wowoooowwww

I love these..they are by an artist called Pat Albeck who did some stuf for john lewis in the 60's...

beetroot cake

(not my picture)

This cake is AMAZING...i made it this week and it was so yummy and an amazing colour

Ingredients:

• 150g raw beetroot, grated
• 200 ml groundnut oil
• 250g golden caster sugar
• 3 medium eggs, separated
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 100g hazelnuts, roasted and chopped
• 200g plain flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon each ground ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg

Preheat oven to 170 degC fan/190degC/gas mark 5 and butter a 20cm cake tin with a removable base. Line the base with baking paper and butter this too.

Whisk the oil and caster sugar in a large bowl, then whisk in the egg yolks and milk, and fold in the beetroot and nuts. Sift flour and baking power together and stir into the mixture, then add the spices. whisk egg whites in another bowl until stiff, then fold them in three goes into the cake mixture. Divide this between the tins, smoothing the surface and bake for 30-35 mins or until shrinking from the sides and skewer inserted into center comes out clean. run knife around the edge of the cakes and leave to cool.

A weekend with the girls...

Playing in the garden

They look so sweet and innocent!!!!

Feeding the ducks

pulling up the onions...

Little dudes x

A weekend with the cousins....

Dr Naslas

Little Coco

In the bath...

With Uncle Wilf

Outside the new wendy house!!

Amelie B

relaxing in the hammock

playing

waiting for our tea..

playing over at Mia house

some pics of us enjoying a little bit of sunshine x

my new bed

Hi suzi...this is my new bed and i love it a million billion..i have fallen out twice but mummy put some cushions on the floor so i did not hurt myself, i hope that you like it...Love Mabel

xxxx

Greece.......x

These are very very rubbish pictures, as basically I didnt take my camera out so they are all pretty much at the flat only I am afraid. Lola absolutely loved it..she was a little star, full of beans, no moaning..loved swimming in the sea and being out late!

Down at the local harbour...

Lola helping to do the washing up!

Having lunch on the balcony.

With her cousin..Anthony, who she adored!

Her new thing is pulling these frog faces!

With a very brown daddy!

i love this

can he do it?

dinner from the garden

mmm....home made Pizza with baby leeks and peas.....

New Books....

Molly....you have to get this book, it is amazing. So many gorgeous but easy things to make,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ottolenghi-Cookbook-Yotam/dp/0091922348/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246462292&sr=8-1

I also got this which is also very very nice...lots of great things to make for, and with, the girls..yum yum yum...we can make some when you are up!
I am so hot and weary today..stuck underneath the stairs! The plasterers are doing Lolas room..they are incredible thay have been at t since 8 this morning and are drippint with sweat..it is so hot in taht room!!! Respect to all plasterers!!!!!!!!!!

some bits....

liked the animal duvet..thought it may be good for an idea??

A russian doll duvet for some inspiraetion!

how amazing....someone with too much time on their hands!

i like the bed on the left..thats the sort of thing I want for Lolas room I think x