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NATURAL CLEANERS

ALL PURPOSE CLEANER
Mix 2 heaped tablespoons bicarbonate of soda with 1 tablespoon white vinegar. Store in an airtight container.

CREAM CLEANER
Make a paste from bicarbonate of soda and water.

CHROME CLEANER
Apply white vinegar and salt to a cloth, rub over item to be cleaned, rinse, and buff with soft cloth.

TILE CLEANER
Use a slice of cut lemon to apply salt to the tiles.

JOSE-MARY'S VALENTINE GIFTS

Now I know that Jose-Mary has received her Valentine's Swap Goodies, I can now show you what I made for her.

There were two Valentine Table Favours similar to the one photographed here (I forgot to photo this one!), a Valentine's knitted doll, a beaded heart hanging, a Valentine cushion and a bar of Green and Black chocolate.

I then wrapped each item in tissue paper, enclosed some heart confetti and ribbon and then wrapped them all in heart pattened paper.

I hope she liked everything!

VALENTINES CAKE

For a simple Valentines Cake use a basic Victoria Sandwich recipe and bake in a heart shaped tin. You can either make two cakes and sandwich together with jam or make one and use butter cream as a topping (or you could make two cakes AND use butter cream for the topping!).

Decorate with sugar hearts.

ANOTHER KNITTED CAKE

VALENTINE'S SWAP

Happy Valentine's Day!

My Valentine's Swap arrived from Jose-Mary on Thursday and this is what arrived:

A Beautiful Wall Hanging with my name on!

A Cupcake candle.

A Lovely Hand Made Book Mark and Book.

A Yummy Chocolate Lolly

And a gorgeous hand knitted heart!

A big thank you To Jose-Mary for all the lovely gifts and also thank you to A Thrifty Mrs for organising the swap. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would definitely do it again.

TOBLERONE CAKE

A couple of years ago, I bought this lovely little folder to put all the recipes that I wanted to keep from magazines etc. I was handed a recipe for a Toblerone Cake in W.H. Smith of all places. I have never made it but I thought it looked interesting:

Ingredients

200g Toblerone

60z Digestive Biscuits

3oz Butter or margarine

10fl oz Double Cream

Flake or White Chocolate

Method

Melt butter in pan. Pour over crumbled biscuits. Mix and use to line an 8" tin. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Melt the Toblerone. Whisk the cream (not stiff). When the chocolate has started to cool, fold in cream. Pour the mixture over the base. Return cake to fridge for 1 hour. Decorate with flake or white chocolate.