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Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre
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A simple cake

If you've had enough of sweet things made from rich, dark fruit, try Nigel Slater's banana cardamom cake (recipe also in The Christmas Chronicles). Perfect with coffee, or as a pudding - warm - with ice cream, or mascarpone.

02 January 2018 in Baking | Permalink

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It would be time, for less rich desserts, that's for sure. :-)

Posted by: CC | 02 January 2018 at 04:38 PM

It sounds lovely. Have you tried the Dark Chocolate Spice cake from the same book?

Posted by: Nicky K | 02 January 2018 at 07:33 PM

Yes indeed!

Posted by: Cornflower | 02 January 2018 at 09:00 PM

I haven't made it yet, Nicky, but it was one of the recipes I marked to try as it sounded so good.

Posted by: Cornflower | 02 January 2018 at 09:00 PM

I haven't yet tried a recipe ... I wonder if you thought the same as I did about the end of the book? So abrupt, reading it was like listening to a friends conversation and them wham, it ended. Like leaving without saying goodbye. I love the book though.

Posted by: Kathleen | 03 January 2018 at 06:48 PM

I like that he ended it with snow in Japan (the best gift of all, as he describes it), but yes you're right there's no rounding up and ending in that sense. Maybe as it's a very personal book about his favourite time of year he preferred just to 'slip away'.

Posted by: Cornflower | 03 January 2018 at 09:29 PM

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