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Baking and Blogging in Ascot

• Blackberry, Lemon and Yogurt Cake

  By lovinghomemade on March 11, 2015 • ( 11 )

  

  I always try to make sure I have extra foraged or pick-your-own fruit to put in the freezer so we can enjoy it throughout the winter in baking. Then I either forget to use it or “save” it for a… Read More ›

• Coconut and Chia Seed Oat Bars – and healthy eating

  By lovinghomemade on March 4, 2015 • ( 21 )

  

  The other day I found myself buying two books at the same time: “I Quit Sugar” by Sarah Wilson and “Saved by Cake” by Marian Keyes. I am aware of the irony. Unfortunately both appeal to me equally. For at… Read More ›

• Apple and Rosemary Cake

  By lovinghomemade on February 25, 2015 • ( 23 )

  

  It might look a lot like focaccia but this is actually a cake. And a delicious one at that. It’s from a recipe I found in Lily Vanilli’s “Sweet Tooth”, a book my kids gave to my mum as a… Read More ›

• Bakewell Tart – and Alicante

  By lovinghomemade on February 18, 2015 • ( 10 )

  

  Last week I got to spend a few days in Alicante on the Costa Blanca in Spain, visiting my friends who are spending a year sailing around the Mediterranean. They are wintering in southern Spain while they wait for the… Read More ›

• Chocolate Valentine’s Heart Biscuits

  By lovinghomemade on February 10, 2015 • ( 19 )

  

  Biscuits have really been transformed into an art form over the last few years. My daughter was given “The Biscuiteers Book of Iced Biscuits” a few years ago and it is a beautiful book to look through and admire. I… Read More ›

• Yorkshire Parkin – gingerbread by another name

  By lovinghomemade on February 4, 2015 • ( 13 )

  

  Cold weather needs comfort food and gingerbread is one of those. Although a lot of the UK has been seeing snow this year we usually miss it, which, despite the chaos it brings with it, I always find very disappointing…. Read More ›

• Date and Maple Syrup Cake

  By lovinghomemade on January 28, 2015 • ( 7 )

  

  So this might be the third post in a row with a recipe from Donna Hay’s “The New Classics” but I promise to give it a break next time! As with the other two recipes from the book, Fruit Flapjacks… Read More ›

• Pear, Maple and Ginger Tarte Tatin

  By lovinghomemade on January 21, 2015 • ( 11 )

  

  I mentioned the Donna Hay cookbook I got for Christmas in my last post and this recipe is also from “The New Classics”. It is likely that my next post will be too! Instead of using packet puff pastry I… Read More ›

• Fruit Flapjacks

  By lovinghomemade on January 14, 2015 • ( 14 )

  

  I am very much a purist when it comes to flapjacks. For me, oats, brown sugar, syrup and butter in a certain ratio (the one of my childhood) make up a proper flapjack. Flour has absolutely no place in a… Read More ›

• Chocolate and Chestnut Roulade

  By lovinghomemade on January 6, 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  Christmas is over and the New Year has begun. Diets, gym memberships and resolutions are at the top of everyone’s lists. This roulade doesn’t really come under any of those headings but it is still delicious and can even virtuously… Read More ›