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  1. Our delicious cake recipes from the Golden Cup Cafe

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    So many of you have asked us to share our recipes for our delicious Bundt cakes we sell in the Golden Cup Cafe so here they are:

    Basic mixture

    225g butter

    450g sugar

    4 eggs

    350g plain flour

    1/2 teaspoon salt

    1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    1/2 teaspoon Bicarb of Soda

    250ml plain yoghurt

    Heat oven to 165C

    Prepare bundt tin – brush with cool melted butter sieved flour making sure all areas are covered

    Combine dry ingredients

    Mix wet ingredients together

    Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy

    Add eggs one at a time

    Add some of dry mix, then wet mix and repeat until all combined

    Carefully pour into cake tin, tap to set cake mixture into place

    Place on baking tray and cook for 1hr 30 mins, test with a skewer, it should come out clean

    Cool in tin for 15mins

    Oh so gently place cooling rack on top of the cake and turn upside down and hope the cake drops out odf the tin in one piece!

    Decorate as the mood takes you…..

     

    For variety in the bake try:

    1 teaspoon of orange, lemon or almond extract

    Spices like ginger with 3-4 chopped balls of stem ginger + 4 teaspoons of ground ginger

    Lemon and poopy seeds, vanilla and lavender, chocolate chip 100-150g , marinated fruits or nuts

    Swap the yoghurt for jam, marmalade, curds

     

    With thanks to the ever brilliant Jane Whittaker from Knead It Bakery

     

     

  2. Nearly time for this year’s #Cafdgg – whoop whoop!

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    A few weeks and counting for our Arts Fair Discover:Gather:Give – whop whop!

    Have a look at our exhibitors page to see who is coming this year as we have many new and as well as our returning artists. Every year the Panel chooses a range of artists to showcase different styles, mediums, price points with passion and joy.

     

    I visit many arts events over the year, looking at how other organisers put their shows together and what I can learn – from each event I take something away to mull over.

    However the real joy is meeting the different artists and seeing how they are developing, so that each of the artists at #Cafdgg always show movement in their artistic endeavours. Like you, I don’t want to see the same old designs rehashed or endless print runs devaluing once interesting work – I look for deep rooted skills base, for craftspersonship, for pride in their work.

    All of our artists are at a point in their personal artistic development and I am forever thankful that they are able to join us  to share their work and for you to fall in love with it….