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The life and thoughts of Freda Marshall, a retired Church of Scotland minister living amongst the mountains and glens of Argyll.Pages
Tag Archives: baking
Buns or cupcakes?
When is a bun a cupcake? I think the answer to that is -when it is decorated and made to look sumptuous. These little cakes are a gluten-free take on an old family recipe. It is so easy that even … Continue reading
Gluten Free Cinnamon date rock cakes
As explained previously, HBTW has to have a gluten-free diet, so we have been trying to experiment with baking. Shop-bought Gluten Free cakes and buns are not a great success. Today’s Birthday Month Treat was to try and devise a … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, cinnamon, dates, gluten-free, mixed peel, pancakes, rock buns, Shrove Tuesday
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Smallholding Life
Being on a smallholding has its joys as well as its problems. For example: what to do with the rising mountain of duck eggs? (21 at the moment and rising.) Yesterday was the first day of our visit when we … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, duck eggs, gluten-free, lemon curd, lemon meringue, quiche, smallholding
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