Doris and her Autumn larder

Doris and her Autumn larder

Well, here we are again, it's Autumn and Doris has been busy in the Minx HQ kitchen making blackberry jam and apple crumbles.

With thanks to her cousin Dolly (Queen Bean), she has also been able to fill the Mouse to Minx Larder with quite an amount of green bean chutney.

Meanwhile on the ever-important Cake Front: a new excitement is in store courtesy of our newest publication.

"Cherry cake and ginger beer" is a story-book adventure of the tastiest kind. All the recipes in this sweet litttle book come straight out of the pages of some of our favourite children's stories.

Paddington Bear's favourite marmalade buns, Aunt Fanny's treacly sticky ginger cake (from The Famous Five books), and the one we all love at the moment, Chalet School Apple Cake are just three of many tucked away in this charming little hard-backed book.

A great gift for nostalgic eaters.