Happy Mother's Day!

It's Mother's Day in the UK and along with a lovely card and chocolates my youngest daughter presented me with this lovely cake

So Happy Mothers Day to all mums and those who would have loved to have been mums.

In my Kitchen....

Sticky toffee cupcakes with caramel icing.

You see I had this idea, I made the cupcakes and thought that I would buy some caramel sweets, melt them and ice the cakes with them. Easy I'm thinking, except that Caramel sweets apparently don't exist in England.

Did I imagine them? Dream them up?

In the end I made my own caramel icing from scratch and the cakes are delicious

In my Kitchen....

And just because the sun was shining

Another little taste of Spring. Lemony cup cakes on an old thrift shop cakestand

Roll on British Summer Time!

Earl Grey and Lavender Cakes

Freshly made this afternoon, baked to my own recipe.

I picked the flowers from the garden, pinks, everlasting sweet peas and roses.

The cakestand was a thrift shop find, it is made by Midwinter and has a very 1930s feel to it

We went to the beach at Burton Bradstock on Sunday, Issy is back from Uni for Easter, Iona has two weeks holiday. After walking the length of the beach, with Issy complaining about her feet (flimsy London shoes) we retired to The Hive Cafe for cakes and sandwiches.
My, it was busy, busy, busy but the fresh crab sandwiches were worth the wait.
The Hive Cafe is one of Dorset's real treasures, we used to go there before the weekenders discovered it.
The food is slow to arrive but we didn't mind waiting, the cakes, which come in enormous proportions are utterly divine ,particularly the chocolate fudge cake.
The beach is not safe for swimming, due to the deep sheling and undercurrents, but great for a good, bracing walk.
The rock formations are spectacular. This is part of the Jurrasic coast.

Above you can see my Border Collie enjoying the beach.

And Billy Bragg lives on the cliffs, what more could one want, especially a rehabilitated punk