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Fanny’s Farm Shop I was recently lucky enough to have afternoon tea in the Treehouse at Fanny’s Farm, Merstham, Surrey. http://www.fannysfarm.com It’s actually not far from where I live but I’d never visited before but really liked the sound of it. When you book the Tree house you have it exclusively for an hour and … Continue reading »

A few weeks back I received an emailed from a distribution company asking if I’d like to try some healthy snack bars. I get a few offers of food & food related things to test and sometimes I don’t feel they are “me”. These, however, were definitely something I was keen to try. These protein … Continue reading »

I love coffee but rarely make coffee flavoured things as I am surrounded by tea drinkers (I love tea too!) I suppose that is the perfect excuse to make something and scoff the lot really! Anyway, in need of a coffee fix I made these which to my surprise were rather liked by Gav (darn … Continue reading »

I love experimenting in the kitchen especially when the results are delicious. So here’s the result of this weeks playing about. The cakes are delicious with a denser texture then a cupcake with the scrummy addition of ground almonds and honey. The decoration is of course optional and easy peasy & fun to do with … Continue reading »

I love Bakewell tarts and generally the almond flavour in things and thought I’d have a go at making a traybake spin on a classic.   There’s obviously a few steps to this but it’s worth a little effort.   Sweet, almondy, cakey, jammy, shortbready well it’s got it all! Printable recipe Bakewell Traybake Shortbread … Continue reading »

I’ve had this idea of heating sugar to get that glassy/jewel look for a while. Well at last I gave it a go. Three attempts in and I produced these beauties. Three attempts because I tried a sort of freehand heart a few times first and that didn’t go too well. I adore them. I … Continue reading »

As you probably know I am passionate about food, the thought that people in the world are dying from hunger is appalling and very wrong. Please support the Save the Children campaign by signing the petition & spreading the word. Please spare one minute to watch the video   WHAT YOU CAN DO IN: 30 … Continue reading »

I make quite a bit of bread, it’s one of those things that gets devoured really quickly round these parts! I often get asked for a recipe and this is the one I use and sometimes make look fancy (well I try!) and sometimes add different ingredients to (herbs or seeds etc) and sometimes use … Continue reading »

I love the citrus zing of lemon or lime in cakes & biscuits, so decided to use my last lemon up on something special before it got that tired look in my fruit bowl! They kind of melt in the mouth and are rather moreish as they’re not overly sweet. I quite like the idea … Continue reading »

Years & years ago we brought or were given a bottle of tequila, we made tequila sun rises which are fab but I fancied making margaritas after lots of tries at different methods this was the result! They are slush puppy like (granita) in texture as they are served straight from the freezer. Our preference … Continue reading »