Lemon cake and other things.

One of my very favourite cakes is a Lemon Syrup Pound Cake. I have made many using different recipes , but I have finally found one that I think may become my signature cake. It's quite a large cake, and needs to be cooked in a slow oven for a good 90 mins. I made one to take to work last week, and it was a big hit.
The violet pattern cup saucer and plate belonged to my Grandmother. When my Mother  first gave me quite a few pretty cups and saucers that had belonged to both her and her Mother, I really wasn't very interested in them, and they stayed packed away for a long time. Now I treasure them , not only for their pretty patterns, but also for the sentimental attachment I now feel.

For as long as I can remember, I have always loved mixed pattern fabrics. In the early 80s whilst on a trip to Hong Kong, I came across a dress that I absolutely fell in love with. It was quite expensive , and  I really wasn't a label shopper back then, I simply bought what took my fancy, and that was that. A dear friend introduced me to being more label savvy after she saw me wearing my new dress, and asked if it was a Diane Freis dress. I had no idea what  it was, and told her to look at the label. Sure enough it was a Diane Freis, and that was the beginning of a love affair with the beautiful georgette mixed colours and patterns frocks of Diane Freis fame. I think I owned about 6 in all.
 Anyway I am still drawn to mixed fabrics, and found my new cover last weekend. I bought it with my secret santa gift voucher. It's more a winter cover I think, as I like to use white covers in summer.