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Baking and Blogging in Ascot
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Chocolate Birthday Cakes – Top Tips for decorating with Maltesers!
So this weekend I made another Malteser cake and realised that I am currently slightly obsessed with how great Maltesers are for decorating cakes. Not only do they look brilliant, they also add an extra taste and texture dimension to… Read More ›
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Triple Chocolate Cookies – if you gave up chocolate for Lent, look away until Easter!
Sometimes chocolate is the only thing that will do. And sometimes only cookies will do. This recipe manages to get a triple helping of chocolate into these cookies: melted chocolate, cocoa powder and chocolate chips. If you gave up chocolate for Lent,… Read More ›
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Very Inspiring Blogger and One Lovely Blog Award Nominations
As usual I have taken way too long to pass this award on. I have to again thank Fae of Fae’s Twist and Tango for nominating me, this time for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award, along with Little Poppits who nominated… Read More ›
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Banana and Walnut Muffins
Banana and walnut is a classic combination and for a reason: they go really well together. I wanted to make muffins, rather than banana bread, for a change and wanted something different from my usual Banana and Cranberry Bread so… Read More ›
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Party Cupcakes – Spy Cupcakes with Hidden Secret Agent Jelly Babies
When three of my son’s friends recently held a joint 8th birthday party, the mums were kind enough to ask me to make some cupcakes for the take home cake. The party had a spy theme so it was requested… Read More ›
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Celeriac and Cheddar Cheese Soda Bread
When I made my Celeriac and Blue Cheese Soda Bread the other day, I blogged that I would be trying it out with cheddar. I hadn’t intended to post this separately as I had thought I would just substitute cheddar… Read More ›
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Carrot Cake – and vintage finds
This carrot cake recipe came about because I had some carrots that needed using up. I had intended to make Carrot Cupcakes but having recently invested in a small food processor that lives in a tiny corner of the kitchen counter, instead… Read More ›
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Homemade Bread Recipe (and why it is so much better for you!)
My parents recently visited Norfolk and brought me home a present of flour milled in Norfolk’s only flour producing watermill, from grain grown by East Anglian farmers. They brought me a packet of white flour and one of “nutty oats and… Read More ›
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Party Cupcakes – Beware of the Shark!
You may have read in one of my previous posts that my son turned 8 on New Year’s Day. He and two of his friends who have also have birthdays in January had a joint party and invited all the… Read More ›
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Vegetable Box Cooking – Celeriac and Blue Cheese Soda Bread
A celeriac turned up in my vegetable box this week: I’m not sure that I have ever cooked with celeriac before and wasn’t massively thrilled about it! Root vegetables are my least favourite vegetables and I always struggle with them…. Read More ›
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