Help! I hate my oven…
As you can probably guess, the oven is pretty much the most important appliance in my kitchen. It gets used every day, often several times a day. Some days it is on nearly all day. So it is such a nightmare to be saddled with an oven that I hate with a passion you can...
Eastleigh Clandestine Cake Club
It’s no secret that I love a good cake and to satisfy my cake cravings, I’ve been thinking about starting a Clandestine Cake Club for a while. With the recent popularity and press coverage, I’ve decided to go for it and will be holding the first event next week. For those of you who haven’t...
Banana and white chocolate cookies
Every week we seem to end up with one or two slightly brown looking bananas left languishing in the fruit bowl. I’ve tried freezing them – but I forget they are in there! I often make banana loaf or banana muffins, but last week I thought I’d try something a bit different. The children fancied...
Baked chocolate custard
What do you do when you are all feeling a little over-tired and down in the dumps? Why, you bake a super rich and indulgent baked chocolate custard of course! I’m not kidding when I say this is rich – I am a serious chocoholic but I couldn’t manage a whole pot of this (although...
Cakes and Bakes of 2011
Wow, I can’t believe it is 2012 already! Happy New Year everyone! Last year I had a busy time baking – I didn’t realise how many cakes I had baked until I started to put together this collage so I have just picked some of my favourite ones. I was delighted to make the cake...
Coffee and walnut muffins
Faith is really into helping me in the kitchen at the moment, so last week we decided we’d make some cupcakes. I’d been sent some coffee samples from Douwe Egberts to try and as much as we were just enjoying them with our breakfast, we thought we’d have a go using some in our baking....
Chocolate beetroot cake
Last year I saw a whole host of beetroot flavoured cake and brownie recipes appear, but never got round to trying any myself. This year, when I was given some beetroot, I decided that I definitely needed to try and make a chocolate beetroot cake. I am so glad I did – it was the...
Cheesy biscuits
I’m always on the look out for quick and simple snack ideas for the girls to have after school or at the weekend. These little cheesy biscuits are ideal because they are so easy to make that the children can join in too. I cut mine into circles but you could experiment with all sorts...
September Bake It! Club
A huge thanks to everyone who messaged me to say they were pleased to see the Bake It! Club back on my blog! I hope you enjoyed the recipe or the Back to School theme this month – can’t wait to see what you have been baking. If you have blogged about what you made...
Sundried tomato and cheese rolls
You can probably tell from previous posts that sundried tomato and cheese is one of my favourite flavour combinations! This recipe is adapted from one I included in my book, but as I didn’t have any parmesan in the house I used a lovely mature cheddar cheese instead. Faith loves helping me out in the...
Why so expensive?
This is the most common question I get asked when I’m quoting for a celebration cake, so I thought I’d go through some of the costs involved in making a cake. A popular response from the person asking for a quote is that they can buy a cake for under £10 in a supermarket –...
Rhubarb Bakewell Tart
I adore Bakewell Tart – it must be up there as one of my all time favourites so with my recent glut of rhubarb, I though I’d combine the two. Pastry is my nemesis. My Mum always says it’s good (she has to say that – she’s my Mum) but I’m never happy with it!...
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