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Marathon!

May 16, 2013
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Just in case you were wondering: yes, I did finish the Belfast Marathon! I am still writing on how it was and how it went, so that will come some time. In the meantime, here is me, happy, very happy, to cross the finish line!  

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Experimental marzipan cookies

May 12, 2013
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Being a sucker for marzipan and almonds, it didn’t take long to experiment with this chocolate chips cookie recipe. On one of those ‘have to bake, don’t want to go shopping’ baking moments, I found only very dark baking chocolate for the chocolate chip...

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Marathon fundraiser (sneaky plug)!

April 24, 2013
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I am going to take the liberty and plug my own fundraiser here! On the 6th of May I will be running the Belfast Marathon to raise funds for the conservation fund of the Armagh Public Library, for which I work....

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Another excuse…

April 8, 2013
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I love these excuses to bake! On Saturday we had some friends over and Paul asked especially for a cake. I suggested cookies (didn’t think I would have much...

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‘Proper’ Easter baking: simnel cake minus the apostles

April 2, 2013
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When growing in the Netherlands, the one thing you would have to have at Easter was a ‘Paasbrood’, an Easter loaf. Yellow fluffy bread with raisins, sultanas and optional...

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Easter surprise: Bakewell Tart

March 30, 2013
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“When are you going to make the Bakewell Tart?” If I heard that question once, I heard it a thousand times. Ever since it featured in the technical bake...

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