We had aĀ lovely, but very busy, half term last week. Most of the time we were in our cottage in Dorset with Steve’s sister and her family (although Steve and I had to go back to London to work for a couple of days in the middle). Then at the weekend we went to Germany for a huge party to celebrate my aunt Gilla’s 70th birthday.
Anyway, in Dorset my niece Alice (standing) decided to make afternoon tea for us all one day, so she just whipped up the most amazing chocolate cake. I love the intense faces of my boys and their cousins as they wait for her cake to be sliced!
Honestly, this girl has a serious talent for baking – this was an extraordinarily moist and airy cake. Much better than any of my efforts!
And it tasted just as good as it looked…
Yum!
hahaha their faces are really intense!
I noticed the lovely table cloth,the tea cosy (did you make it?) and the cake plate first and then the cake caught my eye…
and it’s still on it!! š
Recipe!
That looks frighteningly good.
Yum – and how lovely has it been to be able to eat in the garden
it’s funny but all I could think while reading this was of my 10 week old niece, Alice, and wondering what she will be good at when she is older.
It is a gorgeous looking cake!
Are those malted milk balls on top? Hmmm, it is chocolate time here…
That does look the best ever cake!
The cousins are all so cute, how fun that you all get to hang out together. The cake looks amazing, would you ship me a piece š
OMGosh that cake looks DIVINE!
And I also am in love with the teaset and the umbrella (is that a Cath Kidston print umbrella? Adore it!)
I want to eat my screen! Delicious!
Oh man, oh man, oh man.
I now have an overwhelming desire for chocolate cake. That looks quite perfect indeed.
Yum! Love the little balls on top.
That cake looks absolutely lovely. When I was in Berlin my friend Nicola whipped up an amazing chocolate cake too – it must be German DNA at work!
ah, recipe please! and where oh where are the gorgeous cups & saucers from?
Gorgeous cake – it looks delicious!
I love the table setting as well – I want to have a tea party now!
You have the best blog posts ever, and fantastic photos too!
You do know I simply must make a chocolate cake today, right?
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