{"id":94966,"date":"2020-03-31T10:23:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=94966"},"modified":"2020-04-01T09:53:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T08:53:56","slug":"dogwalks-fruitcake-and-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/kathryn-goldsmith\/dogwalks-fruitcake-and-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog walks, fruitcake and diamonds!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Everyone!<\/p>\n

How are you doing? Well, I hope, despite some of the craziness that is going on right now. I\u2019m missing joining you on-air at QVC but following advice and staying home as I know many of you will be. But I\u2019ll still be here blogging and will try and show my face a bit more on social media too. I\u2019ll put all my accounts at the end of the blog as a reminder if you don\u2019t already follow me. I\u2019m most active on Instagram so that\u2019s a good one to follow.<\/p>\n

As you will know if you\u2019ve read any of my previous blogs, I love walking with my dog Monty and right now that is the highlight of my day. To be honest, it often was anyway, but now I feel especially lucky to live in the countryside and have lots of lovely open fields and footpaths to walk with him. My husband is also working from home so we can all go together which is lovely. I\u2019m getting a bit slower now being six months pregnant but I\u2019m determined to keep the strength in my legs up and the fresh air does wonders for my mood.<\/p>\n

I bought my husband Lawrence a camera for Christmas and we have taken it with us on a couple of walks. The photo at the top was us having a play around with it. It makes me laugh because it looks like I\u2019m home schooling Monty which, of course, lots of people are tasked with at the moment. Here\u2019s another one he took of Monty in the garden during the lovely sunny weather we had. He looks unusually serious but I\u2019m told there was a biscuit just out of shot!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

I do believe Monty is rather enjoying himself with both of us home all the time and he is getting even more spoilt than he usually is but goodness, he is good company and makes sure we have a good laugh at least once a day. He\u2019s currently asleep on the sofa next to me as I write this \u2013 he doesn\u2019t have a care in the world!<\/p>\n

Something else I\u2019ve always loved is baking but I confess, in the hustle and bustle (and the house renovations) I\u2019ve rather neglected it of late so now has been the perfect time to get the oven back on and fire my trusty KitchenAid<\/a> up! We haven\u2019t been able to get any plain flour here, so quiche and biscuits will have to wait until we can but I have self-raising, so cakes it is! I thought I\u2019d share a recipe with you in case you fancy a go too. I was looking in the cupboards and pulled out an alarming amount of dried fruit that had been in there goodness knows how long and thought now is the time to use it up! Well, some of it at least. So I decided on fruit cake. Great for two reasons: one, it uses up said dried fruit which I\u2019m sure lots of you have hanging round too and two, it lasts ages once its cooked and with only two of us in the house to eat it we don\u2019t want something that\u2019s stale after a day.<\/p>\n

This recipe was sent to me by my lovely godmother, Aunty Angie, a few years ago now and it is so easy but very tasty and, as I say, stays moist for days. Here it is:<\/p>\n

You will need:<\/p>\n