Who doesn't love cake?The official dictionary definition of cake is that it's 'a sweet food made with a mixture of flour, eggs, fat and sugar' which, although true, doesn't seem anywhere near enough of a definition to do justice to some of the wonderful creations that I see almost every time I fire up my laptop.So today I'm celebrating cake by sharing some of my favourite cakes that I've seen online recently....The Crazy Kitchen - Bailey's Chocolate LasagneThe Crazy Kitchen - 5 layer Sprinkle Covered Ombre CakeYellow Days - Cherry and Almond CakesActually Mummy - … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2015
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {22nd May 2015}….
Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. We now have a mini herb garden - actually it's more of a pot but it's in the garden and it has three different herbs in it so we're calling it a garden. ;-)I think I've said before that we're not great with the actual growing of plants so when we saw that Morrisons had their herb plants on offer we bought Mint, Rosemary and Chives. Now we just have to keep them alive long enough to benefit from our £3 investment!2. I love Jo Malone perfume but it's not very frugal so I only ever get it when Mr Frugal decides to splash the cash for a … [Read more...]
Divine Chocolate Fudge Cake Pudding….
Chocolate Fudge Cake Pudding130g plain flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 135 sugar 6 tbsp cocoa 120ml milk 2 tbsp melted butter 1 tsp vanilla essence 135g soft brown sugarMix together the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and 2 tablespoons of the cocoa powder. Add in the milk, melted butter and vanilla. Mix it until it’s smooth and then pour into a lightly greased baking dish. Next you need to mix together the remaining cocoa powder and the brown sugar and just sprinkle it over the mixture in the dish. Over the top of the mixture, you then need to pour … [Read more...]
{Free Printable} A Week’s Worth of Fun Activity Planner….
It's half term here next week and we're starting to plan all of the fun we're going to have especially as it feels like so long since I've had a full week off with the kids.And what better way to plan what we want to do than to use our brilliant new free printable - A Week's Worth of Fun Activity Planner....You can print our your own planner if you want to use it too - just click on the photo and you'll go the A4 version of it which you can just print out as many time as you want to.It's not only perfect for the school holidays, it's also ideal to use for after school fun … [Read more...]
Wednesday’s Wardrobe – Master Frugal’s Favourite Shirt….
Welcome to this week's Wednesday's Wardrobe!Wednesday’s Wardrobe is a weekly linky that I'll be co-hosting along with two fantastic bloggers, Emma and Sarah.Usually my Wednesday's Wardrobe posts are focused on Miss Frugal - mainly because she has more clothes than any of us put together and has a genuine interest in clothes and make-up (as most girls do at her age I suppose) but this week it's all about her little brother who wanted to share his favourite shirt with us all....(Apologies for the awful picture, Miss Frugal took it to send to me at work the day he got the … [Read more...]
10 things to do after school that won’t cost you a penny….
We're really looking forward to next week as it's half term here and we've got plans to have a lot of fun as I'm off work too. But it's important to remember that you don't have to wait for the school holidays or the weekend to have fun together.We've been trying to take advantage of the hour or so before tea by spending some time together - here's a few of the things we've done lately....See how much fun you can have without spending a penny!Don’t miss out on future posts like this - receive updates directly to your inbox by email by adding … [Read more...]