This is the bonnet to go with the christening dress shown here. After washing it, I couldn’t resist adding more lines of embroidery in between the pin tucks and I stopped embroidering when I ran out of pin tucks. Originally, the bonnet had ribbons attached at either side to fasten under the chin but I think […]

During this wonderful hot, sunny weather, I’ve been converted to the merits of this lovely soft cake.  The inclusion of fresh fruit makes the cake very moist, light and strangely refreshing. Both strawberries and raspberries have been very successful. Just follow the recipe here but substitute 100 g of fresh raspberries. (In fact, I added 200 […]