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This weekend also made a 21st birthday sponge cake for a friend.  It's  been about 20 years since I made a b'day cake like this.  Took me what seemed like forever but I enjoyed myself.

A invitation to a BBQ was a good excuse to make a goey choc cake. And it wouldn't be Easter without a few choc eggs too.  My contribution went down a treat.

Borough Market: These mushrooms had a big 'Do not touch' sign in front of them.  Are these poisonous?

My virgin chutney. My friends kindly donated their apples and tomatoes.

Suppose to let it mature for a few weeks but the family couldn't resist.  Tastes like Branston Pickle.

Ingredients: apples, tomatoes, sultanas, onions, chillies, sugar, cider and malt vinegar (shall use white wine vinegar next time).

With the Italian Grand Prix roaring in the background, I lost a little interest when championship leader, Lewis Hamilton, crashed out leaving just Jenson Button to fly the Union Jack. 

So I decided to try out with my new icing set - Kuhn Rikon tall bottles with steel nozzles whch I'd purchased from the Lakeland store at Bluewater.  However, I didn’t find the bottles easy to squeeze and got into quite a mess.  Perhaps I should have bought the short concertina bottles instead. Think I’ll stick to my piping bag next time.

Jensen Button’s pit stop allowed Alonso to get in front of him and Button finished second.  It's great to have two Brits in the top four of the F1 Drivers’ Championship but honestly, Lewis, two DNFs is not good enough.