This is the best Christmas cake ever. And that’s a fact. Once you give this a go, you’ll never revert to Great Aunt Elsie’s recipe ever again. It will become part of your Christmas tradition. Like always making room for seconds despite knowing it’ll burst those buttons once and for all. Or arguing over what should be the first Christmas movie you watch (it’s The Grinch, by the way). The recipe claims to serve 16 but, in our experience, you’ll be lucky to make it stretch that far, particularly if you get the post-monopoly munchies.
At the entrance of Brasserie Zedel, just off Piccadilly, there’s a small Parisian style café. While pleasant enough in its own right, it gives little away of the gem that lies beneath. Because it’s what you discover when you descend the stairs that will really take your breath away.
I go out of my way to find homewares that bring joy. So you can see why I was intrigued by a concept that says, if you have something in your home that doesn’t spark joy, get rid of it.
Here’s an introduction to my style of DIY. I call it the ‘how to glam things up’ approach rather than the meticulous sanding, re-sanding, waxing, painting and on it goes approach that my husband takes.
