest of my gang went for gyoza dumplings, mussels & chips and a tasty burrito. It was all s</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #666666;">o yummy in fact I forgot to take any snaps ...as if I needed an excuse to go again soon!</span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... xx</span><span style="color: #666666;"></span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-81901336764601427012012-10-28T18:56:00.000+00:002012-11-25T23:16:00.446+00:00Autumn Days When the Grass is Jewelled...<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ff6699;"><strong>♥ Ceri makes... </strong></span><span style="color: #666666;">took an afternoon stroll around Clapham Common, its that lovely time of year when you can crunch through the freshly fallen autumnal leaves. Beautiful...</span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... xx</span><span style="color: #666666;"></span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-15256096342760080832012-10-14T20:06:00.000+01:002013-01-29T21:34:09.813+00:00Balham Cake Off THE FINAL...<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ff6699;"><strong>♥ Ceri makes... </strong></span><span style="color: #666666;">while so the final day of the Balham Cake Off has come. The final challenge was to whip up a Tray Bake - an easy choice for me in choosing what to bake as I happen to have THE most delicious Brownie recipe! Which is now also officially a prize winning recipe, sadly for you I am going to keep this one a secret for now!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">And here is my rather lovely prize certificate! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Thanks to everyone who came to cheer me on! Such a fun few Sundays at Trinity Stores and as if I needed an excuse to bake anyway...</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... xx</span><span style="color: #666666;"></span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-33748006800551548562012-09-30T17:56:00.000+01:002013-01-29T21:45:58.577+00:00Balham Cake Off ROUND FOUR...<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ff6699;"><strong>♥ Ceri makes... </strong></span><span style="color: #666666;">in a truly traditional manner the clever organisers at <a href="http://www.trinitystores.co.uk/">Trinity Stores</a> arranged for some rather serious judges from the Clapham WI to come and judge our 'Traditional bakes'. I opted for one of my most popular bakes in the office - a Lemon Drizzle Tray Bake. Its hardly suprising that it is so popular as the recipe I favour is one of Mary Berry's!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Other traditional bakes included a yummy Plum Bakewell Tart and a Sticky Ginger Loaf cake that would be perfect for a winter's eve.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Everyone is welcome to come & cheer me on in the final at Balham's Trinity Stores on 14th October, see you there!</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... xx</span><span style="color: #666666;"></span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-10369020606896442442012-09-16T19:38:00.000+01:002013-01-29T21:46:52.370+00:00Balham Cake Off ROUND THREE...<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ff6699;"><strong>♥ Ceri makes... </strong><span style="color: #666666;">today's bake off challenge at <a href="http://www.trinitystores.co.uk/">Trinity Stores</a> was to bake 'Cakes for Kids'. I decided to try something new & task myself with cake pops. They really were as delicious as they look!</span></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... xx</span><span style="color: #666666;"></span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-17190982290212629412012-09-09T19:47:00.000+01:002012-11-25T23:03:39.757+00:00Grease is the word...<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ff6699;"><strong>♥ Ceri makes... </strong></span><span style="color: #666666;">took a trip to Rydell High last night at the <a href="http://www.futurecinema.co.uk/">Future Cinema</a> screening of Grease in SW London. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">As always the Future Cinema team had done an amazing job in recreating all my favourite bits from Grease... we nipped into Frenchies house to check our make up, hung out with some jocks on the school field, took a quick ride in the T-Birds car, had a milkshake at the Frosty Palace, hopped on the Ferris Wheel at the graduation fair and danced the night away at the National Bandstand dance contest ...SO much fun!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Look out for upcoming <a href="http://www.futurecinema.co.uk/">Future Cinema</a> events by subscribing to their email group - <a href="http://www.futurecinema.co.uk/">http://www.futurecinema.co.uk/</a></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... xx</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-74175796760476105492012-09-02T19:37:00.000+01:002012-11-25T22:54:11.818+00:00Balham Cake Off, Round TWO...<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ff6699;"><strong>♥ Ceri makes... </strong></span><span style="color: #666666;">Earlier today I was competing in </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #666666;">round TWO of the Balham Cake Off at Trinity stores. This week's challenge was to bring along a Balham inspired bake.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ff6699;"><strong>♥ Ceri makes... xx</strong></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-59334722985664851812012-09-01T15:37:00.000+01:002012-11-25T22:54:47.678+00:00Vintage Sewing Machines...<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ff6699;"><strong>♥ Ceri makes... </strong></span><span style="color: #666666;">while stocking up on cake decorating supplies for round TWO of the Balham cake off at the Wimbledon Sewing Machine Company my friend <a href="http://www.katebevan.co.uk/">Kate</a> and I made an unplanned trip to the adjoining sewing machine museum.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Admission is free and it is open on the first Saturday of every month. Perfect for a rainy day in SW London!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">For the main event - Granny's birthday we had a very special evening at <a href="http://cortedellupo.com/">La Corte del Lupo</a> just a hop and a skip from my Aunty and Uncle's house. We started with a delicious antipasti of organic salami and proscuitto farmed and cured at La Lupo. Primi was egg free pasta with fresh tomatoes and aubergines; Secondi was veal with a mushroom sauce cooked gently in milk; Desert was a homemade biscuit base with chantilly style yoghurt and a raspberry compote. Perfection! All washed down of course with lots of birthday prosecco, wine, espresso and grappa!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Another foodie highlight was an evening spent at Agriturismo Sole Nascenti. A typical Italian set up where you just turn up and are served course upon course of delicious food. To name but a few we ate bruschetta, salami, melon and parma ham, fritatta, spinach pancakes, tempura zucchini, gnocchi, truffle tagliatelle, ravioli, wood pigeon, tripe, veal, tiramisu...!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Another delicious supper at La Corte del Lupo... Liver with cresha and spinach, pasta with a creamy zucchini and pancetta sauce, salsicce all'uva and chocolate fondant.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">A must do stop off 'when in Rome'!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Flourless Chocolate Cake with Kirsch Soaked Morello Cherries.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>♥ 225g caster sugar </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>♥ 300g plain chocolate</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;">♥ 225g unsalted butter </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;">♥ 6 eggs, seperated </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;">♥ 1 tsp vanilla extract </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;">♥ 180ml strong cafetiere coffee, or to taste</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Preheat an oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas Mark 4</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>♥ </strong>In a food processor pulse the chocolate and sugar until fine</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>♥ </strong>Mix in the egg yolks, butter, vanilla extract and coffee</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>♥ </strong>In a seperate bowl whisk the egg whites until they form stiff white peaks</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>♥ </strong>Gently fold the egg whites into the chocolate mix</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>♥ </strong>Pour into the cake tin and bake for 45-55 minutes or until a crack forms on the top of the cake</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>♥ </strong>Once cooled the cake will sink a little bit, but do not worry this is normal! If you aren't serving until later pop it in the fridge to keep fresh</span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;">♥ To make the cake a bit more special</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>♥</strong> When ready to serve spoon the kirsch cherries onto the centre of the cake</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #ff6699;"><strong>♥ Ceri makes... </strong></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-47771038799158654552012-08-19T21:34:00.000+01:002012-11-25T22:59:02.347+00:00Balham Cake Off, Round ONE...<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... </span></strong><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so Sunday marked the beginning of the five part Balham Cake Off hosted by <a href="http://www.trinitystores.co.uk/">Trinity Stores Cafe and Deli</a>. The challenge for this week was to bake a gluten free cake. Not your average bake! After some deliberation I decided chocolate was the way forwards and whipped up a Flourless Chocolate Cake with Kirsch Soaked Morello Cherries. Yummy! Recipe to follow so keep checking the blog!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Here are some of the delicious looking entries...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Pop into Trinity Stores for one of the upcoming challenges, dates below. If you mention my blog I will even give you a taster of my entry!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">My personal choice, the duck, most definitely scores ten out of ten from me. Other popular choices included the hake and the pork belly, yummy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">A must visit spot if you are exploring the beautiful Cotswolds village of Castle Combe and surrounding areas!</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes xx</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-9265587365003511412012-07-28T10:56:00.000+01:002012-11-25T23:01:05.172+00:00The Bookclub Basecamp...<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... </span></strong><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">celebrated the Olympics opening ceremony by heading East to <a href="http://www.wearetbc.com/basecamp/">The Bookclub Basecamp</a> just a hop and a skip across the road from The Bookclub in Leonard St car park. The atmosphere was amazing as everyone welcomed the 2012 Olympic games to London and we even saw the flyover moments after we'd seen it on the live screens!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">There is heaps to keep you entertained (aside from the screens showing live Olympic sports!) with table football, ping pong and hula hoops! </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.wearetbc.com/basecamp/">The Bookclub Basecamp</a> is open until 12th August so head down to join in with the Olympic celebrations.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes xx</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-80183929698647664432012-06-24T19:04:00.000+01:002012-11-25T23:02:04.477+00:00Contact the Elderly Tea Party...<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... </span></strong><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">hosted my very first <a href="http://www.contact-the-elderly.org.uk/">Contact the Elderly</a> tea party this afternoon!</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Contact the Elderly organise regular Sunday tea parties for elderly people who have little or no social support. A great charity and a perfect way to spend my drizzly Sunday afternoon. As if I needed an excuse to bake, here are some of the treats I made...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">If you would also like to get involved with the charity they are always keen to hear from new volunteers for driving or hosting - <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.contact-the-elderly.org.uk/become-a-volunteer/">http://www.contact-the-elderly.org.uk/become-a-volunteer/</a></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes xx</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-27984837825154385792012-06-17T18:18:00.000+01:002012-06-17T18:21:20.179+01:00Salvation Jane<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... </span></strong><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">had a lovely evening catching up with the book club girls earlier in the week to discuss our latest read <a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/cerimakes-21/detail/1408822075">Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother</a> at the newly opened <a href="http://lantanacafe.co.uk/jane/index.html">Salvation Jane</a> near Old Street station. A cafe by day and a bar/restaurant by evening. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">The sharing plates were delicious. However no book club meet is quite complete without some cake!! I would definitely recommend the <a href="http://lantanacafe.co.uk/jane/menu_cakes.html">Hello Dolly</a> slice ...an Australian bake that is an unusual but yummy combination of white chocolate, coconut, almonds and biscuits. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Think I'll have a go at making this at home soon, found this recipe if you want to try too... <a href="http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Hello-Dolly-Slice-L5950.html">http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Hello-Dolly-Slice-L5950.html</a></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes xx</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-71865897442878537822012-06-06T16:12:00.001+01:002012-06-06T16:28:51.522+01:00Ballgowns at the V&A...<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... </span></strong><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">kept at bay from the bank holiday rain with a trip to my favourite London gallery the Victoria and Albert museum with Kate. The exhibition brings together a lovely collection of ballgowns from the 1950s right up to the pieces fresh from the catwalk collections of some of the most exciting British design houses including McQueen, Giles Deacon, Mary Katranzou, Gareth Pugh and Erdem to name a few. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The newly extended exhibition space in the V&A fashion gallery has been beautifully constructed; the domed platforms subtly mirror the drama of the domed ceiling. </span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes xx</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-67569788829164233062012-06-05T19:00:00.000+01:002012-06-05T22:26:44.553+01:00Feeling Jubilant...<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes... </span></strong><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">truly enjoyed the jubilee weekend and fully embraced the patriotic spirit!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Along with most of the country I celebrated the jubilee with LOTS of cake! My friends Hatty and Mark hosted a wonderful jubilee tea party to mark the occasion. Here is j</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">ust one of the many delicious cakes that they served at their jubilee tea party...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Happy Diamond Jubilee to our Queen Lizzy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Here are some of my favourite spots in London when the sun is shining...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">Primrose Hill - for evening sunsets and gorgeous views of London</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes xx</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-43119532590625296332012-05-12T17:17:00.000+01:002012-05-13T20:52:07.241+01:00Partridges Food Market...<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes...</span></strong> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">made the most of the sun showing his face this weekend with a potter around the Kings Road with the girls, a gorgeous way to spend the afternoon. The <a href="http://www.partridges.co.uk/foodmarket?sessionid=1336931586dfb25e0fad672efafdf7c4ed2fd169b5">Partridges Food Market</a> was super busy with so many delicious treats on offer - olive oil, cheeses, street food, cakes, fresh bread ....the list goes on! The market is held in Duke of York Square just a hop and a skip from Sloane Square tube, make sure its on your London 'to do' list! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"> The delicious brownie I ate in the sun, yummy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"></span> <strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes xx</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-29989838426978631872012-05-05T18:32:00.000+01:002012-05-13T19:41:33.603+01:00Style Africa...<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes...</span></strong> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">loved the Style Africa exhibition at the <a href="http://www.bmag.org.uk/events?id=1797">Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery</a>. A beautifully curated exhibition of printed, dyed, woven and embroidered textiles from Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">The exhibition runs until the 2nd September and is definitely worth a visit if you are passing through Birmingham.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes xx</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">♥ Ceri makes… come back soon for more top tips and ideas!x</div>♥ Ceri makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783831146432496805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686598630623156313.post-77323795806811318412012-04-22T19:47:00.000+01:002012-05-13T19:56:59.030+01:00Pasta making...<strong><span style="color: #ff6699; font-family: Georgia;">♥ Ceri makes...</span></strong> <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">made the most of being indoors to avoid the rain by making a delicious spinach and ricotta cannelloni from one of my new birthday cookbooks from the lovely Jezza. Using an <a href="http://www.johnlewis.com/Imperia/Brand.aspx?s_kenid=51539143-1c8f-0008-4bac-000029f386c7&s_kwcid=82x16530">imperia pasta machine</a> it really is a lot easier to make simple sheets of pasta than you may imagine! There is nothing quite like homemade fresh pasta, so much lighter than both shop bought fresh pasta and a million miles away from dried pasta. Yummy!</span></span><br />
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