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Lookaftering #9

Baking and the meaning of life

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Lucy Fuggle
Jul 12, 2026
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Dear readers,

It was my daughter’s first birthday yesterday, and we celebrated with a little picnic in the park with some friends. I wanted to bake a cake, settled on the idea of a lemon drizzle (is this mostly a British favourite, or more international?) and went on the hunt for a good recipe.

Although I shortlisted baking royalty Mary Berry’s recipe (sh…

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