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Well it’s been a crazy busy month, so I have had to neglect my blog somewhat over March. Lots of new and exciting things happening, check out the ETSY link to the right hand side of the main page for a link to mine and Andrew’s new Lost & Found shop, selling all sorts of vintage goodies. We’re adding more and more things, so keep checking back!

Fortunately for you lovely folk, I will have a huge backlog of recipes to put up on here over the next week or two, and quite a few of them will be vegan! I’m hosting a dinner party this Good Friday and the menu is expansive and caters for vegans, vegetarians, and carnivores! So expect a flood of recipes to hit you after Easter, to make up for the previous weeks!

And to wet your taste buds, here’s a picture of one of the recipes to come; a vegan apple pie cake.

 

 

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A couple of weekends ago I took part in a wonderful Valentine’s Day event at ShOp on the Christmas Steps in Bristol. I brought down a selection of cupcakes to sell in ShOp, and Jayne who runs ShOp, had her mum Linda in to kindly spend the afternoon doing baking demonstrations and encouraging everyone to muck in and make some treats to take home! We made peppermint creams, shortbread, and scones. It was a huge success and by the end of the day we managed to get icing sugar and flour in almost everyone’s hair. The mark of a good baking session i’d say!

 

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I sold three varieties of cupcake including vanilla cake with vanilla frosting, red velvet cake with vanilla frosting, and vanilla cake with zesty lemon frosting! All individually iced and decorated, and boxed and tied up with a ribbon for those unsuspecting significant others on V Day! I’ll include the new recipes in my next blog update. For now I’ll just share a few pictures from the day.

 

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Jayne and Emma making peppermint creams.

 

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Emma and Linda making peppermint creams

 

It was a fantastic day and we hope to do something similar in ShOp again soon! So watch this space, as you’ll be the first to know about any future cooking events there! Don’t forget to check out their website at http://www.shoptheshop.co.uk/