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Seaside Lights and Pineapple Cake: an excerpt from WI Kitchen Stories
If each WI could be described as possessing its own unique tapestry made up of myriad personalities, backgrounds, skills and interests, then WeyBay Women’s Institute in Weymouth, Dorset, sits in the realms of the technicolour dreamcoat WI. Nothing says it more than the life-size ice-cream cone that greets us one step in to the President’s […]
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Centenary Celebrations!
2015 has finally dawned upon us which means the year long centenary celebrations by WI members have begun! The official anniversary date is in September, but that doesn’t stop events rolling out across the federations throughout the year, all of which can be found on NFWI official website or the unofficial Womens Institute Facebook page. […]
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Lemon Yoghurt Cake
On Tuesday I was lucky enough to be treated to a posh lunch at The Orange by my brilliant photographer friend Gemma. It was pure decadence: prosecco, wine, more wine, great food and er… more wine. Fortunately a main perk of daytime drinking* is the lack of hangover. Hurrah. I managed to nullify my posh […]
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Chris Holmes a.k.a Mr Cake
I recently photographed workers hero Chris Holmes who famously ‘socked it to the man’ by icing his resignation letter on a cake. After years of monotony checking passports at Stansted airport, he started up his own cake business which grew enough to encourage him to finally resign by cake. Apparently his boss received it with […]
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Goddamnit Nigella, you get me every time…
So there I am, sat at my computer for hours trawling through picture edits and I decide I need a break. My strained eyes are closing from the screen abuse, and my limbs are flaccid from the lack of movement. I decide to do something physical and tidy some books away but they lead me […]
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Baking Booty
I always thought that as you got older Christmas presents would become more boring; I admit I have got to the age where I do actually ask for socks and ‘bath stuff’. However, the past few years have been pretty good for me on the gift front and this year was no different. Amidst the […]
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Spiced Apple Cake with Salted Caramel Frosting
Yesterday was the first Saturday I have been at home for a while so after a lazy morning pottering around I decided to bake Spiced Apple Cake. The smell whilst it was cooking was divine and festive so I thought it apt to share on the first day of December (apologies for the instagram but […]
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Cake or death?
One of the great things about this project is the variety of members we come across. Take Carla Valentine. A member of Shoreditch Sisters WI in east London since 2011, her unique slant on death-themed cake marries one of her all-time loves of baking with her fascinating day job as Technical Assistant Curator at Barts […]
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Raspberry Bakewell Cake
Sunday baking is my new obsession and in particular at the moment I am enjoying making childhood classics with a twist. Growing up, I adored Cherry Bakewell tarts so when I found a recipe to make a Raspberry Bakewell cake I couldn’t resist. Happily it tasted just like I remember (minus pastry of course) and […]