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Baking and Blogging in Ascot
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Chocolate Birthday Cakes – variations on a theme
Recently I have been making quite a few chocolate cakes with Maltesers. They are brilliant for decorating cakes and kids love them on their birthday cakes. But why stop at Maltesers? If you have another favourite chocolate treat, why not… Read More ›
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Blackberry and Apple Tart with (Surprisingly Delicious) Wholemeal Spelt Pastry
If you have any blackberries left in your freezer from the Autumn, and don’t want to make another crumble, this is a great weeknight, family dessert. It is essentially a wholemeal pastry case filled with deliciously soft apples and blackberries. The pastry does not have any… Read More ›
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Coffee and Walnut Cake Bars
Good coffee is one of the great things in life. And so is good cake. Put the two together and you can satisfy two cravings in one. Coffee and walnut cake is an enduring classic because the combination is such… Read More ›
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Seeded Rolls with Wholemeal Spelt Flour
Rarely do I make anything other than a round or rectangular loaf of bread: time for a change! I am trying to incorporate healthier ingredients into my baking at the moment and seeds make a healthy and very tasty addition to bread… Read More ›
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Oat, Apricot and Seed Squares
These are essentially flapjacks with a few healthy ingredients added for good measure: dried apricots, nuts and seeds. This weekend I will be walking 27 miles across the Isle of Wight for charity: if there are any of these left… Read More ›
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Coffee, Date and Walnut Muffins
These muffins have a delicious sticky toffee pudding taste with a hint of coffee. You could add extra coffee to give a stronger taste, or leave it out if you prefer, but I think it adds something extra. With sticky… Read More ›
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Rhubarb Crumble Cake
It is rhubarb time of year again and I always think rhubarb kicks off the season of home grown fruit (although it’s technically a vegetable). My parents have a rhubarb crown for me which is going to go on the… Read More ›
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Welsh Cakes – you don’t have to be Welsh to like them!
You may remember me mentioning my friend Vana: we have a “cakes for sports massage” policy which works brilliantly. So when she asked if I knew how to make Welsh Cakes I had to admit that I had never even… Read More ›
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Spelt and Granary Loaf with Sunflower Seeds
This has just become my new favourite loaf. Having been very lazy for a long time and stuck with variations on the same bread, I thought it was about time I got a little more adventurous and tried something new…. Read More ›
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Birthday Cakes for Twins that are just like twins: the same but different
Twins have a lot in common while being individuals in their own right. So it’s great if they can have birthday cakes that have something in common but are not completely the same. And chocolate is great because it comes… Read More ›
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