Afternoon Tea with Friends...part 1...

...Well after the cancelled trip over in February, we finally got to visit our friends South of The River for Afternoon Tea and a catch-up..We decided to take the whole day and visit Canary Wharf for lunch on the way...As we live in North London, we thought a trip past the Olympic Park was in order...the pics aren't great as I was in the passenger seat of a moving car! But you can see bits and pieces!!

  
To the very right of this picture you can see the 'pringle' shaped velodrome...and on the left, the meringue-like basketball arena...

All Things Bundt and Beautiful

I've always fancied having a bundt pan...so, I treated myself to a one a couple of weeks ago...

but it wasn't until this weekend that I got a chance to try it out!

It took me quite a while to find a recipe to try...an internet search pulled up hundreds of Bundt and ring cake recipes, many of them involving lemon or chocolate. But all I wanted was a plain vanilla cake that would suit all tastes (including children) as we were going to friends for Afternoon Tea on Sunday.

I remembered seeing a Nigella Christmas episode where she made a Christmas Tree ring cake, covered in powdered sugar snow...and I knew that was the cake I wanted to make.

Another internet search, and I found it...Nigella's Spruced Up Vanilla Cake...It sounded divine, and suited to the occasion perfectly...So on Saturday morning I baked one