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Hello! How are you? Keeping well I hope? 

It amazes me but also makes my heart swell that despite nearly three years of quiet around these parts, over 300 of you still visit this blog every single day. My intention was always that Pudding Lane would remain an achive of recipes and writing, available to whoever wanted to use them, and I couldn't be happier to see that that is exactly what's happening. 

For anyone who's exhausted the archives and might be looking for newer writing and recipes, I have a couple of places to point you! Firstly, my cookbook, Postal Bakes, which came out last year and features over 60 recipes for cakes, bars, cookies and other treats that you can package up and send in the post. Although of course, you don't have to do that. Published by Welbeck, Postal Bakes is available to buy from Amazon, Waterstones, John Lewis and all good bookshops.

Secondly, and especially for those of you who might miss me appearing in your inbox with new recipes each week, please do sign up to receive my newsletter, Sweet Disposition. After a brief hiatus, I'm back to sharing weekly recipes and writing on what I've been enjoying, the restaurants I've been loving, the cookbooks I've been baking from, and so much more. For now, Sweet Disposition is 100% free, and it takes seconds to sign up - HERE is your link. 

Here's a snippet of what you have to catch up on if you're not already subscribed. Lots of new recipes...

*Our pistachio & raspberry wedding cake*

*5 minute banana & halva bread*

*Dill & feta scones*

*My perfect Victoria Sponge*

And new, original writing, musings and life updates too. Including...our wedding! Hope to see you over in my new little corner of the internet. Lucy x

*Our sunny, perfectly chaotic London wedding in the spring*

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Goodbye Pudding Lane, hello Sweet Disposition: a newsletter

I've lost count of the number of times I've opened a blog post with an apology, so instead of dwelling too much on my absence, I'll start with an announcement. I've moved! 

My new newsletter, Sweet Disposition, officially launched today on Substack. It's free to read, lands straight in your inbox, and is a new home for recipes, restaurant recommendations, cookbook favourites and other life updates. You can sign up HERE. 

I've dived into where I've been and why I've moved to Substack in my first post, so I'll let you read that when you join me over there. Let's just say, it's time for a fresh start.

While I'll now be writing elsewhere, Pudding Lane is going nowhere. I am so incredibly proud of this space and community; it has been the greatest privilege sharing recipes, news and my life with you in these four (?) walls since 2014. This space will remain live, with my recipe archives free to access for anyone who still wants to use them. Please do keep tagging me and telling me how you've got on with my recipes! For day to day updates you can find me baking on Instagram, and I hope to see you over on Substack too.

Pudding Lane, I love you. You were the starting point for so much adventure. Now - let's see what's next. 

Lucy x

 

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I wrote a cookbook! Postal Bakes: Over 60 cakes, cookies and other treats to send by mail

Well... hello! Not quite sure how else to open after a cool 21 months away. Life got busy and the world went crazy and, well, here we are. I miss writing here and hope to reinvigorate this special space one day. Until then, I wanted to stop by quickly as I have some very exciting news which I'm dying to share with you! 

I WROTE A COOKBOOK! I’m so excited (but also strangely nervous!) to finally be able to shout from the rooftops that my first cookbook, Postal Bakes, comes out on 12th May in the UK, published by Welbeck. She’s also coming out in the USA, Aus & NZ shortly afterwards and is available to pre-order now. Somebody pinch me?! 

Maybe I’m biased, but I can think of few things more special that you could do for someone than choose a recipe they’ll love, bake it for them, wrap everything beautifully, and send it to them as a surprise piece of *nice* post. It’s like a hug in the post, and is it just me who really needs that sometimes?! 

Postal Bakes features the recipes that you all loved and ordered from me over lockdowns one two three and in-between (thank you!), alongside plenty of new ones - think brownies, blondies, cakes, biscuits, cookies, confectionary, and pantry staples (curds, caramels, honeycomb and more) that will take your baking to the next level. I’ve shared everything I’ve learnt from running a postal business, from packaging to shelf lives to postage options - you name it, it’s in there! Every recipe in the book is designed to be made in the same tin using easily accessible ingredients, because I want to make baking feel easier. Gentler maybe. These are the kind of recipes where you might just already have most of what you need in your cupboards already. 

Life has given us a lot of lemons over the last few years. 2020 was a real low point, but it did spark this little seed of an idea and I’m so happy that it resonated and found a home at Welbeck and that I got to work with the most incredible team to bring it to life. I never once made lemonade but I did make a lot of lemon (and gin) drizzle cake inspired by the one and only original recipe that I shared right here on Pudding Lane back in 2014. You'll find the new and improved (yes, really!) recipe in the book! 

Pre-orders really do make such a difference, and you can order now for a treat in the post on 12th May. Future-you will thank you later! You can order via Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwells and WHSmiths with more to follow. 

To anyone reading this, thank you for continuing to stop by. I'm sorry I disappeared, but hope you'll consider writing a book a worthy excuse! Hoping to be back with recipe content in the coming months too - more soon! 

Lucy x

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