Sunday 11 August 2019

Saturday Afternoon Cake

On most Saturdays my Mother-in-Law comes to spend the day with us, she lives quite close to us and often joins us for family holidays as well.

I started to bake cake for us to have with a cup of tea in the afternoon and it has become part of our Saturday afternoon routine, I usually bake a Victoria Sponge or a Crunchy Top Lemon Cake, a Mary Berry recipe - sometimes hubby bakes scones or we have something different but most often it is one of these so I thought I would share some photographs today.


I have to leave the Victoria Sponge plain except for some strawberry jam in the centre, hubby is not keen on cream or icing sugar on the top!


It looks like it is going to be a nice day today, I will pop to town this morning and then spend the afternoon in my craft room finishing some DT projects.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
x

30 comments:

Kinga K. said...

Yummy cake♥

meg said...

what a lovely way to spend the day Pauline, especially the tea and cake part

Lia said...

Yammy!!
Lia xx

Tina Z. said...

Wow, I love your cakes, they look stunning as your cards.
I am such a bad baker, I mostly bake with our children.
Crafty hugs xx

Gertrude said...

WOW, das sieht aber lecker aus
glg Gertrude

ellyscard creatief said...

Looks very yammie.Have a lovely weekend.

Jules said...

MMMMMmmmmmmm .... .... just fancy a piece of cake now Pauline!!!

I think I would cut a big piece out for hubby first. Put just jam in his and then add the icing and cream on what was left. At least I would know the rest was for me and visitors LOL!!

Sounds like a lovely Saturday afternoon ritual.

Hope all is well with you and you got your DT work finished.

Enjoy your Sunday.

Love Jules xx

crafty-stamper said...

Cakes look delicious like the sound of the crunchy top lemon cake-we have Johns brother& wife and his sister and hubby every Saturday and I always made scones ,but not made any for ages you have just spured me to make some next week lol
Carol x

Fikreta said...

have a lovely day!
that cake is yummi!

Lisa said...

It looks delicious!! I hope you had a wonderful day with your MIL!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Marianne's Craftroom said...

I haven’t made a cake for years, this looks lovely

KarinsArtScrap said...

that looks delicious Pauline my hubby loves cake, he would love to come saterdays too...........your lucky you live so far away from us hahahahah.

Gr Karin

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

AH! Tea and cakes, can't be better way to spend with company or anytime really LOL. Beautiful looking cakes, I have a hubby with the same likes as yours, plain cake!
Faith x

Carol L said...

Sounds like a delightful and warm traditional way to spend time with your Mother in law! I'd love the lemon cake I'm sure :)

Margarets designer cards said...

Looks a very yummy cake , enjoy

dutchess said...

I love to do a bit of baking as well Pauline...that crunchy top lemon cake looks fabulous...I will have to look up the recipe xxx

Brenda in IN said...

Oh Yum. If you like simple try an angel food cake mix with a can of undrained crushed pineapple. Mix pineapple in cake mix, let it foam, pour in 9 x 13 pan and bake per cake directions. It's good with nothing else added. Let me know if you try it.

Sarah said...

They look lovely Pauline, we are partial to lemon drizzle cake here. Right now Martin has just made a cup of tea and we are enjoying some shortbread!! xx

Kath said...

Your cake looks lovely - I could just eat a slice of it now! Enjoy your day.
Kath x

Lynne said...

They look lovely Pauline. I wish I could make them more, but I'm the one that ends up eating most of them so I don't bother x

Ans Gilbert said...

Looks delicious your spongecake, we had spongecake with vanilla sauce as desert in the hotel, yammie..
Ansx

Rainey's Craft Room said...

Looks delish Pauline, I bet it's all gone by now :o)
Lorraine

Kathleen said...

They look super Pauline, hope you have saved me a piece.

Kath x

Liz said...

Mmmmm, these look delicious, Pauline. xx

aussie aNNie said...

This looks delish Pauline and a love way to enjoy the day. As I scrolled down I half expected a big bite out of the side of the sponge by Ramsey...being a lab they sure love food.xx

kiwimeskreations said...

Oh what yummy afternoon tea's you must have - these look delightful Pauline! It's ages since I have baked a cake :)
Blessings
Maxine

nwilliams6 said...

Wonderful! I want the recipe. So fun to see a glimpse into your life, Pauline. TFS!

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Yummmm.... :D
Seems that you have had a lovely day with family!

Pia S said...

I don’t think I’ve made a cake for a decade at least! I don’t mind eating cake though. The top one looks especially tempting ...

Janny's Cards Creations said...

Mmmm... lekker