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Baking and Blogging in Ascot

• Old Fashioned Oatmeal and Raisin Cookies

  By lovinghomemade on February 9, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  For the recent school Coffee Morning I hosted I wanted a mix of sponge, chocolate and cookies as I thought that would cover most tastes. So along with the Red Velvet Cake and Chocolate and Walnut Brownies, I made Old Fashioned… Read More ›

• Chocolate and Walnut Brownies

  By lovinghomemade on February 6, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  In my previous post I mentioned a school Coffee Morning that we held for Comic Relief. Along with the Red Velvet Cake I also made Chocolate and Walnut Brownies and Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies. This brownie recipe is an easy one… Read More ›

• Red Velvet Cake – perfect for a Comic Relief Coffee Morning

  By lovinghomemade on February 2, 2013 • ( 10 )

  

  Here in the UK we have a fundraising body called Comic Relief that was set up 25 years ago (unbelievable because I remember the first event and it really doesn’t seem that long ago!), whose mission is to “drive positive change through… Read More ›

• Cinnamon Raisin Muffins

  By lovinghomemade on January 31, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  These muffins are perfect any time of the day. Not only are they good with a cup of coffee in the morning or tea in the afternoon, they are also a good breakfast muffin. And with oats, raisins and wholemeal… Read More ›

• Cinammon and Apple Cake

  By lovinghomemade on January 27, 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  This is a great recipe if you want to make a cake but don’t have the time to stay in and wait for it to bake. Here in the UK we have had some very cold and snowy weather recently:… Read More ›

• Chocolate Fudge Cake – a birthday cake and dessert, all in one

  By lovinghomemade on January 25, 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  If you need a birthday cake that can double as dessert, this is the one! Chocolate Fudge Cake is generally a crowd pleaser and if your guests don’t like it, all the more for you… I have mentioned my friend… Read More ›

• Party Cupcakes – with a green theme

  By lovinghomemade on January 23, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  I have friends with many different interests and it always amazes me how much they manage to fit into their time. They fit things in around working, kids, studying, life, and all the rest! One thing that many (but by… Read More ›

• On Meringues, Gifts and Good Friends

  By lovinghomemade on January 20, 2013 • ( 10 )

  

  I have two great friends who both have birthdays in the first week of January. (Along with my son and my dad, it’s a busy week!). This year Vana and Gilly were both 40, so more of a month of… Read More ›

• Lemon and Poppy Seed Muffins

  By lovinghomemade on January 16, 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  Sometimes I use baking as therapy for a bad day. I find it relaxes me. I wanted to make something quick and easy, something I wouldn’t have to wait too long for. I didn’t want something heavy and chocolate: I wasn’t… Read More ›

• Chocolate Roulade

  By lovinghomemade on January 13, 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  Christmas Yule Logs might be old news but Chocolate Roulade is a great dessert – anytime you have friends over or need to take a dessert with you, this is much easier than you might think. There is no flour… Read More ›