29.01 finally

This week has dragged by at a snails pace, always the way when times are tougher. Still, I made it through and for that I am thankful.

Today’s outfit consists of a forgotten about pair of tights and a combination of two of my favourite colours for spring. It’s too cold for wearing outside of the house, but I’m going nowhere, so it doesn’t really matter!

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I also got round to baking a Lemon Madeira cake, requested by my Mum, it may not be the prettiest cake I’ve ever made the even the scent of it that’s currently working it’s way around the house is more than making up for that!

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When it is fully cool I will trim the edges to make it neater I think.
There was enough mixture left over to trying out my silicon cupcake cases. I love these and need more! I only have four right now.

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The recipe came from our oldest cook book, which is one of my favourites! I expect lots of UK people have one of these lurking somewhere in their house.

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Let me know if you want the recipe!

93 comments for “29.01 finally

  1. Hmm!! I’ll surelly want that recipe (Let me now if you want some recipies too)! It looks so yummy ^^ The colours you’re wearing are the same i’ve chosen for today*You look adorable with that outfit

  2. Oh WOW! vintage cookbook! hehehe! That’s really cool! and the cakes look yummyyumyum! I suck at baking though… πŸ™‚

  3. The cake looks delicious, I would love the recipe so I might give it a go. I have never seen that cook book, but then again I’m not from the UK.

    I’m still planning to make some blueberry muffins, from one of those betty crocker kits, I’ve made them before and they’re pretty good.

    Love that lacy top with the gray under it!

  4. Cake and tights – delicious! xx

  5. i have an old bero recipe book too! not that exact one, but it’s bero. i think it’s great

  6. That first sentence sound slike something I would write in my blog lol πŸ™‚ And hey, I need me a piece of this Lemon Madeira cake!! I’ve never tried one like that, it sounds sooo good! And how funny is that – I’ve just been looking at all sorts of silicone kitchen supplies and cases!!

  7. You really suit those pretty pastal shades and love the combination of the lace and spots.
    My Mum has that Bero book and swears by it. I love your cookery posts, you really are a domestic goddess.
    Vix
    xxx

  8. Laura, You look great in these soft colors you wear here. I think that lemon cake looks yummy & I would love the recipe. πŸ™‚

  9. hmmm…we should spoil at home too…with pretty clothes and breackfast ^.^
    kisses

  10. glad you’re holding up well. these weeks are always tough, when my Grandma died this fall it felt neverending

  11. Oh the cakes! I love cake posts. How do the silicone cases compare? I am really starting to think that I need to invest in some. Gorgeous spring colours you have chosen to wear as well. New week round the corner, hope you are doing better x

  12. i love the lace top ^^

  13. I’ve just seen another blogger incorporate lace into a casual outfit and now you! I’m really inspired:)

    xx

  14. hmm yummy cake! i am getting hungry now!
    I adore your outfit, I am in a obsession for nude and lace so your top is perfect!
    have a lovely weekend darling.
    x

  15. SO loving that lace xx

  16. Those tights are perfect!

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  17. the tights r so cool ! πŸ™‚ And ooh, looks like a nice cake ! πŸ™‚

  18. Such a pretty lace top!

    xx

  19. Nice lace top! And that cake looks sooo yummy! What’s the recipe?

    S
    http://notjustmedical.wordpress.com

  20. you look so pretty!
    yum, please, please, share the recipe :))
    have a sweet day, darling, xoxo

  21. i absolutely love those silicone muffin tins! i just bought some myself :). glad you made it through teh week although it was a tough one

  22. looks delicious! and love love love your outfit πŸ™‚

  23. Lovely top…and cakes!!!

  24. You should try this book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Muffins-Galore-Carol-Tennant/dp/1846011116/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264788158&sr=8-21 it has some amazing muffins in.

    I love silicone bakeware – it actually gets better the older it is.

    The lace looks lovely with the denim.

    C
    xxx

  25. ahhh..love your tight and the cupcake look so yummy!

  26. loving the lacy top! <3

    & aren’t cupcakes just the best? there’s just something so adorable + fashionable about them.

  27. love the dotted tights:)
    aww you aren’t right the cake looks good and I’m sure it tastes delicious.

  28. Loving your tights as always. And I use that exact same Be Ro recipe book, it has been passed down from my grandma to my mum to me πŸ™‚
    xoxo
    ps) Hope that your week is going alright, I know it must be tough. Keep up the great blogging work πŸ™‚

  29. Hello my lovely, that cake looks delicious, i love lemon cakes. I have some of those silicone cases for baking, they are so good x

  30. Look delicious!! love this outfit with the tights πŸ˜‰

    xoxo

  31. i’m pretty sure you do tights better than anyone i know. gorgeous!

  32. you look so sweet! it’s been a long week i agree x

    Missy
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  33. Of course I would love to have that recipe (Γ±_Γ±)

    Saludos,
    Clau!

  34. Great lace top! And that looks SO delicious!

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  35. ooh, this is making me hungry!

    I wish I could bake a cake too, but the new apartment I just moved in to doesn’t have an oven *sobs*

  36. That Lemon thing i want a recipe:) I just finished making something called ‘chocolate nemesis’ and its chocolatey and amazing! I should have taken pictures while making it but i remembered too late and i got sad πŸ™ but i might take some of finished product

  37. did you changed your header!
    Very very nice… Love thigts with dot!

    Have a terrific weekend!

  38. I feel always so jealous and hungry whenever I see your baking posts!
    Oh and that lace top is so cute (I think I’ve told you before)
    xxx

  39. loving the lace and those tights are fab x

  40. i love the color combination in your outfit. i’ve never heard of or had lemon madeira cake! it looks yummy though

  41. Haha gotta love the bero! My mams copy has literally fallen apart and refuses to get a new one.

  42. Oooh that sounds delicious!

  43. that cookbook is so cute. I think the australian version is something like “the margaret fulton encycolpedia of cookery”, my parents got it as an engagement gift and I use it all the time, haha (my boyfriend pays me out)… the cake sounds delicious, and that smell! sigh. I’d love to hear what cookware you use, like the silicone cupcake moulds… I want to use silicone but I’m so scared it will melt, hahaha. and yep, I’d love to hear the recipe too πŸ™‚

    oh and lovely outfit too as always! tights are so cute =] xx

  44. AvatarMJ

    I have that EXACT cookbook! Just wanted to let you know that I recieved your parcel in the post today and it absolutely made my week. Thanks so much! And check back on dreamingspires in a week or so for a giveaway to return the favour! πŸ™‚

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  45. i love your look. so chic. the lace top is pretty. i wanna eat those sweet things.

    xx,
    betz
    http://herarmoire.blogspot.com

  46. gosh those look amazing! great post and love the outfit, have a great weekend luve!
    x

    http://lepainterstudio.blogspot.com

  47. those made me crave for cupcakes!!

    you look lovely dear, your lace top reminds me of my own πŸ™‚

    β™‘ R

  48. oh i love old recipes!!! so wonderful!
    and polka dot tights! swoon! i love them! mine are grey with white dots but i love yours!!!

  49. I love those tights so much ! that top is pretty too πŸ™‚

    ps. My blog has moved to a new address : http://fashionanduniqua.blogspot.com/

  50. ooh the cakes look delish!

  51. I really like your tights and the lace top. Your cooking looks very good too and I wish I was better at cooking.

  52. AvatarJen

    oh my god those cupcakes look so delicious and adorable. and i love your outfit here! the lace goes wonderfully with your tights πŸ™‚

  53. great outfit! You look perfectly πŸ™‚

  54. Those tights are great πŸ˜€ I really want some of the silicone bakeware!

    P.S There is an award waiting for you on my blog
    x

  55. AvatarJ.

    Oh, the lemon Madeira cake sounds lovely! If you don’t mind, I’d love the recipe. I just have one recipe of a lemon cake at the moment and I make it all the time (bf loves anything with lemon), but I don’t really like it that much (I think I got bored of it), so it would be great to try something new as well..

  56. I’d love to have such a cool, vintage-looking recipe book!! πŸ˜€
    Have a great weekend πŸ™‚ xxx

  57. Wow I love your outfit…especially the shirt! πŸ™‚ And that cake lots delicious..I would love to have the recipe!
    Have a great weekend! πŸ˜€

  58. Gorgeous outfit + cakes – i hope you have a lovely weekend!
    Panda xx
    Oh, and thanks so much for your sweet comment!

  59. always make these cakes, since its one of the only things i can acutally cook/ bake πŸ˜‰
    cute tights with the cute little tiny weeny hearts πŸ™‚

    GIBFACE
    x

  60. what is madiera??
    i’m all about cakes that don’t really look pretty but taste GREAT!

  61. Loving the lace and tights!
    Have a lovely weekend!
    xo
    Giovanna
    http://www.bohomarket.blogspot.com

  62. What a hoot, silicon cupcakes! If you’ve got it typed up in a file, I’d love the recipe. We called madiera cake ‘pound cake’ in America, and it’s my favourite cake.

    Love those colours, too, and the lace. I think it’s important at this time of year to dress spring-like while staying warm. Actually I’m wearing very similar tones today: pale ballerina pink DKNY tights (must be from my NY days) & my grey American Apparel fine knit mini dress. And boots.

    Hope you’re doing okay. Let’s talk. Can talk sometime tomorrow if you’d like.

  63. You just made me incredibly hungry! Mmm yummy!

  64. The cupcakes look delicious. I love your tights!

    -The Trendy Fashionista
    http://thetrendyfashionista.blogspot.com

  65. i love old cookbooks, and those look tasty!

  66. I of course want the recipe, dear!! Wow, looks delicious… almost like you in that spring look πŸ˜‰

  67. Super cute! i love that lace tank πŸ˜‰

  68. That top is lovely. You always baked the nicest things. I love old cookbooks… but maybe that’s because they remind me of my childhood and baking with my mum.

  69. I remember that book from when I was a kid – bet my mum still has it somewhere!

    p.s: I love your lacy top – it looks great with the other top underneath it.

  70. AvatarJen

    Oh, I do remember my mum baking from that very book! Happy times.

    Top tip for silicone bun cases – B&M Bargains. I got 6 for 99p in lots of colours! They have loads of silicone bakeware in there. πŸ™‚

  71. I was going to compliment you on your tights, and then I noticed the cake.

    Mmmmm…cake. πŸ˜€

  72. I love how you have already started dressing for spring! The colors looks gorgeous on you!

    http://www.callmestylista.blogspot.com

  73. AvatarJ

    the tights are so cute!! and the baked goods look delish!

  74. AvatarMeg

    You look cute! I want a cupcake now!

  75. omg oyu just made me so hungry!
    and i love that lacy top πŸ™‚

  76. Love your look here,lace top,jeans shorts and the colors!!!
    Have a fab sunday!

    Nuheila

  77. Love this outfit!

  78. mm those cakes look delicious! love you tights!

  79. I always admire your tights, when I think of your blog I automatically associate it with tights – they’re your thing, and you wear them so well πŸ™‚

    As for the Lemon Madeira cake, I must admit I’ve never been a fan of lemon in puddings, so I think I’ll give that a pass – but I hope you enjoyed it!

    xxx

  80. I love the lace shirt and dotted tights worn together! The cake looks delicious and makes me hungry!

    xoxo
    FashionEye

  81. Loving the lace top!

    So I have a horror story… I bought some heart tights from Topshop and laddered them before I even got both legs in. The end.

    I died.

    Now I’m jealous of your legs!

    xx

  82. Definitely want the recipe! And I always love your layered outfits! Especially the ones with lace. So pretty.

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  83. Thanks for the lovely comment as always πŸ™‚ aww wish it was an international give away!

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  84. That’s a pretty lace top!

  85. AvatarE

    Ooo, lace and those wonderful tights are such a perfect combo!

  86. AvatarAnonymous

    Really cute outfit. Yum @ the cakes. ^_^ -Feather

  87. Oh Laura I think this may be one of my favorite looks EVER of yours – tres fabulous! Loving the vintage cookbook, by the way!! πŸ™‚

  88. I love this outfit, it looks great on you. I’m so glad I have found your blog, I missed your updates on lj!

    Amy xox

    http://seventysevenbroadway.blogspot.com/

  89. Oh wow ! Fantastic outfit, and those cases look fab !!