Happy Easter! Have some cake

Chocolate fudge cake. This is version 2.

You don't want to see what happened to version 1.

You do?

Well, all right...

Not my finest hour in the kitchen; I think I got the quantities wrong for the size of cake tin I was using and most of it ended up all over the bottom of the oven. Still, at least someone was happy to lick the spoons for a second time.

Have a very happy day. God be with you, whatever you are doing.

Doing What I'm Told

Don't you sometimes envy childen their certainty? My almost-3-year-old has very clear ideas about what constitutes a birthday party:

• balloons (with ribbon)
• a pretty party dress
• presents
• candles, on a chocolate birthday cake with pink icing
• a birthday girl ("That's me, " adds M, just in case there was any doubt)
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I've done my best to oblige. The cupcakes are orange flower and vanilla with a real strawberry frosting - something for the grownups! If you are the praying kind, please pray for good weather in the South of England tomorrow.

I thought I'd share this recipe for Coconut and Lime Cake by Delia Smith. It really wasn't difficult and is every bit as delicious as it looks (and I was very pleased that it looked exactly the same as the picture in the book!) Enjoy!