Regular visitors to this blog will know that I’m not a huge fan of fruit cake but feel there’s something missing at Christmas if I don’t have one.  I also like a challenge and Waitrose, offered me the ingredients to take part in their ‘Stir-Up Sunday campaign’.…

If you’ve ever suffered an infestation of flour weevils, you’ll know the only way to truly get rid of the blighters is to throw away each and every bag of flour you have.   Because weevils lay their eggs in unopened bags, I’ve given up buying flour until I…