The Laughing Policeman - Charles Jolly / Penrose often heard on Childrens Choice

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'Children's Choice' heard on Saturday Mornings in the 1950s

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Remembering Family Favourites with Cliff Michelmore who died this week

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Listen With Mother




The lovely signature tune to listen with mother,introduced by Daphne  Oxenford broadcast in the 1940s and 50s by the BBC for small children to listen to with their mothers.
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Housewives Choice



If you heard this music playing you were late for school or the holidays had begun





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Going on a musical journey through the radio days of the1940s and 50s

Theme tune to Paul Temple




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FRIDGE DOOR ART GALLERY

Visitors always like my fridge door art collection


                                                           




Adding to my collection by painting miniature versions of my own paintings on canvas rectangles.
They are then coated with high gloss resin for protection and a magnet attached to the back.






Gone Fishing,Washing Day

Dog Walker,Lowry lady


All for sale on www.ebay.co.uk

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Blossom Time

A strange winter of extremes of weather from freezing to Mediterranean mild , not a flake of snow.How I envy my US cousins with a good snow storm or two to make it feel like winter.


Now I am painting the blossom that is appearing on the trees


                                         
Cherry Blossom

acrylic on canvas , for sale details see my ebay shop

www.stores.ebay.co.uk/janetcockerillfineart


                                                           

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Cakes as Summer Fund Raisers


Time to bake these popular traditional English cakes as fund raisers for a church event-- usually sell for £2.50 per slice.


                                                                 Victoria Sandwich
                     


               Battenbergcake




Boiled Fruit Cake




Red Velvet Rose Cake
 


                                                                     
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Guiness Cake for St Patrick's Day

I am going to make this cake for a St Patrick's Day party from a  Humming Bird  Bakery recipe.I like the way that both imperial and metric measurements  are given .




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Chocolate Guinness Cake


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Rich, dark and chocolatey, the Guinness gives the cake sponge extra depth and helps to keeps it moist. The Hummingbird Bakery have also matched it with with tangy cream cheese frosting, which goes just perfectly.

Ingredients

Serves 12­-14
  • 250ml (9fl oz) Guinness
  • 250g (9oz) unsalted butter
  • 80g (3oz) cocoa powder
  • 400g (14oz) caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 140ml (5fl oz) buttermilk
  • 280g (10oz) plain flour
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 50g (1¾oz) unsalted butter, softened
  • 300g (10½oz) icing sugar
  • 125g (4½oz) full-fat cream cheese (such as Philadelphia)
  • Cocoa powder, for dusting (optional)
  • one 23cm (9in) diameter spring-form cake tin

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C (325°F)/gas mark 3, then line the base of the tin with baking parchment.
2. Pour the Guinness into a saucepan, add the butter and gently heat until it has melted. Remove the pan from the heat and stir the cocoa powder and sugar into the warm liquid. Mix together the eggs, vanilla essence and buttermilk by hand in a jug or bowl, and then add this to the mixture in the pan.
3. Sift together the remaining sponge ingredients into a large bowl or into the bowl of a freestanding electric mixer. Using the mixer with the paddle attachment or a hand-held electric whisk, set on a low speed, pour in the contents of the pan. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and continue to mix thoroughly until all the ingredients are incorporated.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and bake for approximately 45 minutes or until the sponge bounces back when lightly pressed and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Set aside to cool, and then remove from the tin on to a wire rack, making sure the cake is cold to the touch before you frost it.
5. Using the electric whisk or the freestanding mixer with paddle attachment, mix the butter and icing sugar together until there are no large lumps of butter and it is fully combined with the sugar in a sandy mixture. Add the cream cheese and mix in a low speed, then increase the speed to medium and beat until the frosting is light and fluffy.
6. Place the cooled cake on to a plate or cake card and top generously with the cream cheese frosting. The cake can be decorated with a light dusting of cocoa powder.

The Hummingbird Bakery's Cake Days from HarperCollins is available at Amazon.co.uk (£20) or a book store near you.




 


 


 










 





















                                         
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