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In February I was asked by a fellow Blogger (Faith, Hope & Cherry Tea) from America to get involved with her Great Tea Cup Trade… Well… how could I turn it down?…. I agreed to take part, and got very excited about the tea cup that I might get sent in the post from somebody else….Picturing another UK-based tea cup trader would send me a cute traditionally british floral teacup for my tea party table

The Secluded (Book Club!) Tea Party was held on Sunday, 27th March at 2pm, and we were granted access to the best possible venue for this event…Plurabelle Books in the very heart of Cambridge… yet secluded within beautiful landscaped city grounds! It was Perfect for a Book Club theme to the proceedings! The lovely Ruth allowed me to go in a day early and lay the table and set out the room ready for my 12 Cake lovin

This Friday saw lots of lovely things happening to me…. and it was payday….HURRAH! The loveliest part of the day was catching up with my fellow Cambridge food bloggers for a meaty feast at Efes Restaurant on King Street. Battling through the Grand Arcade and the hundreds of geeks queuing for the Apple Store and their new products… ….I wandered down to this warm and exciting restaurant to meet Nora, Iree

So… What comes first?….  … The Jam OR The Clotted Cream?  I am not sure that I know anybody who knows the answer to this question…..I am not even convinced that there is a correct answer… But I thought it would be fun to research and get messy trying out the variations for that perfect topping on my delicious warm scones! Cream teas can be found at most tourist hot spots….and searching for t

Considering my name is (Miss Sue Flay) … My little secret is that I have YET to make an actual  SOUFFLÉ…. I have never made one, believe it or not!!  I have recently felt ashamed to name myself after this notoriously difficult dish and feel a bit of a fraud when people ask me if I make them haha …. so I decided to give it a go… and hurrah!… It was a success!         I made a cheese one, to go with

Lindy- What?…..      ….The Lindy Hop!.… A dance that I had heard of…. yet never really appreciated!…Until now! The best way to describe this dance is to think about an old black and white film where it cuts to an animated jazz band playing to an audience of swinging dancers with huge goofy smiles on their faces!… And there was I… About to give this a go… And yes, I honestly do ha

Just a little teaser for my fellow guests, who will be attending The Secluded (Book Club!) Tea Party in a couple of weeks time!…. Have you all ANY idea where the venue will be yet?…. There are so many Book-ish venues that could contend in Cambridge itself…I thought I might show you all a few of them and see if anybody can guess which venue it will be….Hehe…. Could It be The Haunted Book Shop just

The only giggling I did whilst making this recipe was at how my lovely puppy dog loved sniffing around my legs whilst I drained the fruit… I did drop a few currants on the floor, and my furry hoover helped to clean up the floor as I went along!… Hehe.  This is a cake that I have never heard of before, however it stems from my part of the world….. Well… The Fens to be precise!… A boiled fruit cake&

I feel far from good today haha…I have been struck down with that almighty bug that everybody has had and has now passed on…just before the weekend too! Joy. Peeling myself out of bed for the last working day of the week was hard work in itself this morning! All I would have liked would have to been submerged in a hot bath and perhaps hiring a personal masseur to come and rub my neck pain away all day whilst I did