strawberries & cream

there are few things that say summer to a Briton like strawberries and cream - so when the sun first began to show its head towards the end of exams a bake containing these ingredients was definitely in order.

this vanilla sponge coated with whipped cream, strawberries and chocolate buttons was baked to spur april on as she continued with her exams after everyone else had finished. so I moved from procrastibaking to motibaking! (I would apologise for the abundance of baking puns but I will only continue doing them...)

this is a great cake for the weather - it doesn't take very long or involve much effort (perfect in the heat) but is a great summer treat.

whipping the cream

another treat made for this afternoon tea were smarties cookies - however I forgot to take photos once they were made (as usual, bakes don't hang around for long!) but here are some snaps of the mixing process....

for now i'm going to take the fact that it has clouded over as a sign from above that I really should do something productive with my day rather than just lounging in the garden again, it's a hard life...

love,
nen
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