tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post824627907334110717..comments2023-10-30T14:18:15.354+00:00Comments on Fan My Flame: Nothing Changes!Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-20542648150440940282016-04-05T09:53:42.947+01:002016-04-05T09:53:42.947+01:00Hi Gina,
I need to make a cake for my soon to be 1...Hi Gina,<br />I need to make a cake for my soon to be 16 year old and I have been looking up recipes and you will be pleased to know that I immediately thought this is the sort of thing Gina would know about. I was thinking along the lines of some sort of chocolate cookie cake, 2 large chocolate cookies sandwiched together but my cookie recipe seems to make squidgy cookies and if I try to bake them longer to firm them up, they will break your teeth, so the point of this ever increasing ramble is ......do you have any suggestions for chocolate cookies that will work on a larger scale and what would you suggest for the filling? ......and now I realise that it sounds like you are some sort of cake agony aunt! Anyway any thoughts would be appreciated! <br />Cheers<br />JoThings Hand Madehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125115040315277758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-67018170632337688382016-04-01T19:36:10.258+01:002016-04-01T19:36:10.258+01:00I do like an honest book review Gina, so thank you...I do like an honest book review Gina, so thank you for those. I haven't read the Allan Cummings autobiography, but I did read interviews with him when it was published, which were very sad. Your easter cake is spectacular! I wouldn't know where to start! XPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03174324346613155013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-25756703140506347622016-04-01T13:27:24.614+01:002016-04-01T13:27:24.614+01:00What a fun Easter Cake!! I'll bet the family w...What a fun Easter Cake!! I'll bet the family was in awe of your artistic skill when they arrived. How nice that son & husband cleaned up for you! I have the same helpers in my kitchen. I'll ask my daughter if she wants to help bake something, but her usual reply is "let me know when you're finished" (so she can lick the bowl)<br /><br />Isn't it disappointing when a book doesn't hold up to your expectations. I have a book that I've dying to read, but I can't seem to get past the first few chapters. I watched the movie based on the book first, and maybe that was my first mistake.<br /><br />Your socks look great! Very cozy. I'll be needing cozy this weekend as we're supposed to get a snowstorm(?!) tomorrow. It's 10C at the mo ... they better be wrong.<br /><br />Have a great weekend, and enjoy your stitchery class. Love that embroidered scene. The sky is very reminiscent of the calendar picture I have for April. It's by Emily Carr titled "Above the Trees". <br /><br />Wendy xSeptember Violetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10931133319044031928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-1937097521207040992016-04-01T08:50:33.152+01:002016-04-01T08:50:33.152+01:00I could eat that cake on my own so don't invit...I could eat that cake on my own so don't invite any family around when you make mine will you? I bet the chocolate cost an arm and a leg but worth it for a one off like that.<br />I found a wonderful painting last year and it was by Francesco del Cossa and in finding out more about him I came across the Ali Smith book too and bought it. I started with gusto and have petered out halfway through. I keep looking at it thinking I'll pick it up and start again, feeling, as you say, really dumb for not getting into it and being as clever as the reviewers on the inner pages. I think some books have their time to shine and this one may have to wait a bit for me to catch up with it. The others look interesting but I'm reading The Button Box by Lynn Knight at present and that is a fascinating trip around social history through all those buttons we've inherited from our Nan in the Quality Street tin. Enjoy Folkestone. It's nearly Italy isn't it?LAC EMP 2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/01999825212820503519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-20075471581171990912016-03-31T21:58:21.004+01:002016-03-31T21:58:21.004+01:00That cake is amazing! Enjoy Folkestone. That cake is amazing! Enjoy Folkestone. Suhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-35365960684179551672016-03-31T18:33:47.437+01:002016-03-31T18:33:47.437+01:00I still can't get over your magnificent cake! ...I still can't get over your magnificent cake! Fabulous! Glad you had some happy family time amongst all the busyness.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-54993636061732105512016-03-31T12:52:56.752+01:002016-03-31T12:52:56.752+01:00That cake looks impressive! I still don't have...That cake looks impressive! I still don't have chocolate fatigue and that photo has set off another craving...<br />I tried reading an Ali Smith book once and just couldn't get into it at all. Sometimes it's best to just give it up and move onto the next. Life;s too short to read bad books!<br />SSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038836502384520598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-7687957855184821932016-03-31T11:44:19.905+01:002016-03-31T11:44:19.905+01:00That cake is brilliant. I've been wanting to ...That cake is brilliant. I've been wanting to have a go at one of those gravity defying bakes but have a feeling it might be a step too far for me. Such a shame you were disappointed by the Ali Smith book (did you read through to the end or give it up as a bad job? I'm getting better at the latter). I've just finished Sarah Waters' The Little Stranger which I can highly recommend. love those cupcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251676130165434278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-73173453285540862582016-03-31T10:11:37.102+01:002016-03-31T10:11:37.102+01:00I feel quite exhausted by the thought of all you p...I feel quite exhausted by the thought of all you pack into a week! Hope you get some 'you' time during the weekend, and enjoy yourself.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-81537016560274835252016-03-30T20:15:15.021+01:002016-03-30T20:15:15.021+01:00Yes, life has a habit of doing that - just when yo...Yes, life has a habit of doing that - just when you think it's going to be quiet, "things" happen! <br /><br />Let me know how you get on with Canterbury - do they bite? I'm giving my first EG talk there in a couple of weeks!Izhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032407776491997007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-19367685588269741702016-03-30T19:12:37.324+01:002016-03-30T19:12:37.324+01:00I have never seen an Easter cake as fabulous as yo...I have never seen an Easter cake as fabulous as yours! You are an artist through and through. I like keeping busy and always say I need to do less - but of course I never do. I am almost glad I work full time: too busy to think about all the great things I really 'need' to do. I fancy becoming a cub scout leader just now. Have a lovely time in Folkestone. xChristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883091348839145603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-58303929058170750522016-03-30T14:27:55.050+01:002016-03-30T14:27:55.050+01:00Gina, your Easter baking photographs are fabulous!...Gina, your Easter baking photographs are fabulous! How I wish that I could sample some of those delicious creations! I keep thinking about how everytime a new person gets a taste of one of your cakes, another new customer is created. Congratulations on all this success!<br /><br />It's good that you can also find time for some reading, even if each of the recent books weren't 100% up your street. I'm hoping to now get more reading done, and am off to a slow, relaxed start.<br /><br />Those socks look very jolly, too! I'm now about two-thirds of the way to completion of my current fair isle v-neck vest. I'm experimenting with lots of colorways amongst the motifs, trying to see how must contrast I can successfully introduce into the mix. An interesting puzzle.<br /><br />I'm sure that your Canterbury embroiderers are going to have a lot of fun with your helping them to channel Italy in their stitching. I love that picture with the cypress trees and fabulous hills and swirly sky!<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-33703235450615697802016-03-30T14:14:18.976+01:002016-03-30T14:14:18.976+01:00I love that cake Gina!!
As I've said before I ...I love that cake Gina!!<br />As I've said before I don't read a lot but I do like the sound of " The Land Where Lemons Grow".<br />V xgreenrabbitdesignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562034074399686544noreply@blogger.com