The Beesley Buzz: June 2020

The Crossy Road King turns 16! Happy 16th Birthday Josh!

Dear Joshua, You came into our lives 16 years ago on a stormy night at 2.30am. You certainly kept us waiting. 9 days late beyond your due date and after a whopping 72 hours in labour, you eventually shot into the world like a rocket that night. And life has never been quiet since! From...

Reigniting the excitement: Aquabeads Star Beads review #ad #gifted

Just as we reach the point where I feel I've said all that can be said about how wonderful Aquabeads are, something happens that gives me something more to say. In this case, the innovation that is STAR SHAPED BEADS! Aquabeads are colourful little beads that you can arrange into...

Raspberry and Dark Chocolate Muffins

One of the positives to come out of being in isolation at home is having the time to cook and bake more than usual. And the other positive is having the time to blog about the recipes! So my little blog no longer feels as neglected as it has been over the past couple of years because...

Pasties - success at last!

I've never had much luck making pasties, to the extent that I even called a previous attempt "Disaster Pasties". We did manage to make a fairly good batch using hot water crust pastry but I thought it was time to attempt making a pasty with normal pastry once again. And this time...

Upside down peach and cardamom cake

After the little mouthful-sized upside down peach bites turned out so well the other day, I wanted to make a bigger peach cake to get the pretty effect of the peach slices at the bottom (which then ends up on top as it's an upside down cake). I knew I wanted to include cardamom...

Upside down peach bites

We certainly seem to have caught the baking bug during lockdown. Baking has been a way to keep my mind occupied at times of stress in recent years - so during the weeks when I can't seem to focus on anything else, at least I can get in the kitchen and bake! These little upside...

Moist carrot cake recipe

Upon finding ourselves with a surplus of carrots to use up, we decided to make a carrot cake. More precisely it was Richard and Miss T that did the cooking - I just did the eating. I was so impressed with how moist and delicious it turned out that I knew we had to type up the recipe...

3 month isolation milestone

In a couple of days time, on 4th June it is our 3 month isolation milestone having started our own lockdown sooner than most. Despite the easing of restrictions, things remain the same for us. We remain at home. We've not set foot in a shop since the start of March and have relied...

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