Sunday 15 March 2009

Let sleeping dogs lie, while you drink tea and eat cake...

Our very lovely puppy who is now 7 months. A beautiful warm day for snoozing on the patio.



The cake : Nigella's mother-in-law's madeira cake, with the addition of poppy seeds. From the book - How to be a Domestic Goddess. The recipe can be found here on the Nigella website. While this cake was baking I said that I thought it was a bit laborious to make but how wrong I was, every mix with the wooden spoon was more than worth the effort. Delicious!!

12 comments:

KJ said...

Oh how gorgeous. And the puppy is not bad either.

♥Rosie♥ said...

Oh I just adore your puppy what a little darling he is!

Your cake looks scrummy and with a cup of tea just perfect!

Cottage Smallholder said...

I must check out Nigella again. We were given a book and it was the first cookery book that we've given away as nothing appealed (two or three years ago). She must be good (TV/radio/DVDs). Perhaps I need to look at her other books?

Your pup on the other hand makes me want to bury my face in her silky fur. She's beautiful and delicious.

Marie Rayner said...

I love madiera cake Amanda. I have several of Nigella's books. I need to dig them out and take another gander! I love your pup. It looks so comfortable there!

Maggie said...

Nigella's Madeira cake is the best I have ever tried - what a great choice - wish I could share a slice with you.
The puppy looks so content Amanda.

ames said...

D'awwwww, such a cute pup! I've been eyeing that cake recipe, maybe it's high time I gave it a try. Looks wonderful.

MyKitchenInHalfCups said...

A wonderful post Amanda and goodness that cake looks heavenly especially with tea and a sleeping pup.

Cynthia said...

These pics make me feel all warm and cuddly :)

ChichaJo said...

Your puppy is adorable!!! I have Nigella's book with that recipe...great to know that it is a good one :) Will try it out one of these days!

Anonymous said...

wow...cake recipe sounds great...need to check this out next time....your puppy looks lovely.

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Jann said...

What a cute puppy! No cake for the puppy? It really looks so moist~

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