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Thanks to coronavirus (and I’m sure a few other factors) the rise of mail order cake has boomed throughout 2020. I’m often asked where I would recommend buying treats direct to your front door and I’ve sampled a fair few over the last 12 months. Have I really tried over 35 mail order boxes throughout 2020?! The answer is YES… and I have paid for each one to support those small businesses… all in the name of r

Hello. It’s been a long while, I won’t give it the usual apology, as there’s no need.  In fact I really dislike any blogger / social media addict who apologises for going awol…. a little secret, nobody really cares, there’s been plenty out there on the world wide web to keep them educated & entertained, so there’s no need to sweat that small stuff. Never apologise for not posting – it’s really not an issue for

If you don’t like reading “personal journey” type posts… click away now!  Well, 2018 was ‘quite the year’… and not a particularly happy one. I have realised that my last blog post was June 2018 and that’s purely because last summer I experienced the most heartbreaking moments of my life so far.  I was struggling with my medication for arthritis and the journey I was on was simply not a happy one. I was (and still am) in a trem

Do you have a “go to” scone recipe?  I’ve been baking a specific scone recipe for years now, slightly adapting over time, this is simply fool proof.  Not only are these scones easy to make and bake, but they are light and fluffy, perfect for your afternoon tea table.  They are best served warm, with lashings of sweet jam and clotted cream.  At my own tea parties, back in the day, I used to serve them with homemade peach &

I often get asked where is the best afternoon tea in Cambridge? And in all honesty, I have very few favourites when it comes to Cambridge itself. Until recently Cambridge has really been lacking in fantastic afternoon teas and until The Ivy Brasserie and Carriages of Cambridge came along there haven’t been many other contenders. That is until now… I recently received an invitation to sample afternoon tea at one of

Well, call me Joey Tribbiani, I believe I have just fallen in love with a sandwich… … not just any sandwich I might add, a beautifully sweet, truffled chicken sandwich in a brioche roll. It was the sandwich dreams are made of (Yep, I never thought I’d start a blog this way, but it’s true). I NEED the recipe for this beautiful sandwich in my life – I wonder if the chef at this afternoon tea venue w

Occasionally I get a feeling of just needing to switch off from the outside world, turn off my phone, get back down to basics and appreciate some silence in a hectic world.  Have you ever considered glamping? I hadn’t… not until very recently. In fact, I have created an entire video on my glamping adventures, I love it so much, just do excuse the weather, it can’t always be helped! Watch it here!   It’s like c

If you don’t like reading “personal journey” type posts… click away now!  In the news recently, you may have heard about Steven Frayne, better known as the famous magician ‘Dynamo’ and his public update on a recent illness he has been battling with. He came out earlier this month, explaining that he has become “really sick” in 2017 due to a bad type of food poisoning mixed with Crohn’s disease, of which

I am regularly asked where my favourite places around Cambridge are for afternoon tea and I honestly struggle for suggestions at times. There isn’t a lack of afternoon tea in and around Cambridge, but it takes a lot to wow me and I haven’t found a wow-factor afternoon tea venue in this region… … until now that is. Welcome to Carriages of Cambridge, the newest kid on the block and a quirky one at that. N