Living Simply in a Garden Shed

Join me for a quiet day in my tiny garden shed in the English countryside. In this episode, I reflect on what it means to live slowly, share a few thoughts from my time alone, and give a small update on the progress of my van conversion.

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🧚‍♀️ ELDERFLOWER LEMON FAIRY CAKES RECIPE 🧁✨

Ingredients (makes 12 cakes):
2 cups plain flour
½ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
Zest of 2 lemons
2 tbsp lemon juice
½ cup melted butter
1 cup oat milk infused with elderflower
2 tbsp soy yoghurt
Pinch of salt
Edible flowers for garnish

Glaze:
1 tbsp lemon juice
¼ cup sugar
A few elderflower blossoms
Splash of oat milk

How to Infuse Oat Milk:
Warm 1 cup oat milk gently (do not boil)
Add 1–2 elderflower heads (ideally just the blossoms)
Cover and steep 10–15 mins, then strain

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease and flour a rimmed baking tray. Mix dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately. Combine wet and dry. Pour batter into tray, spread evenly (about 1–1.5 inches thick). Bake 15–20 mins until golden and springy. Cool fully in the tray. Use cookie cutters to shape into 12 fairy cakes. Glaze and decorate with flowers or mint.

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Chapters:
00:00 Waking Up in the Shed
01:54 A Walk in the English Countryside
04:08 Making Lemon and Elderflower Fairy Cakes
06:24 Working On My Van Build
06:59 A Quiet Evening in the Garden


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