Cakes
Vanilla, chocolate and Peanut Butter Marble Cake
I love marble cake, so easy to make and even easier to eat! I haven’t made it for ages though and thought I’d have a go making one with an extra flavour element to it. Vanilla, chocolate and peanut butter go so well together, not one flavour over powers the other and this is the … Continue reading
Lemon Meringue Flapjacks
I love lemony things and thought a lemon flapjack would be something worth trying out, I decided to add some meringue and also a drizzle of icing, these went down a treat! My family are not over keen on lemon flavour but Gav is always a willing volunteer and actually really liked them, I didn’t … Continue reading
Scrabble tile letters Valentine toppers
I have a bag of Scrabble tiles that come out occasionally for adding to photo’s, which I really like the look of. Then the other day I saw a beautiful wedding cake that had used them, well a sugarpaste version, which looked amazing and I just had to give it a go. You can use … Continue reading
Tiffin Cupcakes
Easy to make and delicious to eat, tiffin is perfect for an afternoon perk up with a cuppa. I decided to make an individual sized portion, no cutting and they look like cupcakes too! The mixed spice is an optional extra which makes them a bit of a Christmas taste, you could always soak the … Continue reading
Brainies!
Have been meaning to make these for about a week, ready for Halloween and by the skin of my teeth I managed to get them ready before the doorbell rings with trick and treaters! You could add these brains to cupcakes, biscuits or traybakes. I thought brownies worked well and then you can call them … Continue reading
Coconut & Lemon Cake
Found myself with a lemon that needed using, well that’s all the excuse I needed to make this! I love lemon & I love coconut, so this was a sweet delight. I actually found it tasted better the day after it was made, of course I am only eating the cake every day to make … Continue reading
Honey Bunny Cakes
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
Doughnuts & Vanilla Cream
The lovely Hani http://www.hanielas.com/ recently asked if I would join her making doughnuts, errrm well let me see…..of course! Love her, love doughnuts it’s a no brainer! So here are my sweet offerings. My two love jam but I thought I’d try something a bit different inside, actually this is total heaven and … Continue reading
Bakewell Traybake
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
Millionaire Shortbread
I absolutely love these, they always disappear double quick at home. They seem perfectly matched with a cuppa for me. Out of all the photos I put on Facebook these seem to get the most positive response so here’s the recipe I use if you fancy giving them a whirl yourself. Downloadable recipe here Millionaires … Continue reading