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Cutting + sticking + sewing + baking. My creative life.

Month: April 2013

Olive

Olive is one of my favourite magazines, I always have it in my magazine rack in my waiting room at work.  One of the many advantages of having my own clinic is that I get to pick the reading material.  Olive's strapline is "Eat In, Eat Out, Eat Away", it's…

Easter Bakes

One of my goals this year was to make a simnel cake.  I've never made one before and I used the recipe from Nigella Lawson's Feast.  This recipe calls for one kilo of marzipan!  I had several discussions with my friend, Hannah, about the number of apostle marzipan balls appropriate…