20 March 2015
Caramelized red onion and goat cheese tarts
Something that you may not know about me is that for a year and a half I helped to run/manage a village pub…My mum bought one and ended up needing help to run (...)
13 March 2018
Chocolate Orange Hot Cross Buns
Chocolate orange hot cross buns – a delectable chocolatey twist on the classic Easter bread. Perfect for breakfast or a snack. It feels like we only just had (...)
27 June 2015
Mixed Summer Berry Charlotte Russe
For the June daring bakers challenge Rebecca from BakeNQuilt.com challenged us to make Charlotte Royale and Charlotte Russe from scratch. Savory or sweet (...)
11 November 2018
Vegan Christmas Cake
Vegan Christmas cake – a rich, moist and boozy vegan fruit cake that is perfect for the festive season. Eat right away or make in advance and feed regularly (...)
10 February 2015
Red velvet brownies with oreo cream cheese mousse and chocolate ganache
Do you ever get a niggling idea in your head that just won’t go away? The seedling of a fully formed plan that intrudes on your thoughts and gets stuck in your (...)
4 December 2014
Salted Caramel Chocolate Fudge Cake
This cake turned out beautifully but boy did it give me some hassle! Firstly, the cakes were meant to take 35 minutes to bake but ended up taking nearly an (...)
23 July 2015
Plum and Amaretto Jam
Summer is the perfect time to stock up on jam and preserves; yes jam may not be the first thing that comes to mind when there is so much beautiful fresh fruit (...)
13 February 2017
Valentine’s Persian love cake
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and I’ve got a last-minute post for you in the form of Persian love cake. The story behind this cake goes that there was a Persian (...)
30 July 2015
Hokkaido Milk Bread
You know how I said in my last bread post that I’d found a new favourite bread? I was wrong. Or at least, I’ve found a new new favourite bread. This, this is (...)
23 February 2016
Coconut and cherry swiss roll
Spring is beginning to feel a little bit more like a reality; don’t get me wrong, it is still cold and wet out, but the sun has been making a more regular (...)
19 April 2017
Cranberry pistachio and coconut energy bites
Did everyone have a good (and sufficiently chocolatey) Easter? I spent the weekend at my parents house, which was lovely, but I always struggle to resume a (...)
11 December 2014
Maple ice cream with maple caramel swirl
Who says ice cream is just for summer? To me, maple syrup is very much a warm, caramel-like autumn/winter flavour and this creamy maple ice cream with maple (...)
9 August 2017
Yellow Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Ganache Frosting
I’m heading off to Bloodstock festival tomorrow; I go to at least one festival every year and am usually very well prepared way in advance. This year however (...)
29 December 2015
Baileys cheesecake with baileys ganache and flat white martini
I’ve always felt like New Years Eve falls too soon after Christmas; by that point I’ve had enough of celebrating and socialising and just want to hibernate for (...)
3 November 2017
Vegetarian Breakfast Pizza
Vegetarian breakfast pizza – enjoy pizza (or breakfast) at any time of day! If I had to pick one favourite food I think it would have to be pizza (with ice (...)
10 April 2015
Chocolate Strawberry Tart
We were visiting some friends over the weekend and I was charged with bringing dessert (what a surprise!); despite the fact that I was already taking the (...)
27 January 2015
Esterhazy torte with hazelnuts and chocolate layers
For the month of January Jelena from A Kingdom for a Cake invited us to start this year with a dreamy celebration cake. She challenged us to make the Esterhazy (...)
2 May 2018
Vegan Chocolate Raspberry Scones
Vegan chocolate raspberry scones – tender vegan scones made with coconut oil and filled with chocolate chunks and raspberries, topped with a raspberry glaze. (...)
13 August 2015
Lemon and cardamom sour cream pound cake
Somehow I have been doing this blogging thing for a year now….that’s right, it was a year ago that I clicked publish on my first (atrocious) post (and no I’m (...)
27 June 2018
Orange and almond cake with vegan chocolate buttercream
Orange and almond cake with chocolate buttercream – three layers of moist, flavourful vegan orange and almond cake with vegan chocolate orange buttercream, (...)
29 October 2016
Mini bleeding heart Halloween cakes
I haven’t had as much fun in the kitchen in a long time as I had making these mini bleeding heart Halloween cakes; yes I am still trying to clean the food (...)
7 April 2015
Nielsen-massey carrot cake with vanilla bean icing
This post is part of Nielsen-Massey and Baking Mad’s Easter baking campaign, where they asked baking bloggers to try one of their twenty four delicious vanilla (...)
21 May 2015
Passion fruit white chocolate coconut layer cake
It seems I have a bit of a thing for three layer cakes; if you use 15cm/6in pans they turn out perfectly proportioned, tall enough to look impressive, but not (...)
5 November 2015
Toffee Apple Gingerbread Loaf
I don’t think that I have ever been to a bonfire night celebration as an adult, though the holiday is tinged with nostalgia; as a child I remember being (...)
13 December 2017
Lighter chocolate swirl cheesecake with berry coulis
Lighter chocolate swirl cheesecake with berry coulis – have your cake and eat it too with this delicious lower calorie cheesecake recipe. Post sponsored by (...)
