All In One Cake
rbn![two recipes for a cake and some icing](/images/derivatives/article/recipe_all-in-one-cake.jpg)
6oz butter - (Soft ?tub)
602 caster suger
3 eggs beaten
8oz SR Flour.
1 tsp BP
Bake 190°
sift flour + BP
Beat all together
20-30 mins
Coffee Fudge Icing
8oz icing suger
2oz butter
3 dst spoon strong black coffee
Heat sugar, butter …
more...textures
rbnI was out walking the dog on Round Hill this morning. I took this picture and futz’d around with some filters to highlight the textures.
![An edited photo I took of red sand, gravel, rocks and dried up bits of grass and bushes.](/images/derivatives/article/gnarly.jpg)
Before I took this picture I was reminded of a drawing I had seen once, probably Van Gogh. I cannot …
more...Rock Buns
rbn![My Mums Rock Hard Buns Recipe](/images/derivatives/article/recipe_rock-buns.jpg)
8oz SR Flour
4oz Fat
2oz sugar
4oz dried fruit
1 egg
I tbs milk
demerara for topping
[HOT] Oven 200°/180° Fan
Rub-in fat
All suger & fruit
All egg & milk
Bake 15 min’s
Haircut
rbn![A black & white photo-montage self-portrait of the artist Lissitzky. It is overlaid with technical drawing gridpaper and a compass](/images/derivatives/article/lissitzky.jpg)
Tracy next door to the Silver Tree Bookshop gave me a haircut on Friday. We chatted about ceramics, Tracy as it turned out is a member of the Broken Hill Potters Society. The conversation reminded me of my old interests in The St Ives …
more...Nig Nogs
rbn![My Mums Nig-Nog Recipe](/images/derivatives/article/recipe_nig-nogs.jpg)
6oz Oats
6oz flour & 1 tsp bicarb
(4oz granulated)
6oz golden syrup
6oz butter
melt butter & syrup
mix dry ingredients
make into balls, flatten
oven 150 10 mins
more...Marmalade
rbn![My Mums Marmalade Recipe](/images/derivatives/article/recipe-marmalade.jpg)
I stole your recipes Ma, hope it’s OK. I thought I’d post them on my blog so that I can send people here when they give me substandard tea treats and marmalade.
1.8kg - 4lb sevilles
2 lemons
2.7 kg - 7lb granulated.
- Wash …
55th Birthday
rbn![thirsty dog](/images/derivatives/article/9mile-winnie-done.jpg)
It was my 55th Birthday yesterday. I was ever-so-slightly stereotypically depressed about it. The night before I was kept awake not by the deep philosophical problems that beset humanity, it was constipation. I had a pain across my gut …
more...50th birthday
rbnThe reason I travelled all this way was for my little brothers 50th birthday party. I pretty much never go home and do this stuff. I had an awesome night and just love my clan so much.
I danced with a lot of people and every second person seemed to …
more...British Library
rbn![Some trees on a damp winter day on Hampstead Heath](/images/derivatives/article/hampstead-heath.jpg)
My plane landed in the London darkness at 5:30am this morning. The 15 hour flight was extruciating. I took the train to Farringdon to give myself a walk through an old haunt to my hotel in Kings Cross. London has changed a lot since I knew …
more...Looking at Boats
rbnLiving in the Outback far from the sea I have become increasingly obsessed with what I cannot have. Of course, if I found myself on the deck of a boat I would probably miss the flat brown Outback. This post is link-heavy with things I have been reading and am …
more...huffduffer
rbn12 years ago I was trying hard to earn a living building stuff using Drupal. A clever chap from Brighton called Jeremy Keith was doing the same but with more success than me. He built a wonderful tool for creating your own podcast called huffduffer. I’ve used huffduffer on …
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