[Jane doesn't bake often, and when she does it's usually in the middle of the night, but this time it's early in the evening and she is using being up to her elbows in brownie batter as an excuse to avoid a beach party that she didn't really want to go to.
She might have been here for years, but you can only remove a lady so far from Victorian England.
The smell drifting out into the hall is delicious - a heady mix of chocolate, baking brownie mix and cherries - and in the middle of it all, slightly dusted in flour, is Jane herself.
Company is welcome, and even welcome to sample some of what she's made so far (not just brownies, there are cakes and other things). There's plenty of it, because when one bakes on an island full of teenagers one cannot simply make a single plate of cupcakes.]
OPEN; kitchens
She might have been here for years, but you can only remove a lady so far from Victorian England.
The smell drifting out into the hall is delicious - a heady mix of chocolate, baking brownie mix and cherries - and in the middle of it all, slightly dusted in flour, is Jane herself.
Company is welcome, and even welcome to sample some of what she's made so far (not just brownies, there are cakes and other things). There's plenty of it, because when one bakes on an island full of teenagers one cannot simply make a single plate of cupcakes.]