{"id":34269,"date":"2020-09-03T16:54:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T15:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=34269"},"modified":"2020-09-03T16:54:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T15:54:44","slug":"ready-for-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/09\/ready-for-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready for winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The cake that I made for Anna&#8217;s birthday is almost gone &#8211; that can only mean one thing &#8211; autumn is on its way and winter will soon follow. The cake was a chocolate cheesecake but it was a slightly odd cheesecake recipe. 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