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Baking and Blogging in Ascot

• More Birthday Cake Ideas

  By lovinghomemade on April 27, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  This weekend has been a busy one. Last year I made 16th birthday cakes for my friend Kylie’s twins, Mia and Freddie. Kylie does Boot Camp with me and during the school holidays the kids could come too. Mia dropped… Read More ›

• 18th Birthday Star Cake and Cupcakes

  By lovinghomemade on April 23, 2014 • ( 8 )

  

  One of the very first cakes I ever made for a friend was a Star cake. It was also one of my very first posts and consisted of two sentences and one photo. Having decided I needed a blog I… Read More ›

• Happy Easter – Traditional Hot Cross Buns

  By lovinghomemade on April 19, 2014 • ( 25 )

  

  There are a lot of amazing Hot Cross Bun recipes out there and I have sampled several delicious variations (my favourites involve cranberries, orange or chocolate) but every year at Easter I really look forward to them in their traditional… Read More ›

• Lemon and Thyme Loaf

  By lovinghomemade on April 16, 2014 • ( 26 )

  

  This morning was such a bright, beautiful one I wanted to make something summery and light. This Lemon and Thyme Loaf, a Hummingbird Bakery recipe, has been on my to-do list for ages. When I first tasted it a while… Read More ›

• Walnut Sourdough Bread

  By lovinghomemade on April 13, 2014 • ( 8 )

  

  I have been trying a few new breads recently and keep coming back to my sourdough starter. As it can be a bit more work than making bread with commercial yeast, it can be good to make something a bit… Read More ›

• Mary Berry’s French Apple Tart

  By lovinghomemade on April 9, 2014 • ( 25 )

  

  While this French Apple Tart has a few separate stages and initially sounds a bit fiddly, it is actually very easy to make and tastes delicious. You could make the pastry base and the apple purée ahead of time and… Read More ›

• Coffee Cake – not to be confused with Coffee Cake

  By lovinghomemade on April 6, 2014 • ( 36 )

  

  It may have taken me years but I recently worked out the difference between British coffee cake and American coffee cake. I can’t speak for other nations! British coffee cake is coffee flavoured cake. American coffee cake is cake that… Read More ›

• Cinnamon Swirl Bread and Butter Pudding

  By lovinghomemade on April 2, 2014 • ( 18 )

  

  My intention was to make a beautiful Iced Cinnamon Swirl Loaf and take it to my brother’s when we went to visit him and his girlfriend at the weekend. And as it was going to be so delicious I doubled… Read More ›

• Making Sourdough Bread with yeast as well

  By lovinghomemade on March 30, 2014 • ( 8 )

  

  Sourdough bread is delicious but sometimes it just takes too long to make! I’m not going to pretend that this is equally as good as sourdough made with just a sourdough starter but if you are pushed for time and… Read More ›

• Healthy Raw Food: Pineapple and Mango Tart

  By lovinghomemade on March 27, 2014 • ( 19 )

  

  It can be difficult having super fit and healthy friends sometimes! And as I was invited to dinner during Lent, meaning cakes, cookies and chocolate were off the menu (not mine, obviously), I needed to look a bit further afield… Read More ›