The Gothic Valley WI is one of the new breed of WIs. We invite women of every stripe, goth and non-goth alike, to join us!

Thursday 9 May is the Gothic Valley Women’s Institute pub quiz in honour of World Goth Day. Come one and all to join us at the Shaftesbury Tavern at 7pm. Men, women and everyone welcome!

Support the WI’s More Midwives campaign day of action by tweeting your MP on Friday, 3 May. Tweeting your MP is easy — visit the Find Your MP website, enter your postcode, and then go to their website where they hopefully have their twitter ID listed. Ask them to support the training of more midwives.

So, this past weekend I was honoured to be asked to bake a wedding cake for the wedding of two lovely friends. Photos of the cake and making process are on facebook: http://on.fb.me/Z84ss9, and I used this recipe: http://www.joyofbaking.com/RedVelvetCake.html A few tips: I baked a test cake using natural food colour. It was tasty, but sort […]