You don't need new year's resolutions, goals to use a metaphorical stick to beat yourself with or a bucket list that feels way out of reach. Just pick a word for the year and let it be your guide. Here's how to choose one...
I always used to make mince pies with my Nan. I used to watch her make the pastry by hand, endlessly folding the pastry into thirds and dotting each third with a mix of butter and shortening. She would roll the pastry out neither too thick nor thin and it would be my job to use a fluted cutter to stamp out the rounds.
As soon as I could hold a wooden spoon in my hand, my baking days began with my Nan. The highlight of our baking calendar was the Christmas cake, partly because of the comforting scent of warm spices and brandy filling the air and partly because we loved to go to town decorating the cake with snowy royal icing and kitsch Christmas trinkets. If you'd like to read more about my baking days with my Nan, I've written a nostalgic post about them here. Cake Ingredients Makes two 20cm cakes 1361g (3lbs) dried fruit 127g (4.5oz) glace cherries 85g (3oz) flaked almonds 170g (6oz) candied peel (omit if your dried fruit contains mixed peel or if you...
I love decorating my home for Autumn and Winter using foraged foliage and berried treasure to celebrate the start of cosy season. Here are some of my seasonal home styling tips to put the 'ohhh' into your cosy corners!
