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19 June 2016
Coconut brownies
I had virtually no time to bake this weekend but, nonetheless, wanted some home baking. This is the perfect recipe to have up your sleeve – the work of minutes (...)
12 June 2016
Ginger and Rum Cake
I think I must be a contrarian baker. Now that summer actually seems to have arrived, I know I should be thinking about strawberries, cream and other such (...)
5 June 2016
Bakewell thumbprint biscuits
If there’s one thing I’ve learned since I’ve been blogging it’s that good recipes can turn up anywhere; a particularly good source being supermarket free (...)
29 May 2016
White chocolate cheesecake
There is something about a bank holiday weekend that just makes you feel like you have more time for everything, including baking. I wanted to bake something (...)
22 May 2016
Cider Cake
For Mr CC’s birthday we took a luxury train trip right the way across the country to Somerset; the carriages were all authentic Pullman carriages from the Art (...)
8 May 2016
Date honey and walnut cake
Whenever we go on a trip out there are usually two purchases I make: a fridge magnet, and a jar of local honey. My latest honey acquisition came after a visit (...)
1 May 2016
Chocolate Pecan Tart
I suspect this may be the same as a Mississippi mud pie but haven’t called it that in case, like key lime pie, there’s a specific ingredient/aspect that (...)
17 April 2016
Fruit tea loaf
This recipe came into being because I made a whim purchase. Whilst visiting a Greek Cypriot supermarket on the quest for baklava (as instructed by Mr CC; if (...)
10 April 2016
Pecan cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
I haven’t yet baked a single cupcake during 2016 so thought it was about time I rectified this most heinous situation. The pecan sponge is an adaptation of a (...)
28 March 2016
Lemon cream pie
Sometimes, I can be sceptical about recipes if they look too simple. This was such a recipe and gosh was I wrong! Firstly, it’s no bake so is super quick to (...)
20 March 2016
Cherry and fudge oat traybake
Cherry, fudge oat traybake aka ‘help – my planned cake/blog post has turned out dismally and is now sitting in the compostables bin where even the foxes will (...)
6 March 2016
Banana and Ginger Cake
I had four bananas, slowly turning black on the kitchen counter, giving me that judgemental look as if to say, ‘yes, you manage to eat all the biscuits well (...)
28 February 2016
Pineapple and coconut sponge cake
It has felt so cold this week that I have been reminiscing about when I used to have to travel for work and got to dodge some of Winter’s bleakness with trips (...)
21 February 2016
Famous faces' favourite gin and lemon drizzle cake
I was sad to read about the recent death of Sir Terry Wogan as he was one of those national treasure celebrities who was just part of your life without you (...)
7 February 2016
Mint Chocolate Biscuits
Long-time readers of my site will remember the anti-mint sentiments included in my TenCommandments. My feelings to mint can be summed up quite simply – I hate (...)
31 January 2016
Yorkshire curd tart
Whenever Mr CC and I are in York there are two things I have to eat: Firstly, a Fat Rascal from Bettys, and secondly, a Yorkshire Curd tart from Bennett’s – a (...)
24 January 2016
Sultana Sandwich Cake
I wasn’t actually planning on baking this weekend – the old baking mojo is waning a bit of late – but then I really really wanted some cake and I discovered (...)
17 January 2016
Fruit yoghurt sponge
Sorry I’ve been absent for a while – it was a triple whammy of New Year low, new job and new home computer. It’s a fairly regular pattern I think: after all (...)
20 December 2015
Gingerbread Houses
It isn’t Christmas without gingerbread and, much as I always love classic gingerbread men...... I wanted to make something different to anything I’d made (...)
13 December 2015
Chocolate christmas pudding cupcakes
As much as I love daydreaming about having a Nigella-style existence where I can spend days in my perfect kitchen crafting masterpieces the reality is that, if (...)
6 December 2015
Ginger and Parsnip Cake
If I were to say to Mr CC I was making a carrot cake his response would be favourable. However, when I made courgette cakes he prejudged them negatively even (...)
22 November 2015
Steamed sponge pudding with jam
Today is my birthday but, as I’ve been really busy the last few days (lunches, cocktails, even the opera daaaaaaahling), I find myself in the position of (...)
15 November 2015
Florentine Biscuit Bars
This recipe is adapted from the one in the BBC Good Food 25th birthday edition. As soon as I saw the combination of florentines and shortbread I was sold! I (...)
8 November 2015
Oat and pear traybake with pecan crumble topping
I’m such a cliché but the first whiff of winter and I’m cracking open the spice jars like nobody’s business! I found the recipe for the oat sponge and crumble (...)
