The Ark, Alvechurch. For more info call Pat McDonagh on 0121 628 4121.


BLACKWELL & BURCOT WI meets at Bur- cot Village Hall on the second Weds each month, at 2pm. For info call President Mrs Barbara Knight on 0121 445 3456.


FINSTALL & Cofton Hackett WI meets on the first Monday of the month at Finstall Village Hall at 2pm. For more info call President Val Wheeler on 01527 874518.


LICKEY WI meets on the first Tues of every month at 7.30pm in the Parish Hall (Trin- ity Centre), Old Birmingham Road, Lickey. More info from President Janet Ratcliffe on 0121 445 0163 or see www.LickeyWI. Wordpress.com


BEOLEY WI meets on the first Tuesday of each month in Beoley Village Hall at 7.30pm. For more info please contact Georgia Jacobs on 01527 62766.


RUBERY WI meets at Beacon Church Cen- tre, Whetty Lane, on the second Wednes- day each month at 7.30pm. More info from Judie Fisher on 07810 765314.


ST CATHERINE’S WI meets at 7.30pm on the third Thursday each month, in ‘The Wheel’ at Blackwell. More information from Sue Barratt on 01527 596092 or s.barratt@bnvillej.bham.sch.uk


BROMSGROVE WI meets at the Life after Stroke Centre, Church Lane, Bromsgrove B61 8RA on the second Tues each month at 2.15 pm. For more info please contact Christine Hickman-Smith 01527 870342 or email christine.hs@uwclub.net


BROMSGROVE BELLES WI meets on the second Monday each month at The Life After Stroke Centre, Church Lane, Bromsgrove, B61 8RA at 7.30pm. For more info, contact President Carla Priddon at carlapriddon@aol.com


BENTLEY PAUNCEFOOT WI meets at 7.30pm on the second Tues every month at Bentley Village Hall. More info from Vivien Mackenzie on 0121 445 1245.


BARNT GREEN WI meets at the Baptist Church in Barnt Green on the third Thurs each month, from 7.30–9.30pm. More info from Alyson Williams on 0121 445 6577.


ALVECHURCH WI meets on the second Monday each month in Alvechurch Vil- lage Hall, at 7.30pm. For more info call President Julie Hurlston on 07583 326252 or email mrsjulieturley@hotmail.com


HOPWOOD WI meets at Hopwood Village Hall on the first Thurs of the month at 7.30pm. For more info call Ann Thurrell on 0121 447 7668.


ARK ANGELSWI meets on the second Monday each month from 7.30pm at the Ark, Alvechurch. On Oct 8 it’s Mindfulness with Deb Hawken. For more info email ark.angels@hotmail.com


To have your event or group listed, send details to Sally Oldaker via the addresses on Page 3, by Oct 16.


Community and non-profit groups are listed free of


charge – please contact us for further enquiries.


Village Baking


Warm up with autumnal cake


In our occasional recipe series, keen baker Jen Morris, of Rowney Green, creates a seasonal spiced bake.


T


his cake tastes of autumn; the apples and sultanas, nuts and spice combine for a richly


flavoured but still light cake, which begs for a cup of tea with it. Woolly socks and a blazing fire are optional, but highly recommended! If mixed spice is not to your taste – and it is a bit “Christmassy” for some – you could use ground cin- namon or ground ginger in its place; both have the same warming effect.


Ingredients: l l


150g softened butter


150g light brown muscovado sugar, plus extra for sprinkling


l 150g self-raising flour l 1 tsp mixed spice l 3 eggs, beaten l 2 tbsp milk


l 2 eating apples


l 100g pecans, broken into pieces l 75g sultanas


1) Heat oven to 180C/ 160C fan/ Gas 4. Lightly grease and line an 18cm loose- bottomed or springform cake tin.


2) Place the butter, sugar, flour, spice, eggs and milk into a mixing bowl, and beat with a hand-held electric mixer for 2–3 mins, until light and fluffy.


3) Peel, core and quarter the apples,


then slice them thinly. Reserve a hand- ful of the apple pieces and fold the rest, with the pecans and sultanas, into the cake mix.


4) Pour the mix into the tin, smoothing the surface, then scatter the reserved apple over the cake and top, followed by a generous sprinkling of musco- vado sugar.


5) Bake in the pre-heated oven for 1 hour – 1 hour 10 mins, until cooked through.


6) Leave to cool slightly in the tin for 10 mins, before removing to a rack. Serve warm.


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