I made a Guinness cake because I’ve got an iron deficiency

Yes, you read that correctly.

For the third time in my life I’ve been put on iron tablets, and I basically did nothing for the first two weeks of June because I was so tired. Obviously I am not eating enough spinach.

Anyway, there’s been a rumour flying around for years that Guinness is full of iron… I think it’s been disproved now to be honest.

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Pear butterfly cupcakes

One of my very dear friends gave me a cupcake book about 10 years ago, and I’m ashamed to say I haven’t made anything from it.

I’ve read it a lot and the pictures are beautiful, but I’ve never given anything a go. It’s an overlooked book in my collection.

Of course this needs to be put right so I picked the prettiest cakes and made them. They are pear butterfly cakes.

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