'Anonymous' (who are you?!?!) asked for directions for 'feeding' an xmas cake (or any 'special' fruit cake). To do this, once you have baked the cake, you must leave it to settle for a few days. It should be wrapped in 2-3 layers of greaseproof paper / baking parchment and in a tin kept in a cool place (not a fridge!). After the few days are up, open the package carefully, and with a clean skewer make some holes on the top. Not too many, we're not thinking 'shower-head' here, probably around 20-30 depending on cake size. Now for the brandy, with a large spoon or pipette (spoon being much more vintage and fun!) drizzle the brandy into the cake, aiming for the little holes you made. For an 'average' sized cake, i'd use probably 2-3 tablespoons. Much more and the cake might become soggy - and we want Lush, not a drunkard! Re-wrap the cake slowly and carefully, put back in tin and leave for a 2 weeks, repeat the procedure, making sure every time that the cake isn't getting over-wet with brandy! Hope that helps, Anonymous ;-)

I am loving the slow turn in the weather we're having of late. It is really beautiful. October is my favourite month, one which always evokes happy memories of times past. I long to spend a day at the beach, taking in all the splendour of the changing seasons - which is what i think we'll do this weekend. We have some wonderful beaches and coastlines around us, many with 20 mins of our house! I am still knitting, my scarf has been put on the back-burner so as to finish the Fiancé's father's scarf. Having said that, i'm not overly enamoured with the colours, i was going for a 'cammo' look (he is a nature-loving outdoorsy bow-making type), but i'm not overly sure about it all. The two greens look ok (i'm doing simple stripes of changing colours and widths) but i'm not sure about the brown. I was going to do The Fiancé's mother a scarf as well, but i can't find any wool that i like, and if i do find one a i like the look of, it's usually incredibly expensive. C'est la vie!

This weekend will be spent getting the house ready for Amber's visit next week. Somehow we seem to have collected alot of junk, and for some reason, it's being kept. I feel a big de-clutter coming on, what else are weekends for, eh? :-) Apart from that, i'm going to get out of the house, with dog and Fiancé in tow, and go somewhere outdoorsy. I'm now off to make veggie lasagne, which i haven't made for ages but absolutely love! Mmm, Friday evenings are great.