Weekend fun!
7 Apr 2014 12:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluespiritWhat a smashing weekend!
Mr B & I went to the 'Cake & Bake Show' in Manchester on Saturday. It was a great event with lots of demonstrations from various well-known chefs, including some of the Great British Bake-Off winners, as well as stalls selling all kinds of cake paraphernalia - & cake to eat! Yum! We shared a gorgeous slice of traditional Caribbean rum cake made by a husband & wife team that was simply divine! (Now I'm hunting for a recipe because I need to eat more of that! *g*)
Then on Sunday, we drove down to London so that I could meet the sweet & lovely![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hilde for lunch while Mr B went off & did his own thing.
It was so lovely to seehilde again & we had a very long - & very chatty *g* - lunch discussing lots of fandom things. :)
As Hilde is a bit (a bit!) of an Angliophile, I'd made her a Union Jack inspired cushion that hopefully will squash down enough to fit in her case!
Oh, & I've used some of that gorgeous black lab fabric that Mr B surprised me with to make a little bag that I took for a test drive this weekend. :)
It has an extra long strap so that I can wear it across my body.
The colour of the lining matches the collar of the labs on the fabric. I also included several inside pockets for my phone, Oyster card, lipstick, etc.
A couple of buttons just for some fun detail. :)
I hope that everyone had a lovely weekend!
*hugs*
Mr B & I went to the 'Cake & Bake Show' in Manchester on Saturday. It was a great event with lots of demonstrations from various well-known chefs, including some of the Great British Bake-Off winners, as well as stalls selling all kinds of cake paraphernalia - & cake to eat! Yum! We shared a gorgeous slice of traditional Caribbean rum cake made by a husband & wife team that was simply divine! (Now I'm hunting for a recipe because I need to eat more of that! *g*)
Then on Sunday, we drove down to London so that I could meet the sweet & lovely
hilde for lunch while Mr B went off & did his own thing.It was so lovely to see
hilde again & we had a very long - & very chatty *g* - lunch discussing lots of fandom things. :)As Hilde is a bit (a bit!) of an Angliophile, I'd made her a Union Jack inspired cushion that hopefully will squash down enough to fit in her case!
Oh, & I've used some of that gorgeous black lab fabric that Mr B surprised me with to make a little bag that I took for a test drive this weekend. :)
It has an extra long strap so that I can wear it across my body.
The colour of the lining matches the collar of the labs on the fabric. I also included several inside pockets for my phone, Oyster card, lipstick, etc.
A couple of buttons just for some fun detail. :)
I hope that everyone had a lovely weekend!
*hugs*
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Date: 7 Apr 2014 12:00 pm (UTC)Hugs and loves!!!!
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Date: 11 Apr 2014 02:22 pm (UTC)It was a really fun weekend.
*hugs*
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Date: 7 Apr 2014 12:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 11 Apr 2014 02:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 7 Apr 2014 01:36 pm (UTC)And I love, love, love the bag you made from the material Mr. B got for you. What a nice job you made of it. :-)
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Date: 11 Apr 2014 02:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 7 Apr 2014 03:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 11 Apr 2014 02:24 pm (UTC)Hee - everything is better with cake! \o/
Rum Cake
Date: 7 Apr 2014 06:12 pm (UTC)http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/Caribbean-rum-cake-recipe
To order pre-made, either:
The Black Cake Company at http://www.rumcake.com
or
on Amazon The Tortuga Caribbean Blue Mountain Rum Cake
I'll be in Florida next month and the one from Amazon is available at several local shops there or I'm always willing to try other versions!
Re: Rum Cake
Date: 11 Apr 2014 02:27 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 7 Apr 2014 06:23 pm (UTC)The Cake & Bake show sounds delicious - in every sense! Glad you had such a good time.
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Date: 11 Apr 2014 02:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 7 Apr 2014 08:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 11 Apr 2014 02:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 8 Apr 2014 04:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 11 Apr 2014 02:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 8 Apr 2014 09:43 am (UTC)And the bag is lovely. I love the idea of all those pockets.
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Date: 11 Apr 2014 02:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 8 Apr 2014 12:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 11 Apr 2014 02:30 pm (UTC)*hugs*