🖖🏻 “Your art is not about how many people like your work your art is about if your heart likes your work if your soul likes your work its about how honest you are with yourself and you must never trade honesty for relatability” Rupi Kaur
Florence
✈️ 📍Pisa, Italy 📍Grom and Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore The quietest times to visit the immense cathedral is either late at night or early in the morning to avoid the crowds. 📍Hotel Tornabuoni Beacci Our first night’s sunset from the terrace of our hotel, which I would highly recommend for location, service and…
Sea and Sky
🏖 📍Eastbourne, East Sussex Finally a weekend off, sunshine and an airshow all equalled one thing a beach day! “I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.” Anaïs Nin
Scotney Castle and Bewl Water
🏰 📍Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst 📍Bewl Water, Lamberhurst Exploring close to home. “My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the heck she is.” Ellen DeGeneres
Baking 9.0
🎂 Caramel Chocolate Cake 350g Unsalted Butter 175g Light Brown Sugar 175g Caster Sugar 6 Large Free Range Eggs 300g Self-Raising Flour 50g Very Good Quality Cocoa (e.g. Green & Blacks) For the icing: 250g Unsalted Butter 600g Icing Sugar 200g Dark Chocolate To finish: 397g Can of Carnation Caramel (or a jar of homemade…
Baking 8.0
🍫 Chocolate Brownies 225g Dark Chocolate (broken into squares) 100g Butter (cut into small cubes) 100g Caster Sugar 3 Large Eggs 75g Self-Raising Flour 75g Ground Almonds 1 Tsp Baking Powder Directions: 1. You will need a 23cm x 30cm (9in x 12in) traybake tin. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4, then line the…
Baking 7.0
👩🏼🍳 Cherry Scones 75g Butter (chilled and cut into cubes) 350g Self-Raising Flour (plus extra for dusting) 1 1⁄2 tsp Baking Powder 30g Caster Sugar 75g Cherries 150ml Milk 2 Large Eggs (beaten) Directions 1. Preheat the oven to 220°C (fan 200°C/425°F/Gas 7). Lightly grease a large baking sheet. 2. Make a light crumbly dough:…
Baking 6.0
🍒 Cherry Bakewell For the Shortcrust Pastry: 110g Unsalted Butter 225g Plain Flour 80g Caster Sugar 1 Large Egg For the Filling: 6 Tbsp Strawberry Jam 200g Unsalted Butter 200g Caster Sugar 4 Medium Eggs 100g Ground Almonds 100g Self-Raising Flour 2 Tsp Almond Extract For the Icing: 300g Icing Sugar 3 Tbsp Water Glacé…
The Dungarees 