Hope you all had lovely Holidays. I cannot say the same, as we had to spend a whole day in hospital on Wednesday, after my son had a stomach virus and then on Christmas day my husband caught it as well but thank God it only lasted for a few days and they are beginning [...]
I am really sorry if I have not visited most of you this past week but as I have already told you my sister is staying with us and I have been working on this post for a whole week, mostly early in the morning, in order to be able to post it.
I prepared this [...]
Oranges and Lemons Poem
Oranges and lemons
Say the bells of St Clement’s
You owe me five farthings
Say the bells of St Martin’s
When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey
When I grow rich
Say the bells of Shoreditch
When will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney
I’m sure I don’t know
Says the great bell at Bow
Here comes a candle [...]
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In Greece we call this dessert kormos, which means log as it resembles like a tree log. The basic thing for this recipe is the sponge cake. All other ingredients may be adjusted to our taste and preferences. For instance the filling cream may be only whipping cream or only jam or both, or crème [...]
Sponge Cake is one of my favourite kind of cakes. Some times I make it plain and some times I add dark cocoa in it and you can make so many different things with it. I make Birthday Cakes with different fillings and decorations and with the same recipe I also make Swiss Rolls or [...]
