Scale swapping
Thanks to my recent investment in a set of kitchen scales and a similarly novel inclination to actually do things properly, I have just baked my first properly successful Dan Lepard cake. I write this post accompanied by the gentle trill of my stomach happily digesting at least four slices of the thing – or is that the sound of a gall bladder’s swan song?
Glorious!
Almond layer cake with crushed raspberries
Almond layer cake with due diligence
I've always found it funny when people write letters to the Guardian's Weekend magazine complaining that the recipe ingredients are too middle class and the fashion only looks good on thin people. After all, it's just a magazine. Or is it? I decided to follow its recipes, fashion and lifestyle advice as closely as possible, to see if the aspirations promoted therein can really be achieved by the average reader who is not especially wealthy, not necessarily model thin and is obliged to work regular office hours. This blog has no affiliation whatsoever with the Guardian but I link to the Weekend magazine website for the purposes of illustration. 
Guardian Girl 
gall bladder swan song!