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Hi Carol

How's it going?What have you been up to today?

Hope  you are not in too much pain tonight and get some shut eye

I had a lazyish day today. Popped into town with hubbie to bank and done the washing and hung out to dry. Have you had your Tecso delivery yet?

my Sainsbury's one arrived 8.30pm All put away - so nice and easy!

Just  watching a film on TV -seen it before and quite scary!

Hope you are resting!

Linda xx💖

Hi Linda here I am, gone to bed and up again with my trusty ice pack!  

I walk mums dog (James's mum she lives with us) what I call round the block. I live on a farm so it is really up and down. The uphill is definitely harder!  I do my exercises spasmodically and chastise my self continually for not doing them!! 😳😳😳

i prepare lunch and dinner. Wish hubby could cook!  He's willing and all he wants to do is help, but by the time I tell him how to do everything, and the stress involved when he does it wrong typical man, doesn't like being told, and doesn't listen.   

Dont get me wrong. I struggle to sit for any length of time , fidget like hell. Glad to be up doing something. So cooking is fine though I've had enough by the end of it. 

Guilt free Wimbledon has been my indulgence my only problem is like I said I can't sit still for too log. Getting better all the time though. Heather Watson gave us some food tennis today.

Just having yet another cup of tea. Where would I be without my cup of tea?  I had another chocolate ginger biscuit, more calories!!!  

I still havnt done online shopping. Only talking about it today. Will have a go tomorrow 

just got my son to buy l me   a dvd. So fed up with the rubbish on television 

thunder storm going on here. Quit spectacular been  watching it for ages. Going now

hope you are asleep really rather than reading this, 

may you be comfortable 

carol

 

that sounds good Lynne I love baking too, and am always looking for different cakes to try, trouble is I bake them and Alan eats em they don't last long round here I'll tell yer. the treacle and date cake sounds a good start. Love Gill xxx

see I can't even get that right

it's marmalade and date

Hi carol,

sorry only just seen your question, it's easy when you hit reply or start your own discussion, at the top of the type box header there are 4 box's hit the one with the person icon on it, ( the last box ) and it will open up a add file or pic, just like on email.

Lynne x

please can I have the recipe for the sticky marmalade cake?? Love Gillxx Hope you've had a lovely day xx

Hi gill, here is the recipe, 

Ingredients

 175g dates, stoned and chopped

 125g ready-to-eat prunes, chopped

 75g raisins

 75g currants

 200g block butter

 200ml water

 300g condensed milk

 110g plain flour

 110g wholemeal flour

 pinch of salt

 ½ level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

 1 rounded tablespoon chunky marmalade

For the glaze:

 1½ tablspoons marmalade

 ½ tablespoon water

 Pre-heat the oven to 170C, gas mark 3

and the method...

Begin by placing all the fruits, the butter, water and condensed milk in a saucepan, then simply bring it to the boil, stirring quite frequently to prevent it sticking. 

Let the mixture simmer for 3 minutes exactly – still stirring occasionally and, whatever you do, don’t forget it! 

Now transfer the mixture to a large mixing bowl, to cool off for about 30 minutes. 

While it’s cooling, weigh out the flours, then sift them onto a plate, adding the salt and bicarbonate of soda. (When you sieve wholemeal flour there are usually some bits of bran left in the sieve, so just tip them back into the rest of the sieved flour.) 

When the fruit mixture has cooled, stir the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda into it, adding a nice round tablespoon of marmalade too. 

Then spoon the mixture into the prepared tin, level it off with the back of a tablespoon and bake the cake on a lower shelf so that the top of the tin is aligned with the centre of the oven for 1 hour and 50 minutes. 

Have a look halfway through, and if the top of the cake looks a bit dark put a double square of baking parchment on top to protect it. 

Then let the cake cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning it out to cool on a wire tray. 

When the cake is completely cold, gently heat the marmalade in a small saucepan with the water. 

Then brush it all over the top of the cake. 

Store in an airtight tin.

hope you enjoy it, depening on your oven it may take less time, if you have a fan oven I would set it at 165c and check it after 100 mins, it's better underdone than over, so it keeps it's gooey texture, let me know how it comes out, and please post a pic,

have a great day,

love

Lynne xx

Thanks Lynne you have Alan drooling now lol and I'll make it next time I go shopping for the ingredients. xx Have  a lovely day xx