Winter's not so bad after all.

I had a long lunch today - 2 hours off, the perfect amount of time to bake a cake. I chose the Continental Apple Cake from Edmund's - I had to take it out of the oven before I dashed back to work, but I had time to take this quick snap - you can even see the steam rising from the cake if you look closely. I spent all afternoon looking froward to trying it out when I got home from work, but alas, I had managed to burn the bottom half which tasted stale and was crumbly. Oh dear.

And although I have been a bit down about winter, last weekend we visited our friends' winery - Black Estate. It was such a stunning day, and the view was amazing: