Hi friends,

Well...Christmas is over and I cannot wait for spring to arrive.

I’ve been mega busy moving house, getting all the kids settled in school (yes, the last time you saw me properly my youngest was still a baby...she is 5 now!!!)

Now everything has settled down I can refocus on the things I used to love, like my blog.

You may have noticed it’s new name. Well, I’m still me but an older and wiser me, I still bake...my bakes are more farmhouse style then they used to be. On the odd occasion I’ll make something fancy, but that’s reserved for birthdays and other special times.

My main focus at the moment is growing, preserving and cooking food for my family, raising chickens and having a good old time.

I document special days and dull days on YouTube. Mostly for the kids to look back on. However I also use it as a record of my food garden and as a recipe “book”.

Here’s one of my vids...

We’re watching beauty and the beast right now so I’ll say bye for now.

Hope you had a fantastic weekend.

Happy Sunday friends

xx Kat xx

I'm Back!!

Well...it's been years since I last posted. I'm actually surprised I was able to log into my blogger account as it's been so long. 

I currently have nine unpublished posts that I've just had a read through. Each one of them was gloomier than the last, I was going through an era of exhaustion. THAT IS OVER NOW!! 

I have my wonderful husband by my side, my three children (youngest has just started school). We moved house in 2015 and are loving our new place. It has a large garden which means I've been able to spend time on my other passion...growing our own food. 

So now is the right time to start my blog again. I also have a YT channel called Kat's Edible Garden. The channel is all about growing food, raising chickens, food storage and sometimes there are recipes thrown into the mix.

I'm going to merge both on this blog, sometimes I'll just write, sometimes I'll write and have video and sometimes there'll just be a video. 

Today, as it's my first day back, I'll just write...

So that's all I wanted to say, I'm looking forward to chatting with you guys again. 

See you next week.

xx Kat xx

Exciting Times

Hello my friends!!

I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a while!

I seem to be writing "I'm Sorry" posts a lot...

Just a quickie to let you know the reason behind me being MIA for a while...

I've been working on a new project/business!

It is a baking based business, I'll be keeping the details under my hat until things are finalised...some of you bloggers might even get a cheeky little email!

I hope you are all keeping well.

Speak soon

xx Kat xx

Ice-cream Cupcakes

As summer leaves us and Autumn blows in I've started to hanker down.

Jumpers out...check!

Thick duvets on...check!

Autumnal spices and other seasonal goods drooled over...double-check!

Summer this year was great...we played in the garden, walked the dogs, picked berries, went to adventure parks and played played played. It was brilliant and as such this years Summer deserves it's very own cupcake creation.

And what better way to show your appreciation for long hot days in the garden with the family than Ice-cream cupcakes?

I've made these cupcakes for two reasons...

1. To celebrate the fab British summer we had this year!
2. My eldest baby is now officially at school and I don't know if I'm quite ready to let go of his toddler years...hence the cute cupcakes.

Here's how you make these beautiful little cakes for your favourite people...they deserve it :-) xx

1. Take your favourite vanilla sponge and butter-cream recipe 
2. Fill your cones to the line below the stars (see above pic)
3. Place the cones into a mini cupcake tin to steady them whilst baking.
4. Bake at 180/160 fan/GM4 for 20-25 minutes.
5. When baked leave to cool on a rack, so the base doesn't go soggy.
6. When cooled swirl your vanilla frosting onto the cupcake and decorate as you wish.

I used wafer curls and hundred & thousands. A flake and chocolate sauce would be awesome too!!

This recipe makes 12 cones.

I have linked this recipe up to the Calendar Cakes Challenge for September hosted by Laura Loves Cakes which this month is CUPCAKES.

Head on over the check it out!

Happy Thursday!

xx Kat xx