Birthday Baking Gifts

  My previous blog post was about my birthday cake – Plum and Coconut Cake with Lemon Syrup, made by Mum. She packaged up the freshly made cake, travelled 3 hours by bus, and hand-delivered it to me. This was very special indeed, and I was also lucky enough to be spoiled with specially baked […]

Home-baked Luggage

  Whose mother travels on the bus with her carry-on luggage bursting with home-baking? Mine does, that’s who. Mum’s carry-on bag contained no less than Plum Cake, Feijoa Muffins, biscuits, lemons to make a Lemon Syrup, and a pot of butter!   Mum stepped off the warm bus and into a bitterly cold wind that […]